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Its just amazing how easily we can all create a mobile website. Great communication tool, great for business, etc. Onbile is a free online platform to create easily mobile websites. Without programming knowledge. Using premium templates with high quality design. With the best prices and suitable for every phone screen resolution. Mobile websites available for iPhone, Android phones, Blackberry and tablets. Free and professional plans to create your mobile site with affordable prices.

Some 20% of Americans ages 18 to 34 multitask this way too Sometimes the heat of the moment isn't just enough to fully unplug. According to the 2013 Mobile Consumer Habits study conducted by Harris Interactive for mobile company Jumio, most Americans don't like parting with their significant other - their smartphone.

Purdue has developed and deployed a large suite of digital technologies designed to improve student success. They developed this tool - Mixable, that enables informaiton to be delivered though a mobile device, Facebook application, or web browser. All these technologies are designed to connect the classroom with the class using the connections and devices common to students such as dropbox, video/image sharing tool, etc.

Mobile Moodle app moving to HTML5 more... Upcoming MoodleMoots around the world more... 1st Moodle Research Conference - September 2012 more...

I have checked out Moodle before and have read articles that seems to favor this over Blackboard. However, even though its free, it may be a challenge for some universities to switch over. The hidden costs are high.

I used Moodle for several years at my former school, in Spain. It's a great LMS, not too different from Blackboard. It's free but, at a school level you still have to have an IT department for the maintenance, or pay an external administrator. If I were a principal, I would choose Moodle over Blackboard.

A fantastic site for teachers and educators. There are several tools that are listed by category including presentation tools, mobile tools, video tools, community tools, and related tools.

The site is fantastic. So many good tools to use, all in one place. This is worth checking out. While I am not a teacher, I think the way its organized and the tools it offers can be used in our field of ISD. Thanks once again for digging up some good stuff. :)

Here is the description from Edmodo: "Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices. Our goal is to help educators harness the power of social media to customize the classroom for each and every learner." Is it another Blackboard? Or not? A feature for this tool is that you can choose to get mobile notifications of updates from the teacher.

I have a user profile on Edmodo, and I am now being asked to use it by my administration team at my school. It kind of reminds me of Facebook in a professional sense.

This looks really promising. I'm going to look into this more and perhaps use this as my portal for the produsage assignment. Thanks for sharing Shuang!

What is Poll Everywhere? The fastest way to create stylish real-time experiences for events using mobile devices Poll Everywhere replaces expensive proprietary audience response hardware with standard web technology. It's the easiest way to gather live responses in any venue: conferences, presentations, classrooms, radio, tv, print - anywhere.

I think the basic "free" features allow you just to poll one survey question at a time. What's really cool about it is that students can text their answers in. I am not familiar with it, but it is a great way to generate discussion within a classroom, blog, or website.

Thanks Dana!

Two men fell off a cliff Wednesday in San Diego's North County while playing "Pokemon Go," the Encinitas Fire Department confirmed. San Diego Lifeguards reported that someone had fallen off a cliff at E Street around 1:12 p.m. When the Encinitas Fire Department arrived, they found a man around 80 to 90 feet down the cliff, on the beach. Be aware of the surroundings while playing this game! Safety first!

I just wish I could play it. It is only available in one remote city in South Korea due to antiquated laws dating back to the Korean war.

As an avid pokemon fan I definitely tried the game out. I wasn't super impressed by it. I think most of the mobile phone apps are too simple for me to enjoy playing regularly. I will say that people getting hurt while engaging with them seems to be on the rise. Maybe there should be some sort of a warning when these games boot up. Something along the lines of "PLEASE LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING" might be helpful. lol.

Huh! I did not know that something like this existed! I actually had to look up what QR codes are before I understood what it could be used for. I thought it was just a bar code for scanning identification or something.

I've used QR codes in the classroom before! Such a great tool and fun for the kids!

I love these examples! I've used QR codes in the classroom by sending my kids on math scavenger hunts around the classroom. They then had to solve a math problem and scan the QR code with the class iPads to see if they got their answer correct. The kids loved having that extra piece of technology during their math lesson!

This is an interesting concept, I had not heard of microlearning before today. It sounds like there is some merit to it, based on this article, but I do wonder how easy it could be to use ineffectively in terms of corporate trainings. I worry it could be easy to see low cost numbers and embrace the concept without ensuring learning gains are still taking place.