Digital Pocket Knives

I’ve been wondering, when the mobile phone has shown such an amazing penetration rate, why students aren’t using their mobile phones as a digital “pocket knife” for personal and lifelong learning? Although our Internet penetration here in South Africa is disturbingly low, we are not “backwards” with cell phone adoption. The penetration rate in South …

QR codes in class

I’m often teaching  ICT to students in a small computer LAN. Students usually out number the available desktops. For example, last  years UKZN AV class had only 70 students. And we had access to only  12 desktop computers. Edtechies assume too easily  that “one person, one computer” is the norm in schools and higher ed. …

Linking spaces to information

I’ve accessed my blog via my phone’s camera using this QR code. And while this sounds impossibly complicated, I’ve just learned how this works in the last half an hour. Instructions QR codes combine simple creation with easy access to QR code readers. Create the code using a QR-Code Generator and then point your mobile …