La introducció dels nous dispositius tipus Ipad (tablet) està comportant una millora considerable en les possibilitats de les TIC en la docència i l’aprenentatge. A més, la disponibilitat de tarifes planes raonables i de telèfons smartphone farà que dintre de no gaire temps tothom pugui tenir algun d’aquests estris en tot moment.
Gràcies a GOOD he vist a més que s’està desenvolupament un tablet doble (el KNO), com una llibreta que s’obre i té dos Ipads verticals, amb tota mena d’eines que faciliten el seu ús personal, professional i per a l’aprenentage. GOOD diu a l’entrada Startup redesigns the textbook que el KNO és
a two-touchscreen tablet that folds out like a book. You can write on it, highlight on it, watch video on it. If this catches on, it could not only change the textbook industry, but also the backpack industry.
La clau d’aquest tablet doble, però, va més enllà de la tecnologia: segons els seus creadors, han treballat amb professors i estudiants per dissenyar els llibres de text del futur. Al seu manifesto, el web de KNO hi diu
Kno is a digital textbook – and we use the term loosely – that is about to change the way knowledge is transmitted and the way students learn. We started Kno from a tabula rasa – a blank slate – to create a new slate.
First we did our homework about the way students do their homework. We studied the way they study. And we probed them about the best way to re-imagine the analog studying and reading experience in the digital world.
And the result… well, from the moment you take Kno in your hands, you know you’re looking at something totally different. Its two generous panels open like written material has opened for hundreds of years. The experience is reassuringly book-like.
Indeed, because we respect and honor the textbook, Kno is built so the content of 99 percent of all textbooks – including the most complex charts and graphs – fit flawlessly. No material spills beyond the screen, so there’s no awkward scrolling or manipulation required.
But if Kno only transferred existing textbooks into a digital form, we might as well sleep in and skip class.
(llegit el manifesto sencer)
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