In a blog post today titled “The iPhone iPod Touch Platform and Education” by Al Briggs at WeDeliverElephants.com, Al capsulizes why the new App Store from Apple does everything right for education. He says “lets get stared getting content on to these devices,” and gives us reasons, including these:
So what does this have to do with education? Well once you get over the ease of installation – the apps are great – the feel and way they work is so simple they look like they have been designed for a 4 year old – but lets be honest that is what we all want – simple and elegant. I hope that Apple have style guidelines and that they are insisting on developers keeping to them before then can have a place in the App Store.
Yes OK, but what does this have to do with education? Well easy to use and easy to get hold of applications that are engaging and accessible and on devices that students can fit in their pocket have never been available before. Technically all this has been possible, but not on a real device that is being purchased by real students, and working in such an easy elegant way.
