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This article discusses apps available for educational purposes that alleviate difficulties with implementing a BYOD program. Microsoft One Note is a beneficial program for note taking on mobile devices and makes it very easy to use. Evernote is also helpful. One of the best features is the ability to screenshot.

This gives an understanding of virtual labs and also has othere links on the side that some people might find useful.

Cloud computing is inevitable? Learn more at this great link!

I was searching for a video for environmental impact but I found this one that can be helpful for Education

Education is no longer just pencils and paper inside a brick and mortar classroom. It's using a search engine to define vocabulary words; it's watching a YouTube video to understand the scientific method; it's taking mobile phone photos on a field trip to use in a report.

Great ideas on how to use the mobile phone in a classroom

This article gives background information on open content learning and the new developments in higher education.

This article describes the relevance for teaching with open content and gives examples of it in practice.

LAK 14 stands for Learning Analytics and Knowledge (Conference) 2014. This is the fourth year of the conference, and I think a lot of data can come from this site. See the "Live Blogs and Notes" page for more information about the conference via blogs written as it occurred.

This blog post speaks mainly about a specific area in the educational world that can be greatly improved through use of mobile technology. It talks about the advancements it can make in student engagement, as well as areas of learning that require listening and speaking. While the listening and speaking seems to only be relevant to things such as language classes, any improvement to student engagement in the classroom is easily applicable to any field of education.

This article delves into an interesting idea that reminds the reader that we must not treat mobile learning as anything we have seen before. To get the most out of this technology, we must see it as something completely new. We will probably end up changing the way we do things, but, in the end, it will be much more useful and helpful for the students.

A report from the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Mozilla Foundation details how a MacArthur-supported initiative to expand use of digital badges can improve learning and outcomes for students and adults. The digital credentials represent an individual's skills, interests, and achievements.

The maker movement is a global, DIY movement of people who take charge of their lives, solve their own problems and share how they solved them. And it's growing in schools that are searching for more authentic learning experiences for their students.

How virtual reality functions in the classroon

Virtual/Augmented reality in educations