16. Januar 2017

As I promised, in this week’s English Breakfast, I am going to focus on the strengths and weaknesses of Google’s Android operating system. Is it suitable for educational purposes? Last week, I wrote an article about iOS from Apple. With Android offering much more affordable alternatives, is it suitable to run in an educational environment? Android is an open source platform provided by Google. So, by definition, it should be more suitable for educational purposes, right? Today, I am going...

09. Januar 2017

In this week’s English Breakfast, I am going to focus on something more technical. I will be discussing if any device running iOS is suitable for the pedagogical setting. Lately, Android is offering much cheaper alternatives and the price is always a valid point when it comes to education. Also, offering an open platform might be the key argument going forward. Today, I am going to reflect on iOS and why I think that it is the better choice. To be fair, I am going to write the same kind of...

06. September 2016

They are considered to be the oil of the 21st century. The tons of data that we voluntarily give big data corporations for free. Google or Facebook have access to personal data that even dictatorships tend to get jealous of. If data is indeed the oil of the 21st century, then privacy regulations are like laws for environmental protection. We all know that there is a huge discrepancy between big data and privacy. In the following piece I would like to reflect on basic terms and the current...