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"With all these direct applications for learning, it's easy to justify using mobile devices in school. But what real and lasting effect will they have on the "formal" learning equation?" As we introduce mobile learning devices to students, we must avoid a mechanised education horror. It s time to remember the rich and complex nature of learning.

"Last week I was in a bit of a bind: My mobile broadband key from 3 wasn't getting reception, while my Optus-powered Samsung Galaxy S had enough reception to get me online, but I needed to use the laptop. Then I remembered that the Galaxy S lets you use the phone's 3G connection as a mobile hotspot and I thought to myself, "All phones should have this feature!"

Consider that many students have phones and that these will soon become mobile hotspots. Only a big deal for schools and depts that spend a fortune to shackle and cripple what students can and probably should be doing.

Create and test a mobile app. Author app. Host and promote your app. Link to FB, Flickr, Twitter, Picasa, and other media sites. Create a mobile version of a regular web site.

"In a BYOD (bring your own device) world, where your mobile learning must work on a wide variety of devices, a big question for designers is "how do you design for that?" In this article, we attempt to help you find some answers to that question..."

"Line up your phones and tablets to create a race track across up to five screens. No apps. No downloads. Just start a race, sync up and tap your screens to rev your engines. Multiplayer games for the mobile browser are here. RACER IS A MOBILE CHROME EXPERIMENT. TEST DRIVE IT IN A CHROME MOBILE BROWSER AT G.CO/RACER"

Nowadays teachers and students have a variety of ways to show what they know and to express themselves. Take a look at some of the hottest online and mobile tools for showing, explaining, and retelling in my infographic, "Show What You Know Using Web & Mobile Apps." These tools can turn students into teachers and teachers into super-teachers! Furthermore, most of the apps listed in the infographic are free of charge.

"KFC Australia has created its first ever branded mobile gaming app to directly target the young adult market. KFC teamed up with DT - part of Ogilvy Australia and STW - in October last year and released the KFC Snack! In the Face mobile gaming app for android and apple devices. The campaign ran from October 8 to December 2, 2013 where 2,500 free prizes were given away every day of the campaign plus multiple achievement prizes were available. All rewards were mobile-based and redeemable in all 600 KFC stores across Australia."

The facility of Promotional Bulk SMS has brought a drastic revolution in the way businesses were conducted until a few years back. Gone are the days of traditional advertising SMS Marketing.Now you can promote your Product/Services at just a click directly to thousands of Mobile Phone users through promotional SMS. This has only opened attractive new arena of communication mode. Mobiles have become the most common communication mode(Bulk SMS). Every other individual, today, has a mobile. Nothing can be better than sending Bulk SMS to the prospective customers. We are Intenext Solutions, one of the leading Bulk Sms Providers in Patna of this amazing facility. We are based in Patna and offer effective and efficient services to clients' spread across the country. We provide SMS/email to OPT-IN Subscribers Only.

The facility of Promotional Bulk SMS has brought a drastic revolution in the way businesses were conducted until a few years back. Gone are the days of traditional advertising SMS Marketing.Now you can promote your Product/Services at just a click directly to thousands of Mobile Phone users through promotional SMS. This has only opened attractive new arena of communication mode. Mobiles have become the most common communication mode(Bulk SMS). Every other individual, today, has a mobile. Nothing can be better than sending Bulk SMS to the prospective customers. We are Intenext Solutions, one of the leading Bulk Sms Providers in Patna of this amazing facility. We are based in Patna and offer effective and efficient services to clients' spread across the country. We provide SMS/email to OPT-IN Subscribers Only.

Blog for the new book Mobile Learning Edge by Gary Woodill. See also his personal blog http://www.garywoodill.com/ This 2010 book describes the ways to use mobile for learning content delivery.

Printed media used to allow us to read in the places we found most comfortable ... Unfortunately, as news and media moves online, it moves us away from these places and into our desk chairs .. I've found that as devices become more mobile, it's not only changing where we read, but when. Today, I'd like to show you some of the data behind this movement.

We aspire to make it fun and simple for consumers to create a beautiful, content centric mobile app, or in our case, a Yapp.  Yapps are user created, themed, customizable, mobile experiences that can be updated in real time and do not require their own binary.

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24 Hours using nothing more than a mobile phone. How did I cope? Where did the Edtechcrew fit in

"INFOGRAPHIC: 2012 Internet & Mobile Trends"

Simple infographic that seeks to show just how integrated mobile technology has been integrated into the lives of students of all ages.

Create mobile apps from websites

"Mobile learning is seen by many as a disruptive technology. This is because it has been identified as a technology which holds great potential to transform the learning and teaching within a classroom. What follows is a mash up presented at the NSWDEC 5th biennial equity conference in 2011 which explains some of the issues."

Tomorrow at the NCTIES 2014 conference I am facilitating a workshop on creating videos with mobile apps. I designed the workshop to accommodate users of iOS and Android devices. In preparation for the workshop I created this chart that compares the features and costs of eleven mobile video creation apps.

"Nearly two in five children have used a tablet or smartphone before they could speak in full sentences, according to a new report. Conducted by family advocacy organization Common Sense Media, the study found that 38% of children under the age of 2 have used a mobile device for playing games, watching videos or other media-related purposes. In 2011, only 10% had."

"Finally! Mobile printing is really here! A printer that goes where you go & prints from your phone on any size page! The future is now!"