воскресенье, 6 мая 2012 г.

Why it is worth getting to know Google Tools

An interesting news just came. In Germany usage of smartphones related to brands looks like that (from the source below):
  • 24 % Samsung,
  • 22,4 % iPhones 
  • 21,6 % Nokia
  • HTC (10,5 %),
  • Sony (8,2 %) and
  • Blackberry RIM (2,8 %).
Source: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Samsung-ueberholt-Apple-und-Nokia-bei-Smartphone-Nutzung-in-Deutschland-1568927.html


Even more interesting is to see which operating systems are preferred:
Android mit 40 %
iOS mit 22,4 %
Microsoft-Systeme 6,9 %.

As most will know, Android is developed by Google and many tablets also use this operating system. We looked at many of the Apps provided by Google (hangouts, groups, docs etc) in our project. They of course not only work on computer but also on Android smartphone. Now Google Drive appeared (Andriy talked about it in the last session) which can be seen as alternative to popular Dropbox. It is likely that Google Tools are getting even more popular. And we can expect that many of our students are likely to use these tools (also via their smartphone. Note also that quite ok smartphones with Android sell for around 100 Euro now like some Huawei models. We can expect more and more people/ students using them).

Bottom line -> We have to know our learners and (in part) adapt to what they demand. Luckily we are already doing so :-)

Christian

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