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Mobile Game-based verses project based learning: The results showed those pupils who played the game to be engaged and to gain significantly more knowledge about medieval Amsterdam than those pupils who received regular project-based instruction. High interest to me due to gamepbased learning and connection with mobile devices.

"The explosion of mobile device usage in business has led to some tricky and unexpected support challenges. Brien Posey lists some of the concerns IT pros should be aware of." This is a popular tech support site. This fellow is very cautious about security and mobile devices he also discussed the lack of training for tech support staff being thrown into having to support staff suddenly without being told that the devices had been acquired. Some of the comments brought varying opinions about how mobile devices should be allowed, or not,and why. Most seemed to feel they should be allowed. Though it depended on how sensitive your data is in the business and a clear use policy would be helpful.

Women and girls constitute the majority of the 775 million illiterates in the world. The main goal of the project is the empowerment of women and/or girls through education via innovative mobile technology-based learning and information programs.

This is a great site for listening to webinars about what education might look like in the future. Lots of big ideas and food for thought.

Some great ways to incorporate technology into the classroom. The ideas are easy and great for different age levels.

Discover the current state of mobile learning and what sets it apart from e-learning in this insightful article free to read and download!

This site has a lot of articles to read about various topics connected to technology in the classroom. Everything from specific apps/sites to use to the affects of texting slang in the classroom. Pretty interesting. A good site for multiple resources related to one thing.

Ed Tech and Mobile Learning offers articles, links, and collections of resources for teachers who want to get the most out of online learning opps and mobile apps.

Great site demonstrating the MANY different ways students can use ipads

Great sire with lots of information relating to elearning

Evernote is a great multiple use tool for organization and workflow that I would recommend for transforming mobile learning.

This is a favorite because Evernote is one of my all-time favorite apps. It is so much more than just a place to organize notes. I love that it's accessible from any device. I use the photo, audio, and formatting features quite a bit, and I am only touching the surface of how to get the most out of this app.

"As new, more mobile technologies have entered the classroom, often in the backpacks of students, teachers become orchestrators of projects and seek the best emerging digital environments for improving motivation, relevance and depth of learning."

I feel that these 5 videos directly and indirectly touch upon some of the key themes of trans-formative mobile learning. I especially liked Sugatra Mitra's comment that "it's not about making learning happen, it's about letting it happen" through educational self-organizing. Mobile learning is an arena where teachers have to play the role of facilitator and simply "set a process in motion" and let learning unfold with the use of new tech tools that produce unpredictable outcomes. When learning happens on-the-go, the dividing line between education and everyday life becomes blurred and frequently dissolves away to spark relevant learning.

Some great ipad apps for science.  (including environmental science, physics, etc)

Like Jessica I kept going back to the idea that "it's not about technology, it's about the learning." Yet after much mucking about, I kept coming back to this article which one of you introduced early in the semester. To my "pre-app developer" self, it was a real eye opener and inspiration to imagine all these topics being covered (some better than others) in this visual, graphic mode and living on one device. So in the spirit of inspiration, I offer this article as a favorite.

This very short and concise article has been in my thinking as I've worked with students especially recently and pulled together other resources on Common Core. Amidst the glut of information and feeding frenzy tendencies, structure and guidance is needed from all of us to be deliberate. As we design instruction, consider learning expectations, select tools and resources and raise the bar for students, "re-impress upon digital natives the importance of thinking in absence of endless - and endlessly accessible - data sources." I urge you to shake up completely the animal, planet or country report. (I doubt that you are doing this cookie-cutter work, but spread the word). If a simple Google search can answer the question, throw out the assignment.

An exploration of learning using mobile devices would not be complete without reading the most current Horizon Report.  One of my very favorite pull out concepts from the report is something tech integrators say over and over - "Digital literacy is less about tools and more about thinking". The Horizon Reports lays out a good case for mobile tools and personalized learning. A must read.

An excellent short summary of some of the issues Ed Tech Specialists experience when working / supporting iPads and how to correct them. This article is a great PD piece to share with teachers returning from iPad workshops thinking they are now integrating technology into their classroom. It is a reminder that good class content, lesson planning and intentional tech integration are the keys to success with the iPad (or any mobile device for that matter).