[LINK] iPads rule at Moodle Symposium

[Ivan Trundle]

Yeah: nothing worse than being conspicuous. 

Also interesting to note that the fastest texter (SMS) in the world used a virtual keypad (on the iPhone): this comes through practice. 

But this aside: only twelve in the audience? Wow...

iT

On 08/10/2010, at 4:14 PM, Tom Worthington <tom.worthington at tomw.net.au> wrote:

> Greetings from the wrap-up session of the MoodlePosium  at Australian 
> National University in Canberra <http://moodleposium.netspot.com.au/>.
> 
> Of the twelve people I can see around me in the audience, six have 
> devices in front of them. Three have iPads, one an iPhone, one laptop 
> and I have a netbook. Looking at how these devices fit on the small 
> flip-up desk provided in the lecture theatre, the iPads are the least 
> conspicuous. It would be difficult for the presenter to tell if the 
> audience was using an iPad or a paper notebook, when the iPad is flat on 
> the desk.
> 
> However, I found using the the iPad virtual keyboard clumsy and the 
> screen reflections from overhead lights painful. One delegate had a very 
> elegant bluetooth keyboard and their iPad propped up as a portrait 
> format screen. This was very elegant but very conspicuous.
> 
> The iPhone user is hand holding the device. The laptop user has the unit 
> covering the full surface of the small desk with the screen hanging out 
> into space.
> 
> A 10 inch netbook seems to fit very well in this environment, not 
> covering the whole desk.
> 
> My blog postings from the ACT MoodlePosium 2010: 
> <http://blog.tomw.net.au/search/label/%23mpos10>.
> 
> 
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