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Now if we could just start using Moodle...

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The Pew Internet and American Life Project has produced The Mobile Difference, a report into the gadget preferences and mobile lifestyles of groups within the US population. The report defines two sets of five cohorts. Adults 'Motivated by Mobility' (39%): Adults who are the 'Stationary Media Majority' (61%):

Kids these days have it all-their own laptops, cell phones, music players, and even digital cameras. A new report from the NPD Group says that use of these devices has grown by an "impressive" rate among 4 to 14 year olds, and that their usage is even changing over time as technology matures.

"At Learn it in 5, you'll learn what is Web 2.0, and strategies for using Web 2.0 technology in the digital classroom - all in 5 minutes or less. Learn it in 5 is a powerful library of how-to videos, produced by technology teachers, for the purpose of helping teachers and students create classroom strategies for today's 21st century's digital classroom. These step-by-step how-to videos walk teachers through Web 2.0 technology, demonstrating how to use Web 2.0 applications like blogs, social networks, podcasts, interactive videos, wikis, slidesharing and much more."

These are nice, I got the reference from another group.

Jott.com's voice-to-text services allow you to capture thoughts, create to-dos, set reminders, and send emails & text messages - all with a simple phone call

meeting24.tv is a web conference system for up to 24 users for 24/7. (We have a pro account option menu.) Only a meeting host user needs to create a user account. Other members can join the meeting by web browser without registration or login. It's so easy. (If you use your browser in English, all texts convert in English automatically and you can use it at international conference.)

District has over 300 SMART Boards

More than tinyurl.com, this site lets you create a list of links, create a tutorial for others to use, build website collections

Schools struggle to balance student educational needs with privacy and freedom of speech rights in the digital age This puts an interesting 'spin' on acceptable use and it made me wonder is Arlington wasn't already thinking about this when they bought all these iPads!