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This article discusses what different students wish to see with the upcoming use of mobile learning in their classrooms. They want to be able to customize their tablets to fit their personalities.

Flattening walls is only a first but important step in changing how we learn. Here is a provocative way of thinking outside the traditional classroom.

This is a report on a conference of how open access impacts higher education and research.

This article talks about solutions to the issues of iPads in schools. Being that technology is relatively difficult skill to some people, students and faculty must be patient with the iPads. Also, Macworld says that the teachers should be properly educated on the iPads in order to aid the students accordingly. Other tips would be to advocate digital literacy, monitor the security, and that one size does not fit all

This article tells the story of a middle school in North Carolina adapting the iPad as a learning tool for all of their sixth grade students. It discusses the teachers learning how to use them, as well as the teachers' arguments against them.

A school in Dothan, Atlanta has just approved a plan to provide iPads for students in grades 4-12. Mobile learning has been running rampant across schools.

This is a suppository of open access articles which are copyrighted, but allowed for distribution.

This article discusses the steps that must be executed to implement a well run BYOD program in schools. The steps are specify what devices are permitted, a diligent security, a clear service policy, make it clear who owns the apps/data, ban certain apps, integrate your BYOD plan with an acceptable use policy, and set up an employee exit strategy.

Examples of "free" online courses in psychology.

This article talks about how people thought cloud computing would take jobs away, but how jobs are actually created due to the implementation of cloud computing in the workplace.

This webpage describes everything that has to do with tablets being used in classrooms. It explains the uses as well as the downsides to using them including the distractions they bring.

This gives examples of how different search engines can be used to find specific types of open content.

This article is about how people who are middle skilled are able to receive online education and a virtual job placement.

This article is about how students from Goshen are having school on snow day through the use of a virtual classroom.

I found this website very helpful to understand the concept of cloud computing and its functions.

Network-based services, which appear to be provided by real server hardware and are in fact served up by virtual hardware simulated by software running on one or more real machines, are often called cloud computing.cloud computing is computing that involves a large number of computers connected through a communication network such as the Internet, similar to utility computing. In science, cloud computing is a synonym for distributed computing over a network, and means the ability to run a program or application on many connected computers at the same time.

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Practical uses of 3D printers