Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 16, No. 557.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 08:33:01 +0000
From: Francois Lachance <lachance@chass.utoronto.ca>
Subject: wireless and the future of humcom
Willard
A short while ago James L. Morrison pointed pointed to the October 22
Technology Source Author Forums and an interview with Carl Berger, one of
the pioneers in using information technology tools in education
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=995
They discuss the next killer application in education. Prompted by
Morrison, Berger offers a snippet of a vision of collaborative
work-learning-play facilitated by technology.
<quote>
I envision a student walking to campus one day when, suddenly, something
inside her book bag starts to chime. She reaches down and pulls out a
miniature computer, one even smaller than what we have now. She opens it,
because it is chiming to tell her that she has received a series of
messages, notes, and comments concerning group assignments that she is
completing for a class. Of course, the entire campus is wired; her
notebook computer chimed because it knew she had walked onto campus. She
sits down on a bench and opens several documents on her computer. She
finds a pen and starts sketching on the screen and/or typing on the
keyboard. She makes changes to an assignment, circles them, sends a note
to one of her friends, sends another note to her professor, and closes her
computer, which chimes with a different tone to let her know that all of
her messages have been sent. She continues her walk across campus, never
realizing that she just used the next killer app.
</quote>
I know that various campuses have been experimenting with wireless
technologies. Are any observers or participants from humanities computing?
Curious
Francois
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