Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Fwd: AIR For Android, And Adobe's Plan To Deliver Apps Across All Mobile Devices



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Date: 16 February 2010 20:52:10 GMT
To: Dan Sivak <dan.sivak@cdsm.co.uk>
Cc: Darren Wallace <darren.wallace@cdsm.co.uk>, Steve Finch <steve.finch@cdsm.co.uk>, Cathy Sivak <cathy.sivak@cdsm.co.uk>
Subject: Re: AIR For Android, And Adobe's Plan To Deliver Apps Across All Mobile Devices

this is interesting - I can see signs of a constructivist organisation in the thread that are worth exploring from the point of view of how the business works, but also from the perspective of how we need to talk about distributed architecture rather than this rubbish about natives and immigrants.  I'm hoping to finish the paper by next weekend, and with a bit of fair wind this should put in a position where we can talk within CDSM about how we live and work constructivism as well as talk about it.
 
no pressure.....



-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Sivak <dan.sivak@cdsm.co.uk>
To: kevinkvnplmr@aol.com <kevinkvnplmr@aol.com>
CC: Darren Wallace <darren.wallace@cdsm.co.uk>; Steve Finch <steve.finch@cdsm.co.uk>; Cathy Sivak <cathy.sivak@cdsm.co.uk>
Sent: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:16
Subject: FW: AIR For Android, And Adobe's Plan To Deliver Apps Across All Mobile Devices

HI KP
Worth following this mail thread – techies joining up valuable dots for our customers
Good stuff. Knowledge and opinion distributed across the organisation and not at an SMT level.
Like the paper's structure, reads well. I was taken by a point made in page 7. Last bullet point under "within a "constructivist" paradigm.  The whole notion of the student as the active architect  - I would like to unpack this one as another paper opportunity – a) it uncovers the challenge that a number of our teachers face with the LP agenda  - not the technology per say but the challenge to their inherent assumption about the sanctity of the teacher led learning paradigm – To re-tool and re-skill them with valid theoretical position and a tool set that enables LP tools adoption and new practice – that is powerful. B) A redress to those evangelistic statements we get from ict leads or practitioners that claim that kids are leading the take up and adoption of technologies in classrooms – It is often not corroborated or underpinned with a theoretical position – we can now give them one, which enables us to be recognised as a champion for learning and learner s not for technology and obscene profit margins.
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Cheers
Dan
 
From: Andrew Evans
Sent: 16 February 2010 11:30
To: Ian llewellyn; Darren Wallace; Nik Goile; Steve Finch; Dan Sivak; Cathy Sivak; Peter Beams
Subject: RE: AIR For Android, And Adobe's Plan To Deliver Apps Across All Mobile Devices
 
It will run the Flex Mobile Framework from what I've heard (check out project Slider from Adobe). 
 
Andrew Evans
Product Manager
CDSM Interactive Solutions Ltd.
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From: Ian llewellyn
Sent: 16 February 2010 11:18
To: Andrew Evans; Darren Wallace; Nik Goile; Steve Finch; Dan Sivak; Cathy Sivak; Peter Beams
Subject: RE: AIR For Android, And Adobe's Plan To Deliver Apps Across All Mobile Devices
 
Do you know if it's capable of handling flex apps Andy? Or just Flash like the native iPhone app export from flash cs5?
 
Ian
 
From: Andrew Evans
Sent: 16 February 2010 11:11
To: Andrew Evans; Darren Wallace; Nik Goile; Ian llewellyn; Steve Finch; Dan Sivak; Cathy Sivak; Peter Beams
Subject: RE: AIR For Android, And Adobe's Plan To Deliver Apps Across All Mobile Devices
 
I'm thinking notifications, messages, status updates (microblogging), reporting, etc.  It could be a good way to crack parental engagement over the next few years.  Also, because this is air we can push the UI like we can for the desktop to create great user experiences.
 
One thing that really excites me about this is that teachers can embed this technology in to their practices inside and outside of the classroom.  Primary teachers performing observational assessment during play, reading session, group work, etc can use their phone to record evidence.  I think this is where we can make a huge difference in the classroom.
 
...primary teachers are just one example, think of field trips as another.  Even if there is no 3G connection on the field trip the AIR app can hold onto the data recorded until there is a connection.  All those places where the learning platform can only provide supplementary content/interactions can now be reached.
 
Lots of applications here for teachers, learners and parents/carers.  Really excited about this.
 
AIR for Android is coming out later this year so we can get ahead of the game, no new skills to learn from a development perspective, just understanding the new possibilities and constraints.
 
Cheers,
 
-Andrew
 
Andrew Evans
Product Manager
CDSM Interactive Solutions Ltd.
T : +44 (0)1792 463865
M: +44 (0)7506 739793
F:  +44 (0)1792 463893
http://www.cdsm.co.uk
 
From: Andrew Evans
Sent: 16 February 2010 10:55
To: Darren Wallace; Nik Goile; Ian llewellyn; Steve Finch; Dan Sivak; Cathy Sivak; Peter Beams
Subject: AIR For Android, And Adobe's Plan To Deliver Apps Across All Mobile Devices
 
AIR For Android, And Adobe's Plan To Deliver Apps Across All Mobile Devices
http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/14/air-android/
 
This could be huge for Cambridge and certainly will be for Pedagogue. 
 
Lots of thoughts on how this could be applied in Pedagogue but it would be more useful to PAP and MLS right now.
 
Cheers,
 
-Andrew
 
Andrew Evans
Product Manager
CDSM Interactive Solutions Ltd.
T : +44 (0)1792 463865
M: +44 (0)7506 739793
F:  +44 (0)1792 463893
http://www.cdsm.co.uk
 

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