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LessonNote, an iPad-based observation tool "Lesson Study Alliance and Project IMPULS are developing an application for iPad, the LessonNote, to help practitioners of lesson study improve the quality of their post-lesson discussions by improving the quality of observational data collected during the lesson. It has been tested in research lessons in both the U.S. and Japan. The first version of this application will soon be available for free from the iTunes store."

NIE is mentioned in this article talking about mobile technology in schools. And the platform chosen was Windows.... The National Institute of Education of Singapore is assisting teachers with the development of customized curriculum in English, Science and Chinese that leverages the benefits of mobile, Internet-connected, learning devices and provides students with new learning opportunities that are not possible with paper and pencil. We co-design technology enabled lessons with the teachers and provide professional development to teachers that enable them to enact lessons using smartphones. It is critical to empower teachers to orchestrate the transformed classroom to support students' personalized learning," says Professor Looi Chee Kit of the National Institute of Education. All smartphones are equipped with MyDesk, a next-generation mobile learning platform tailored to leverage the capabilities of Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. MyDesk enables each student to access his or her assignments, relevant websites that contain podcasts, textual material and video clips and educational applications, such as concept mapping, drawing and animating, to practice both self-directed and collaborative learning.

"Designing meaningful and engaging lessons (for any form of delivery, including eLearning) is a task that every good instructional designer seeks to master. Teaching lower-school students is a privilege that quickly makes you realize that the approach you take when conveying an idea is just as important as the idea itself. An approach that I have found most successful is threefold: Be clear and concise Use visuals Excite the imagination. Since migrating over to the "adult learning" spectrum, I've found this strategy to be just as applicable."

Video shooting and uploading limits with the iPad.

For all of us that are pushing our social media efforts. Here is a lesson nugget from Seth Godin. "Great marketers don't make stuff. They make meaning."

For the video team to look into.

I tried it. Clean and simple interface. Enhances attention because users will be less distracted.

A good pointer/lesson to be learnt and why your Facebook page doesn't seem to not take off. 

On my browser, clicking on the link leads to a "database error" message. There is a missing "/". The URL is http://socialmouths.com/blog/2011/02/03/10-reasons-your-facebook-page-is-not-taking-off/ Good general tips there!

Learn about using mobile devices to support reflection in ePortfolios.

CodeAcademy is a website that gives you programming lessons. Its Code Year program sends weekly coding exercises straight to your email inbox. Since New Year's Day, over 200,000 people have made similar resolutions. And according to co-founder Zach Sims, even businesses are taking notice. Right now, CodeAcademy focuses on three standard web languages: JavaScript, Ruby, and Python.

Purdue University has a page in its wiki repository that details foursquare, including its history, how it relates to other applications, and its real world application. The real world application section includes lesson plans from geography, economics, technology, and music.

Reference for m-learning principle objectives

Ok, I think this isn't ever going to make it into ANY school... but this is an amazing concept of how we can use QR codes to enhance real-world art in education... i.e. cyberspace meets meat-space (literally). An idea that I gained from this is that we could use this idea for, say, a printed picture book... if we scanned the QR code in the printed page using our iPhones, the moment the video loaded, we could just place our iPhones directly over the printed page, and it would give a compelling illusion that the printed page had suddenly come to life a la Harry Potter. :) BTW do watch the video from 2:05 onwards! :) (esp if you're squeamish about watching a tattoo process) Now, for an iPad-sized tattoo... any takers? ;) (Just kidding!)

Another idea: Imagine we were doing a bio lesson and wanted our students to "see" a beating heart. We could get a mannequin and paste QR codes over the chest. Then the teacher can scan the QR code, load the corresponding Youtube video and place the mobile phone directly over the chest. The result would look to the students as though the phone was a magic window for them to peer through the chest to "see" the beating heart. So QR codes could be used for 3D object lessons too.

This could be a helpful reference/resource/source of inspiration for IDs and ETs.

For IDs and VCDs! Quote: "there's a big difference between watching a video and learning something from it" Article goes on to suggest strategies for incorporating videos into lessons. 

an interactive assignment, tutor can monitor student progress, like how much time they spent watching video, student give feedback at end of assignment