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A Digital Native Perspective. Christopher Harpum mechacrash@outlook.com. Modern Computing devices:. Desktop computers Notebooks Ultrabooks Netbooks. Tablets Phones Phablets E-book readers. AND MANY MORE…. University of West England Student Hub - MyUWE. The Modern Web:. Social Sites
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A Digital Native Perspective Christopher Harpum mechacrash@outlook.com
Modern Computing devices: • Desktop computers • Notebooks • Ultrabooks • Netbooks • Tablets • Phones • Phablets • E-book readers AND MANY MORE…
The Modern Web: • Social Sites • Cloud Services • “Web 2.0” • Abundance of information
Notable Poll Results: • “Integration between Office and Cloud services would be nice” • “It'd be useful if lecturers/tutors could add assignments to the university iCal feeds blackboard generate.” • “what about online clouds with the software so we don’t need to worry about which version of xyz the university is running and whether the version we are running is compatible?”
The Cloud • Cloud storage (Dropbox, SkyDrive, Google Drive, etc.) • Roaming Profiles • Software Integration • Hosted Solutions • Web Servers
Hardware and Software together • Web enabled devices • An “app” platform • Consumer and developer friendly • Synergy with other platforms • Portability
E-books and Digital Texts • Cheap Hardware • Wide range of software implantations • Large company backing • Portable • Manageable • Data retentive
Software Synergy • Multiple platforms – 1 Solution • Similar experiences for all users • As much hardware coverage as possible • Consistent UI • Data transferral
Question and Answers Christopher Harpum mechacrash@outlook.com