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Hard to believe the average mobile device accounts for nearly 2 hours of user time in mobile apps. Time to think about what these apps are doing for (to) us.

Follow this 1 minute tutorial to grow your PLN with Diigo.

A tutorial on adding friends to our Diigo group. Follow this 1 minute tutorial to grow your PLN with Diigo. How many mobile learning experts can you find.

This article was of interest because most predictions are conjecture - the mobile market is growing no doubt, but how and what consumers are going to do with these devices is of real interest. As the mobile market grows, the personal computer market is shrinking

Awoke to an NPR interview of a most remarkable woman telling her story of living with Lou Gehrig's disease. With considerable assistance of her husband during this interview, who must translate her strained speech, I learned how she wrote a book using an iPhone (or iPod) with the use of one thumb only. Compelling, inspiring. Grateful for my life and limbs today, going out for an invigorating ski and thinking of her.  Apologies to Frank, an English teacher, for the disjointed sentence starting with "with considerable assistance....., needs editing.

Good article on the divergence of tablets and phones

Research concerning mobile devices in the classroom. Verizon initiated, so caution toward bias.

iBooks Tutorial

Here is a video tutorial for those who need an orientation to iBooks.

bog pondering living with an iPad and only an iPad

Just found this blog on living with an iPad alone. We recently bought one for my Mom (74) and she has decided to try traveling with only her iPad to Florida this summer. Some schools are buying iPad's instead of computers. Wondering if this blog has insightful advice. will peruse. Thought I would share.

Divided as researchers sort out whether readers of tablets or textbooks perform better. As well as hidden costs of mobile devices.

I tried sharing comments using Evernote as an experiment. I don't think it worked, so here is what I had posted there: The Future of Education: Tablets vs. Textbooks BY MARGARET ROCK "Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt tested an interactive, digital version of an Algebra 1 textbook for Apple's iPad in California's Riverside Unified School District. Students who used the iPad version scored 20 percent higher on standardized tests versus students who learned with traditional textbooks." * This is interesting. It's noted later in the article that students who read a more traditional textbook in digital format, without the benefit of the bells and whistles of a book designed to play on the strengths of digital media, did no better than those reading paper books. My thinking on this is that the books that moved beyond just the traditional text and images were more intriguing because they allowed students to interact in more diverse ways with the information. One of the reasons I enjoy reading on my Nook is that it more closely resembles the experience of reading on paper. The advantage over paper is that I can annotate and highlight without damaging the book, plus I like the dictionary feature. Reading a book on a computer is not as rewarding as reading on a good quality reader. The Houghton Mifflin Harcourt folks add much more to the experience through videos, audio links, animations, and links to ancillary information while maintaining the options I mentioned in my Nook experience. It's more engaging because there's more to do and more of the senses are being addressed. "A small but growing number of researchers are uncovering evidence that readers are better able to remember what they read in printed books long-term when compared to materials read via an electronic screen, raising questions about tablets in the classroom." "For example, Kate Garland, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Leicester in England, conducted a study on the effects of e-books

The Future of Education: Tablets vs. Textbooks

Planning, challenges, checklists - PDFs available

Diigo Browser looks like a most try. I'm off to download it now. Highlight quickly, email a page with its highlighting.

I downloaded iChromy a few years ago but have not used it much. This video made me go revisit it.

for reading comprehension and text to speech

for the visual learners, in us. Changes in video and music primarily noted.

There are two ways to set up email on a iOS device. One way is to use the Gmail method another way is to use the Exchange method. Here is the Gmail method (I personally prefer the Exchange Method of settingup Gmail)

I prefer the Exchange method of setting up Gmail on my phone, but here is the Gmail method with some troubleshooting tips in case it does not work.