ISTE Mobile Learning

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

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. 

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

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Good list of schools that have 1-to-1 devices for students

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

Using Smartphones to get adolescents reading and sharing, using Yoza

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.

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."

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."

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.

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

nice wiki discussion of iPod Apps that can be used in the classroom with an interesting approach to sharing each app.

From the Victorian Government

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:

2011 has seen the proliferation of iPad trials in Australian schools and Universities. In most of these cased the iPad has been adopted as much for the Apps available as for its e-reading tools. Here are some sites and reports to look at.

The Horizon Report 2011- #1 trend is mobile learning

Discussion of the market for educational apps.