The Mouse is Dead:
  Welcome to the
   Post-PC Era

      Chris Penny, Ph.D.
    Jordan Schugar, Ph.D.
   West Chester University
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We were born to be mobile
Mobile is freeing us from the ball and chain that is the desktop
WELCOME TO
THE POST-PC ERA.
Mobile devices will not
replace the personal
computer in the near future,
but they expand the reach of
technology in education with
newfound utility and meaning
Personal computers are
important for getting work
done. We still need them.
“...e-book readers read an
average of 24 books in the past
year, versus the 15 books read by
those who didn't.”
Pew Research Center April 4, 2012
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Post PC devices will become the
primary computing tools in
the classroom
1.   convenience
MAKING TEACHING AND LEARNING EASIER

2. engagement
LEARNING EVENTS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
                                                    4
3. collaboration
OPPORTUNITIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM

4. creativity
CONTENT CREATION, NOT JUST CONTENT CONSUMPTION
convenience |kəәnˈvēnyəәns|
noun

a thing that contributes to an easy and
effortless way of life.
1
convenience
MAKING TEACHING AND LEARNING EASIER
stack of textbooks
engagement |enˈgājməәnt|
noun

the action of engaging or being engaged.
2
engagement
CREATING LEARNING EVENTS
“Faculty who are interested in
their work are better teachers.”
- Phil Kamardy, CIO Seton Hill
3
collaboration
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM
collaboration |kəәˌlabəәˈrāSHəәn|
noun

the action of working with someone to produce or
create something.
“...mobile-learning...has
dramatically improved the
connection time between my
professors and me.”
- Caitlyn McCoy
Senior Political Science
“I can, on the Inkling
text, leave notes for
the students... and
they can refer to
that...”
Cathy Giunta,
Professor of Business
“I have a back channeling account
set up that allows students to send
me questions in real time during
class, and then I respond out loud
for everyone.”
- Jamie Fornsaglio,
Associate Professor
“A pioneering gift of $1.8
  million from AT&T”
4
creativity
CONTENT CREATION, NOT JUST CONSUMPTION
“We’re discovering that the power of
mobility comes not only from the
ability to access information, but
also from the ability to create it.”
-ACU Mobile Report
Benefits to Mobility

• Multi-modal
• Differentiated
• New Literacy
“Every day someone at Seton
Hill comes up with an idea to
use mobile technology in a new
way, and not just in the
classroom.”
Phil Kamardy
Seton Hill CIO
1.   convenience
MAKING TEACHING AND LEARNING EASIER

2. engagement
LEARNING EVENTS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
                                                    4
3. collaboration
OPPORTUNITIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM

4. creativity
CONTENT CREATION, NOT JUST CONTENT CONSUMPTION
Post PC devices will become the
primary computing tools in
the classroom
WELCOME TO
THE POST-PC ERA.
Thanks,



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The Mouse is Dead:
  Welcome to the
   Post-PC Era
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   jschugar@wcupa.edu


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