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ContentNotEditable: What the “death” of the mouse and keyboard means for content creators

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Doug Holton

First let me start with some disclaimers to try to make sure this post is not misinterpreted: I am not arguing that the mouse and keyboard are really dead or that the lack of a mouse on tablets is a…

Posted in android, computers, development, edtech, html5, opensource, software

Android Tips, Open Source, Educational Apps

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Doug Holton

Like I mentioned in the previous post, the CES show next week promises to reveal a slew of new android tablets and phones, so we’ll see what is announced (and what is actually released). Here are some android tips &…

Posted in android, children, opensource, technology

Upcoming Android Tablets – Wait and See

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Doug Holton

For a couple of projects, I’m looking into tablets that students can use for taking notes and so forth. There are finally some android tablets out already or coming out this month. This google doc I created has some notes…

Posted in android, technology

A Snapshot of the HTML5/Javascript Universe

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Doug Holton

This is a follow-up to “What’s the Platform of the Future for Developing Interactive Graphical Educational Software?“, which I argued is HTML5, especially since java applets and flash don’t work or aren’t well supported on mobile and emerging tablet platforms…

Posted in android, development, html5, opensource, programming, software, Uncategorized

Browser-Based IDEs (programming environments)

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Doug Holton

As I wrote about earlier, HTML5 (Javascript, Canvas, WebGL, etc.) is allowing people to create rich, interactive applications that run in your browser and don’t require flash or java. Cloud computing (such as Google App Engine and others) and AJAX…

Posted in android, development, html5, java, programming, software

What’s the Platform of the Future for Developing Interactive Graphical Educational Software?

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Doug Holton

So, what is the platform of choice for folks who want to create interactive graphical educational software (see for example all the stuff at PHET and NLVM). Currently, there are two primary options: Flash and Java Applets. I’m not covering…

Posted in android, development, html5, java, opensource, programming, scala, software

Some Android Applications

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Doug Holton

Just a run down on some android apps in case I lose my phone and have to re-install. These are all free. I can’t find many educational apps unfortunately: News NYTimes – more up to date USA Today – more…

Posted in android, software, technology

Comparing 4 Android Phones

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Doug Holton

Well this has little to do with education, other than Android is the only smart phone platform that you can quickly and for no cost develop educational software for I suppose. The other platforms such as iPhone and Palm Pre…

Posted in android, technology