The iPad is about to hit Australia amidst a lot of hype, expectations and excitement. This latest release from Apple’s stable of beautifully designed and balanced products (the nec plus ultra of form meeting function) is already having an incredible impact on publishing and education. In the USA, three universities are already preparing to hand …
Digital Media Updates on your iPhone
We’ve just made a new version of this website available for iPhones. If you use an iPhone just tap in www.praxmatrix.com.au to view a fully customised iPhone version that makes navigating and reading very easy and still give you access to nearly all of the content. The only inconvenience is that embedded videos may not …
Australia ‘Under Surveillance’
Last month Reporters Without Borders, the watchdog for press freedom on the internet published its updated list of ‘internet enemy’ countries that ‘restrict online access and harass their netizens‘ as well as the list of countries ‘under surveillance’ that ‘display a disturbing attitude toward the Internet‘. Internet enemy countries include Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, …
Digital Media Skills Training Shortage
Findings in a recently released survey from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the Medill School/Media Management Center at Northwestern University point to a significant digital media skills training shortage for business-to-business (B2B) editors. The survey finds that B2B editors “generally receive a paltry amount of corporate training on the skills they need …
One Laptop Per Child
The OLPC project founded by Nicholas Negroponte is a shining example of how access to digital media and learning can really change lives. As Negroponte is keen to point out, this is not about the laptops, it’s about education and learning and the positive results are irrefutable. This is an education project not a laptop …
