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By Lisa Neilsen in the THE Journal

Site dedicated to apps for graphing on mobile devices. 

Cites several anecdotal examples of how mobile learning is used in schools, particularly in areas with low income high risk students who do not have pc's at home or internet service.

Using Smartphones to get adolescents reading and sharing, using Yoza

Consortium effort in Tanzania to deliver instructional tools to the classroom using Smartphone technology. 

Resources gathered by Cybrary Man on cell phones and mobile learning.

s the use of computing and networking technologies in schools grows, educators increasingly incorporate online tools and resources into their curricula-some even replace traditional classroom interactions with "virtual" courses that take place entirely online. At the same time, administrators are concerned with helping students develop 21st century skills while bridging the digital divide between students and adults. To address emerging trends in education, Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit group and Blackboard have joined together to bring you Education in the 21st Century, a series of reports that include data from the SpeakUp Survey, which shed light on issues related to learning and leading in K-12 education.

2011 EduCon session. Wiki includes articles about the ban on cell phones in schools as well as easy to use mobile learning activities.

Elliot is everywhere! 

Blog about Chris Geeen's iPod touch project at his school. Has some very interesting ideas about how students can create quick products from research on the iPod touch. Worth looking at if you have access to mobile learning tools not just iPod, although some of the apps are specific to the iPod.

From the Chronicle of Higher Education. Issues of intellectual property policies for students developing apps for mobile devices.

Discussion of the market for educational apps. 

Live Binder dedicated to iPads being used in schools full of ideas, app suggestions, and lesson plans. 

The Horizon Report 2011- #1 trend is mobile learning

BYOL programs are burgeoning and this is a good example of a Cincinnati Suburb implementing a BYOL program to supplement their 1:1 initiative. 

Interesting little wiki on apps for the iPad in eduation. 

Nice list of different ways to use QR codes.