iPhone in Education Blog
iPhone in Ed is a blog dedicated to educational uses of the iPhone and iPod Touch. You can see it at http://iphoneined.com/.
iPhone in Ed is a blog dedicated to educational uses of the iPhone and iPod Touch. You can see it at http://iphoneined.com/.
Here's a unique use of an iPhone. Jon Oxer added some hardware to his RX-8 which allows him to use his iPhone or iPod Touch as a remote car starter, GPS locater, performance monitor, etc. He does it by using a custom computer in the car to hook into the car's diagnostic port, with access to this over the G3 cell network. For details, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nInbHSFFG5k. You may wonder why I put this in a blog dedicated to Educational use of the iPhone. I see many applications in our Engineering college.
Here are a few useful iPhone and iPod Touch blogs which the readers of this blog have found.
Wired Magazine has released a review of the Apple Earphones with Remote control and Microphone. Overall they find both the audio and microphone use acceptable, if not outstanding. See details at http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/02/hands-on-with-a/.
OmniUpdate is providing a free webinar on Wednesday February 18 at 1:00pm CST called "Using CSS with Mobile Devices". While not specific to iPhone or iPod Touch, the information in this seminar is useful for designing web sites that are usable on mobile devices.
For more information see their Registration Page.
This blog article from a first-year nursing student discusses iPod Touch / iPhone applications useful for nursing students. You can read about it at http://www.brainscramble.org/?p=219.
Google Books and Project Gutenberg both make books available for use on mobile devices. These are excellent resources for accessing classic literature and other public domain books.
My Biotech Life released a list of the top ten apps they think are useful in the life sciences. You can see them at http://my.biotechlife.net/2009/01/20/top-10-life-science-related-apps-for-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch/.
This article from the Orlando Sentinel newspaper gives a good summary of the business opportunities for developers who build applications for the Apple Applications Store.
See http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-cover1909jan19,0,1823489.story
The University of Saskatchewan has been using classroom response (clicker) technology for several years. Now one vendor, Turning Technologies, has released an application that lets you use your iPhone or Touch as a clicker instead of buying an actual clicker.
This only works when instructors are using the web-based clicker-hosting software to gather clicker information. At this time, the U of S has not licensed that technology. We are still using the older radio frequency technology that requires actual clicker hardware. So don't go out and buy an iPod Touch for this because you won't be able to use it on campus ... yet. ITS is investigating the new technology.
Also, you still have to pay to register you iPhone as a clicker. While the initial registration is cheaper than buying a clicker, you must renew this registration every year. So in the long run, it is more expensive than purchasing a clicker.
For more information see http://campustechnology.com/articles/2009/01/06/turning-tech-brings-classroom-response-system-to-iphone-ipod-touch.aspx
This article says "An Australian pilot program in which teenagers used iPods for school work has increased attendance and increased enthusiasm for homework."
For details see http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4816966a28.html
Ohio State University is distributing iPod Touches to all students with a medical software programs installed. For more information, see http://medicine.osu.edu/feature03/.
This article discusses how Abilene Christian University has given 1000 freshman students a new iPod Touch or iPhone as part of their pilot mobile learning project. For more details see http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/101308-abilene.html?hpg1=bn
This article on youTube shows how to bend a paper-clip to make a stand to hold your iPod Touch or iPhone in landscape mode for viewing movies. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmgTKDrheYs