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ergonomics ala 21st century
yesterday while listening Norwegian folk group Bergfast and washing dishes I started "to dance". I cannot really dance but I like to move and get the energy going. When I was a child in Czechoslovakia we use to have fast food cafes (they use to be called "bufet") where you buy your roll and salad and eat standing. The idea was that if people stand, they take less space, eat quick and business has a higher turnover. Recently I have read a story of one of best UK salesman. In his showrooms he has no chairs for his stuff. All is sales driven. Now you have may or may not notice that our mind works differently when we sit down, when we walk or when we dance. You may know by now what I am getting at. Imagine what work you would produce standing instead of sitting in front of your computer. And that, being not good enough to me imagine dancing with joy in front of your machine. Well here you have it. Idea is out there and if you have done it or it's being done already let me know. I am keen to learn more. As always.

The area of a design solution for a small device as an educational tool used without the direct guidance of a teacher is a relatively unknown territory, only explored in the last 5-10 years. Today's mobile devices - smart mobile phones and PDAs have a processing capacity comparable to the personal computers from 10 years ago. These devices have been mainly explored for the purposes of communication and socialising, whereas their enormous potential in the educational field have not yet been sufficiently addressed. There is a possibility to use mobile devices in almost any educational field, teaching virtually any subject, but in the scope of this project the attention is focused on the teaching and learning of a foreign language with the help of a handheld tool, i.e. the smart mobile phone.

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