Thanks for clarifying and checking, Kim.
Best wishes
Margaret
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Medical Statistician and Researcher in Education
Centre for Population Health Sciences
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On 13/03/2014 13:29, Kim Shahabudin wrote:
> Thanks Margaret. I'm in the Study Advice side rather than the Maths Support side. I've just asked our Maths Support co-ordinator and he doesn't have anything to recommend but I'm sure there'll be plenty of people on the list who will jump in with excellent recommendations.
>
> Kim
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> 1st Floor, University of Reading Library, Whiteknights, PO Box 223, Reading, RG6 6AE
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> Please note that I now work part-time and am not usually on campus on Mondays.
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Margaret MacDougall [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 13 March 2014 12:48
> To: Kim Shahabudin
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: iPhones in Higher Education
>
> Hi Kim
>
> Thanks for your valued reply.
>
> Noting your job title, I would be interested to learn whether you have
> as yet discovered any good Statistics Apps which can be used with an
> Android or Windows phone but not an iPhone or vice versa.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Margaret
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Dr Margaret MacDougall
> Medical Statistician and Researcher in Education
> Centre for Population Health Sciences
> College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
> Teviot Place
> Edinburgh EH8 9AG
>
> Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 3211
> Fax: +44 (0) 131 650 6909
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> http://www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/cphs/people/staffProfile.php?profile=mmacdoug
>
>
> On 12/03/2014 10:02, Kim Shahabudin wrote:
>> Margaret, do you mean an iPhone specifically, or a smartphone (i.e. iPhone, Android phone, Windows phone) generally?
>>
>> Workwise, I use my Android smartphone for the same kind of things as Debbie: Tweeting (especially at conferences where I can follow parallel sessions on Twitter); photos of things that I find interesting - posters, lecture slides; time management, notes and reminders (using apps like Evernote).
>>
>> Kim
>>
>> ________________________________
>> Dr Kim Shahabudin, FHEA, Study Adviser, Study Advice& Maths Support
>> 1st Floor, University of Reading Library, Whiteknights, PO Box 223, Reading, RG6 6AE
>> • 0118 378 4242/4614 • www.reading.ac.uk/studyadvice twitter: @unirdg_study
>> Please note that I now work part-time and am not usually on campus on Mondays.
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: learning development in higher education network [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Holley, Debbie [[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: 12 March 2014 09:38
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: iPhones in Higher Education
>>
>> Morning Margaret
>>
>> I use my iPhone for:
>> note making (notes function)
>> photographs - family type but also at conferences when the last powerpoint with the reference list comes up!
>> To take photos of posters i find of interest at conferences
>> To tweet (i tweet lots and then email the ones linked to government docs/ reports to myself as an aide memoire to bookmark later
>> To play angry birds (with the volume off!) in dull meetings
>> To keep track of emails/ details of contacts i meet (i photo and file their business cards - otherwise always lose them!)
>> I keep my work email and private email separate but can access both on my iPhone
>> Skype occasionally
>> Download Apps sparingly
>> Have music and audio books to listen
>> I view presentation slides on my phone as prompts - works better then looking behind me when talking (i tend to 'wander' in my teaching classrooms!
>>
>> nothing there that an Android phone wouldnt do, but it links to my iPad well
>>
>> Re the cost of contracts - our whole family use GiffGaff a community based network where you only pay what you need...
>>
>> best, Debbie
>> ________________________________________
>> From: learning development in higher education network [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Margaret MacDougall [[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: 11 March 2014 21:55
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: iPhones in Higher Education
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> I would be interested to receive examples from list members of where
>> owning an iPhone, as opposed to a basic mobile phone, has enhanced their
>> working lives. i have decided to do a little research before making any
>> decision to invest in my own iPhone.
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Margaret
>>
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>> Centre for Population Health Sciences
>> College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
>> Teviot Place
>> Edinburgh EH8 9AG
>>
>> Tel: +44 (0)131 650 3211
>> Fax: +44 (0)131 650 6909
>> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>> http://www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/cphs/people/staffProfile.php?profile=mmacdoug
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