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I found this to be much more detailed and helpful than the Overview in the Writing Classroom that was included in our week's assignment.

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

Watch the videos on Mobile and Tablets from the Horizon Report 2012 and 2011

"Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less According to a recent report from mobile manufacturer Ericsson, studies show that by 2015, 80% of people accessing the Internet will be doing so from mobile devices. Perhaps more important for education, Internetcapable mobile devices will outnumber computers within the next year. In Japan, over 75% of Internet users already use a mobile as their first choice for access. "

This is the web version of the 2011 Horizon report predicting that in One Year or Less, Mobiles will be part of the landscape

What are Mobile Apps discussion from the Horizon Report Wiki

Planning, challenges, checklists - PDFs available

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.

This is a great blog about educational technology. The post called Are You Behind was bookmarked in the ISTE diigo group, leading me to the whole blog.

Published in March of 2011, this article reports on the results of a survey conducted of students at the University of Scranton on the strategies used by postsecondary students to gather information using Internet-capable cell phones, or smartphones. The article concluded: Information literacy instructors should become familiar with new search methods (such as quick response codes) to help students use them effectively and efficiently. Students should be encouraged to review a range of search results, particularly when searching for academic information. Information literacy instructors should help students understand how to evaluate information, especially when it is presented in a nontraditional form, such as a native app. Students may need assistance from educators in applying information literacy skills they have learned while searching on a laptop or desktop to the mobile environment.

includes a link to a 2 hour audio Global Education Conference via Blackboard Collaborative

David Talbot, MIT Technology Review's chief correspondent, reports on new alternative networking options that would possibly improve bandwidth connectivity for mobile devices. His article made me realize how inefficient and outdated our current IP-address-based networks are.

Scroll 2/3 of the way into this blog to find an 8 minute cartoon titled BYOD in the 21st Century, Star Trek themed. Quite enlightening. Could show to students and then discuss

This is kinda, esoteric, but I'm sharing this only because it is directly related to me. Though, since many of you guys have special needs students in classrooms, this is certainly an interesting read. 

"It wasn't so long ago that Chris Grant would regularly take a whole lab's worth of equipment with him into the wilderness. Today, he just takes an iPad." This article discusses how scientists are just beginning to use mobile devices, specifically the iPad, to assist them in field research. It is exciting to see how they are using it, and how new this is - even for "real" scientists. I feel like i am in good company! This is also exciting because I may be able to use this kind of information to acquire funding for field research studies and equipment for BEEC..

Direct quote: "Last year, we rolled out an ereader lending program in my fifth and sixth grade school library, and I plan to share here the ups, downs, and what-to-look-out-fors we encountered along the way. We'll talk planning and implementation of the program-but first, a bit of background. Let's hop into the librarian time machine (fashioned from an old card catalog I found on Etsy) and go back to August 2011…." This article spoke clearly to me with its tongue-in-cheek, soup to nuts look at a librarian's dilemma. Clearly, the votes not in yet and might never be. What to choose, how best to manage??? A very graphic, accessible article about the challenges of selection, purchasing and management of e-readers told from a school librarian's perspective. The author strikes a balance between humor and pragmatism, offering concrete suggestions, research and strategies.