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"This is the age of tablets, says Julie DeNeen's in her article, "25 Ways to Use Tablets to Enhance the Learning Experience." Of late, many educators are redesigning the curriculum to fit on a tablet. "

"sales touted to overtake that of notebook PCs with an estimated volume of 240 million units sold worldwide by end of 2013. Needless to say, tablets are now an integral part of eLearning in enterprises both large and small. However, designing and developing courseware for these still remain a challenge for most organizations. Download our ebook, 'eLearning On Tablets - Getting It Right, to find a solution to this and any other challenge that you may have pertaining to eLearning on tablets."

"Become skilled on using a tablet in your classroom. As 1:1 iPad® or BYOD (bring your own deviсe) initiatives continue to evolve, we want to prepare teachers to use Sophia with their students on their iPad® or other tablet deviсe. Learn how to create and consume content on an iPad®: Migrate old lessons to the tablet Create new units or tutorials on the iPad® Leverage great academic content from other teachers and professionals, like Bill Nye The Science Guy "

"Welcome to mobile learning from Oxford ELT where you'll find lots of ideas for making the most of tablets, smartphones and apps in your teaching. This page is for anyone who wants to find out more: You want to encourage your students to use smartphones for learning, rather than as a distraction. You have 'gone digital' and now only use tablets, smartphones and computers. You'd like to put forward a proposal to your Director to use mobile devices. You want to find out how to motivate your students, and wonder if m-learning might help."

"IPads, Tablets And Learning"

Young children are increasingly using tablets (as well as smartphones and other devices with touch screens) in early education settings and with family members. This raises important questions, such as when and how these devices can be used with young children.

It just plain makes sense that students who dig incorporating technology into their academic pursuits would likely make mobile computing via tablets and smartphones an integral life component. Taking advantage of everything these applications have to offer streamlines the largely autonomous process behind enrolling in an online course. Some, of course, prove a little more useful than others, but the following offer a nice enough start!

When you use tablets and other devices, the nature of them requires you to be a teacherpreneur, or one who innovates, selects, and customizes your classroom.

"Over the past few days teachers at my school have been debating the methods of maintaining discipline in a classroom where every pupil has access to a device and/or the internet and/or a whole variety of brilliant distractions!"

The current state of technology in the classroom is somewhere between its infancy and bold experimentation. For every 1:1 tablet program or BYOD-pioneering district, there is a teacher in a poor urban district struggling to get her "smart" board thinking again, or another in a rural district dancing a little dance for his new document camera. The infographic below illustrates this point by offering statistics on what how many teachers are using what, and how they feel about it all. One interesting stat? 65% of teachers say technology let's them demonstrate things they could not show any other way. That one makes sense, though I'd think it might be closer to 100%.

In 2013, you don't need to find a radio to listen in on quality broadcast programming. A laptop, MP3 player, tablet, or even a smartphone will work just as well. Even better, there is a wealth of content out there that's both educational and entertaining, including some pretty amazing shows on scientific topics that are equally interesting to the layman and the professional. Whether you're just getting into listening to science podcasts or are looking for a few new shows to add to your weekly collection, we've highlighted what we think are some of the best science podcasts out there right now. They're informative, compelling, and even, at times, pretty darn funny, so make sure to check out one, two, or even all of these great science programs the next time you're looking for a little edutainment.

Tablet computing and mobile devices promise to dramatically impact education. This Ning network was created to explore ways iPads and other portable devices could be used to re-imagine the process of education and re-kindle students' innate desire to learn.

Google announced a new service that could make Android tablets a stronger challenger to iPads in education. Google Play for Education (not live yet) promises the features that many of us have wanted for a long time.

I like the step in the right dirention here but would like to take it further than....I want my students to.... by asking why should they blog? so an additional step is needed.... what is the final learning that you want to happen because of....