A short case study report on our Nintendo DS and Brain Training/Big Brain Academy/Opera Browser TechDis projects has now been published on the HEA Social Policy and Social Work Subject Centre Website…

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Well we didn’t win on the night but had a great time at the Handheld Learning Awards in October (which seems ages ago now). JISC TechDis have just issued a press release about the event which provides a nice coda and I’ve also submitted a precis of our findings as a SWAP case study which should soon see the light of day…..

JISC TechDis Press Release

Various links about the use of twitter with diabetes sufferers. First off, in 2007 to increase awareness of Diabetes and raise money for the ADA Scott Hanselman twittered his diabetes…..
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Tu Diabetes has Success with Twitter

Sugarstats & Twitter Integration

Twitter: Smaller than a blog, better than Instant Messaging

Joshua Schwimmer blogs about medical uses of the iPhone from last year but still relevant and interesting (!)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Epocrates, a free database of pharmaceuticals — with extras like CME credits and medical news — for physicians, the most used healthcare application on the iPhone….

Source : Tech Medicine

Epocrates

John Halamka describes the Kindle and Ipod Touch/iPhone as devices with great potential for medical education….

Kindle Blog Entry

Ipod Touch Blog Entry

Well the nominations are in, and I’m delighted (and flattered) to say that we’ve made it to the final three in the Handheld Learning 2008 Conference awards in the Special Needs Category – sponsored by Redhalo – under the Innovation award.

Having last attended the conference in 2006 I know it’s a great event for learning using mobile or ubiquitous technologies and a really stimulating place to be. As I’m already attending MLearn 2008 the previous week to give a paper on the JISC TechDis project – The Nintendo DS as an assistive technology tool for health and social care students – I’m not sure if I’ll be able to attend the whole conference but I’ll hopefully manage to get to the Brewery by hook or by crook……..

Handheld Learning 2008

Finalists

ps – to vote for the JISC TechDis HEAT Project. Txt HEAT to : +447786203140

Observer articles on e-readers from this weekends paper….

E-readers: A guide

Wood block to ebook

Ebooks: The enthusiasts

What we’re seeing is the creation of a new art form

Ebooks: The sceptics

It made me feel alienated from the books that I know well

Simon Parkin of Pocket Gamer asks “are we here to be entertained or are we here to get healthy? Because My Health Coach: Weight Management is the latest in a recent run of Nintendo DS titles to blur the lines between video game and health product” and concludes “Not a game but an interactive exercise manual. My Health Coach: Weight Management might help shed the pounds if followed to the letter but it won’t do very much to entertain you along the way”

More on My Health Coach

Pocket Gamer Review

Pocket Gamer Preview

SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you’ve learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you’ve forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you’re about to forget…….

Wired Article : Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm

SuperMemo