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Hi Hilary,
another app category that might sound appealing for EH is the one
recently released by the Guardian about guided tours in the Kings
Cross Area.
I'm sure there are also some wider-area examples, but this is the only
one I tried. They've basically reviewed the concept of the
audio-guides to make it responsive to the user's location (rather than
guiding the user to end up in a certain location).
iOS version:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/kings-cross-london-streetstories/id504574433?mt=8
Android version:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.guardian.GSSKingsCrossLondon
Hope that helps,
Giuseppe
On 29/03/12 16:21, JONES, Hilary wrote:
> Hello list (this is my first post, though I've been reading
> silently and lurking for about a year.)
>
> My apologies if this is a post that has come up before. The
> education team I work in at EH are interested in the idea of
> developing educational apps, but at the moment, the 'idea of
> developing' is pretty much as far as we've got, thought-wise, and I
> thought asking the infinitely-better-placed list members would be
> the best next step!
>
> So, are there any MCG-ers out there who have thoughts that they'd
> be willing to share on developing/using/evaluating apps - i.e. what
> makes good content, or does anyone have any approximate development
> costings? One of the things I'm most struggling with is calling it
> an 'educational' app. Surely most apps have educational aspects
> about them without being badged as 'educational'? [Also, I expect
> we'll struggle with the cost too, but that's way down the line at
> the moment...]
>
> Alternatively, please can anyone point me in the direction of apps
> that you think are great - even if not necessarily education
> focussed?
>
> I've seen the Museum of London StreetMuseum and Londinium apps (and
> also approximate costings for this from the HLF digital learning
> and particpation report:
> http://www.hlf.org.uk/aboutus/howwework/Pages/Digitalparticipationandlearning.aspx
> )- but are there more produced by museums/galleries/historic sites
> that any of you know about please?
>
> Thanks in advance for any thoughts/help you can share/offer.
>
> Hilary *crosses fingers that this posts successfully*
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