Presentation from the 2013 PADLA conference.

1. The Mouse is Dead:
Welcome to the
Post-PC Era
Chris Penny, Ph.D.
Jordan Schugar, Ph.D.
West Chester University

2. Presentation back channel
http://todaysmeet.com/padla

11. We were born to be mobile

12. Mobile is freeing us from the ball and chain that is the desktop

14. WELCOME TO
THE POST-PC ERA.

15. Mobile devices will not
replace the personal
computer in the near future,
but they expand the reach of
technology in education with
newfound utility and meaning

16. Personal computers are
important for getting work
done. We still need them.

20. “...e-book readers read an
average of 24 books in the past
year, versus the 15 books read by
those who didn't.”
Pew Research Center April 4, 2012

23. There
Here

24. Post PC devices will become the
primary computing tools in
the classroom

26. 1. convenience
MAKING TEACHING AND LEARNING EASIER
2. engagement
LEARNING EVENTS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
4
3. collaboration
OPPORTUNITIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM
4. creativity
CONTENT CREATION, NOT JUST CONTENT CONSUMPTION

27. convenience |kəәnˈvēnyəәns|
noun
a thing that contributes to an easy and
effortless way of life.

28. 1
convenience
MAKING TEACHING AND LEARNING EASIER

33. stack of textbooks

36. engagement |enˈgājməәnt|
noun
the action of engaging or being engaged.

37. 2
engagement
CREATING LEARNING EVENTS

41. “Faculty who are interested in
their work are better teachers.”
- Phil Kamardy, CIO Seton Hill

42. 3
collaboration
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM

43. collaboration |kəәˌlabəәˈrāSHəәn|
noun
the action of working with someone to produce or
create something.

44. “...mobile-learning...has
dramatically improved the
connection time between my
professors and me.”
- Caitlyn McCoy
Senior Political Science

46. “I can, on the Inkling
text, leave notes for
the students... and
they can refer to
that...”
Cathy Giunta,
Professor of Business

48. “I have a back channeling account
set up that allows students to send
me questions in real time during
class, and then I respond out loud
for everyone.”
- Jamie Fornsaglio,
Associate Professor

49. “A pioneering gift of $1.8
million from AT&T”

50. 4
creativity
CONTENT CREATION, NOT JUST CONSUMPTION

51. “We’re discovering that the power of
mobility comes not only from the
ability to access information, but
also from the ability to create it.”
-ACU Mobile Report

52. Benefits to Mobility
• Multi-modal
• Differentiated
• New Literacy

55. “Every day someone at Seton
Hill comes up with an idea to
use mobile technology in a new
way, and not just in the
classroom.”
Phil Kamardy
Seton Hill CIO

56. 1. convenience
MAKING TEACHING AND LEARNING EASIER
2. engagement
LEARNING EVENTS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
4
3. collaboration
OPPORTUNITIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM
4. creativity
CONTENT CREATION, NOT JUST CONTENT CONSUMPTION

59. Post PC devices will become the
primary computing tools in
the classroom

61. WELCOME TO
THE POST-PC ERA.

62. Thanks,
Bird books by Chalto Kindle by thekellyscope
Road by Saxsbiker Textbooks by greenasian
Telephone box by DanBrady Dictionary by jovike
Postcard by MandyMnz iPad search by mortsan
Mouse by Macgidtosh Bored student by Pannell_2010
Apple geek by deebeeandswivel :D 342 by Eva the Weaver
Pills by e-MagineArt.com iBird by 東東
Hot Rod II Biczzz

63. The Mouse is Dead:
Welcome to the
Post-PC Era
cpenny@wcupa.edu
jschugar@wcupa.edu
@chrispenny
@jschugar