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This blog gives an outline of iPad lessons created by one teacher for her second grade classroom. The included lessons cover math and language arts. This is a valuable resource for anyone learning how to integrate iPads into their own teaching. SIG 1Context: exploartion, creations, cross curricular, apps

This website features 8 mobile learning lesson plans from Scholastic. SIG 1 Context: mobile devices, cell phones, cross- curricular

This site by the Department of Education and Early Child Development in Victoria outlines iPad lesson ideas by content and is a good reference for iPad implementation. SIG1 Focus: mobile devices, iPad

Designed by math teacher Thomas Petra to share meaningful, practical math lessons with other teachers. Lesson ideas, examples, downloads ....the goal in each case is 21st century learning that uses Google Earth to help make math real and relevant to students. Examples include finding the volume of the Great Pyramids of Giza, converting currency, working with time zones, noting the locations of a storm to map its progress over time....

This Live Binder includes a TON of resources for iPod touches and iPads. At the top, there are green tabs which are further broken down into grey tabs just below. The "Instruction" tab provides good information for pedagogy and rationale and the "General Information" tab is broken down into other categories that will help us in our project: BYOD strategies and Lesson Plans, for example.

This is a good example of a school which formerly banned mobile devices utilizing smartphones in a pilot program in 5th grade math/science classroom. Lessons otherwise traditionally done in paper and pencil were carried out integrating the mobile devices. Looking to start your own pilot program? This school got new cell phones from HTC, a cell phone manufacturer and free connectivity from Verizon. SIG1 context: teacher discusses benefits, exploration, mobility, connection, cross-curricular

This article addresses five issues a teacher needs to consider when thinking about implementing mobile devices. This is practical information addressing potential issues for adoption of mobile devices in education. It address logistic issues. SIG1Context: logistics, mobile devices,

This is an entire blog which contains posts about cell phones in education. There are a few pages listed on the right navigation. The most helpful to us will be: Lesson Ideas, Articles, and Research. The second post listed features iVoted, a cell phone app, for live polling.