ISTE Mobile Learning

http://inderscience.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&eissn=1746-7268&volume=1&issue=2&spage=159 The purpose of this study is to identify the benefits that mobile technology can provide in education. From a review of the literature and interviews with individuals in the field of education, we developed an activitybased model to associate the uses of mobile technology with their benefits. The model first identifies the general uses of mobile technology in education and the specific activities that they encompass. Then, the benefits from their uses are identified with overarching themes emerging as follows: greater efficiencies and effectiveness in learning, increased individual support and opportunities for personal development, better methods of collaborating and communicating and greater exposure to technology.

obile learning extends education beyond the physical confines of the classroom and school library, allowing students to access content from home, communicate with teachers, and, perhaps most importantly, communicate with each other via online collaboration tools. Affordable smartphones with 3G broadband connectivity help ensure all students have access to educational resources 24/7. To read more about Wireless Reach projects that demonstrate how wireless access is transforming education click here

2010 Chronicle of Higher Education ProfHacker article by George Williams detailing the progress and impact of social media on MLA meeting attendees and members alike.

Chronicle of Higher Ed ProfHacker article by George Williams that includes info regarding social media at the annual Modern Language Association meeting. Mr. Williams points to his article this year as a companion piece to "Academics and Social Media: #mla09 and Twitter" from last year. The article also includes a quote from William Gibson: "The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet."

Article describes the efforts of Wikimedia to work with LSU to institutionalize the curriculum around Wikipedia. Rodney Dunican, education programs manager for Wikimedia said, "We don't want them to cite Wikipedia. What we really want them to do is understand how to use and critically evaluate the articles on Wikipedia and then learn how to contribute to make those articles better."

Cedars is a small independent school in Scotland and is using the iPads as instructional tools. This article is just an overview of their approach but warrants a more indepth look at what the school is doing. 

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

Using Smartphones to get adolescents reading and sharing, using Yoza

An on-going discussion of implementing an iPod Touch program at Culbreth Middle in Chapel Hill, NC. The discussion addresses a variety of on-going issues and topics from AUP, to charging, to best apps, to instructional routines. Worth mining for data.  Anyone interested in helping to sift through the information? 

I Education Apps Review site. 

The award winning Learning2Go initiative is currently the largest collaborative mobile learning project for pupils in the UK. The initiative, co-ordinated by the e-Services team of Wolverhampton City Council, shows how successfully mobile learning can be used to give students access to 'anywhere, anytime' learning. Learning2Go is developing new ways of delivering exciting and motivating learning both in and beyond school.

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

Mobile learning resources geared primarily toward the iPad from Lee's Summit School district in MO. 

Easy note taking site. Create an account, type in your notes simply and add new notes by hitting enter.  Site has a mobile friendly version for viewing notes. quicklyst.com/mobile that makes accessing the notes via a smartphone easy and quick. 

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

Mobile Computing | Feature Elementary iPads A Kentucky elementary school is starting its students on iPads at the tender age of seven. By Bridget McCrea05/04/11

The University of Kentucky's Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce is working with Apple to run an 18-month trial in which students, faculty and staff will all use iPads to complete course work. The department will use iPads for everything from student recruitment, admissions, seminars, graduation, and classes. Apple is supporting the school throughout the trial, with things like program development and strategy, as well as training users. The goal of the project is to explore how to take advantage of the device in the classroom setting and to discover which applications work best for studying diplomacy and international commerce. In February, about 50 Patterson School students, faculty, and staff began using the iPad trial, and another 35 students will join the trial program once the 2011 students are chosen. The program will include both first and second-generation iPads. New Career Opportunities Daily:

The typical student at the Newcomer Center, an alternative school in Township High School District 214 in Arlington Heights, IL, is a recent immigrant with little or no English skills. The school is a temporary stopover for these students--they stay at the center for about a year, building up their English-language skills, and are then transferred to an ESL program at their home school in the district.

Discussion of the market for educational apps.