"Towards the Perfect Device"

1. “Towards the perfect device”
Tim Pearson
CEO - RM

2. The pieces of the jigsaw

3. Is there evidence that this is
the case?
• The educational context and policy
• User pilots
• Our own learning

4. The educational context and policy

5. User pilots

6. RM’s learning

7. Playstation Portable - Pilot

8. The needs of the learner

9. Full Personal Computer
• General purpose
• Windows
• Flexibility
Appliance
• Specific applications
• ‘Web’ standards
Size
• Portability
Functionality

10. RM Asus miniBook

11. Full Personal Computer
• General purpose
• Windows
• Flexibility
Appliance
• Specific applications
• ‘Web’ standards
Size
• Portability
Functionality

12. Appliance device – fully functional PC
Desktop
Laptop
UMPC
?
Size
miniBook
appliance
Windows operating system
Nokia
web
tablet
Smart
Phone
“Don’t know or care what”
Operating system
Dumb
Phone
Functionality

13. RM Asus miniBook
£169

14. RM Asus miniBook
• Multimedia creativity
• Research and discovery
• Learning activities

15. Creating content
reducing cost and complexity
create publish learn
Production cost
Sonica
Spanish
Tout le
Monde
FUSE
publisher
Professional
FUSE
Publishers
creator
LAs / Projects
Skill required
/ Schools

16. Teacher created content

17. create publish learn

18. Summary