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DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2005.00129.x First, we polled 333 Japanese university students regarding their use of mobile devices. One hundred percent reported owning a mobile phone. Ninety-nine percent send e-mail on their mobile phones, exchanging some 200 e-mail messages each week. Sixty-six percent e-mail peers about classes; 44% e-mail for studying. In contrast, only 43% e-mail on PCs, exchanging an average of only two messages per week. Only 20% had used a personal digital assistant. Second, we e-mailed 100-word English vocabulary lessons at timed intervals to the mobile phones of 44 Japanese university students, hoping to promote regular study. Compared with students urged to regularly study identical materials on paper or Web, students receiving mobile e-mail learned more (Ps literal meaning; a video shows the idiomatic meaning. Textual materials include an explanation, script, and quiz. Thirty-one Japanese college sophomores evaluated the site using video-capable mobile phones, finding few technical difficulties, and rating highly its educational effectiveness.

Project K-Nect is a pilot program in Onslow County Schools (North Carolina) where teachers utilize Smart Phones to teach selected math courses. Developed by Digital Millennial Consulting and funded in part through Qualcomm's Wireless Reach initiative, the program is designed to increase student achievement in math and close the digital disconnect for students in Onslow County Schools in North Carolina. As part of the Project K-Nect classes, students are given smart phones with 24/7 Internet access which they can use at home or school. Students have full access to both the Project K-Nect curriculum, as well as the smart phone features including instant messaging, video and photo capabilities, calculators and Internet access.

Android Nougat Nokia Phones Recent leaks show most likely to have 5.2 inch and 5.5 inch OLED displays with QHD resolution & will run on Snapdragon 820 SoC.

Use of cell phones in the classroom on the Parkland School Division wiki. 

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! 

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.

Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.  The app is pretty intuitive and turns a smartphone into a scientific tool that takes advantage of the metadata that the phone can track as well as it's ability to gather digital image, audio, and text data. 

The NEA Foundation in partnership with the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) wants to know how mobile phone technology can be used to transform teaching and learning.  The Foundation will award up to five individuals $1,000 for the best ideas posted on the C2i page on the U.S. Department of Education's Open Innovation Portal.

GDs for Android App syncs up all of the data in your Google account. Easy to navigate interface. Option to start a document by taking a picture with your phone and uploading it to GDs.   

New oppo reno 4z Specifications & Price in Pakistan becomes the best selling mid range smart phone in 2021.

Jeb Bush, Melinda Gates, Sal Khan and the Coming Digital Learning Battle

Interesting take on smoothing the transition to more inclusion of mobile learning devices. 

I love these presentations! They are open to all to add - so keep checking back as 19 will soon become 40!