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MIT Center for Mobile Learning, in colloboration with the MIT Media Lab encourages teachers and academic faculty to develop their own mobile apps to facilitate in education.

"Forget devices, the future of education technology is all about the cloud and anywhere access. In the future, teaching and learning is going to be social", says Matt Britland... "iPads and other mobile technology are the 'now'. Although, they will play a part in the future, four years ago the iPad didn't even exist. We don't know what will be the current technology in another four. Perhaps it will be wearable devices such as Google Glass..."

The author of this article tries to answer why so many teachers are resistant to mobile devices in their classrooms although their students tend to believe that smartphones and laptops can assist their learning. After reading the text, I realized how social attitude toward mobile learning can be a decisive factor in terms of its integration into education.

I guess this perfectly illustrates the thin line? Where do you fall on on the continuum?

I think number eleven is also important, many of us stuck between this line:)

This infographic presents 5 benefits of using technology in teacher education. One of the benefits that I found interesting was "technology reduces weight". I agree with this benefit a lot. Since I am a commuter as a doctoral student, I feel this benefit deeply. I used to carry huge handbooks and articles for a single presentation or a class reading. I now carry my iPad and use my cloud account on my tech tools, and read everywhere. I feel more comfortable and mobile now with the reduced weight and the less paper.

I like your choice which is simple but clearly describes what the benefits of using technology in the classroom :)

Dear Friends, I strongly recommend that you read this article. The researchers designed, implemented and evaluated a PD program to help urban teachers in low-income underserved schools in the U.S. learn how to utilize iPads and educational apps to support teaching and learning

Dear Ecenaz, thank you for sharing it! And you can download it for free from the following link: http://sci-hub.io/10.1016/j.compedu.2015.04.009# You can download from the box above on the left of the page. I think it might guide us for our PD designs.

A short yet well curated list of most commonly used educational social networking sites.

In case you may need them for your professional development workshops. :)

They offer more than 300 Harvard classes in several formats online to deliver convenient Harvard lectures to your computer or mobile device. Most of our distance education courses are offered in our 15-week fall or spring semester.

I've been facilitating the extension program since my undergrad years which is beyond useful, to me. We'll also cover some aspects of it in our presentation. Thanks for sharing, İpek!

In 2011, Katy Independent School District, in partnership with Cisco, launched the final phase of a technology transformation. The teachers explain how they transformed their vision of instruction by integrating mobile learning strategies.

Themes and topics of the conference: 1. ICT in Teaching and Learning 2. 3D, Virtual and Simulation-Based Learning 3. Playful and Game-Based Learning 4. Pedagogical Models in Educational Use of ICT's 5. Internet and Social Media in Everyday Life 6. Personal Learning Environments 7. Digital Media Literacies 8. Mobile Learning and Work

Thanks for sharing I would also like to invite you to the "1st International Instructional Technologies & Teacher Education Symposium" which will take place on June 26th - 28th 2013, Trabzon/ TURKEY http://ittes.org/ITTES_2013/

Matti,this looks like an interesting conference and directly related to the new media and pedagogies. Thanks for sharing.

Teachers and administrators can use Mobilskole from their mobile devices to quickly and easily send information to parents and students about attendance, grades and school events, among other things. Mobilskole can be used for urgent communication between schools and parents about emergencies and school closures due to weather. System provides templates for standard messages, including reminders for parents, information about school field trips, and internal communications among school employees.