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"It provides the potential to empower and uplift students in their learning,"

To maximize effectiveness, education in the 21st century has to be active, engaging, and customized. Students must have universal access to mobile technologies that will enable critical thinking, differentiation, and problem solving. It is our belief that the technology in Apple's iPad meets these needs and more."

cell phones in education involve websites like Poll Everywhere and Text the Mob, which allow a teacher to create a set of questions that the students can respond to with a text message.

Educational technology is the considered implementation of appropriate tools, techniques, or processes that facilitate the application of senses, memory, and cognition to enhance teaching practices and improve learning outcomes.

t is no longer a question of whether we should use these devices to support learning, but how and when to use them.”

While these devices are undoubtedly a source of fun and entertainment, proponents of mobile learning believe they have significant potential to be a key ally in supporting learning experiences,”

students,

complete a training session with their parents and sign an acceptable-use policy before they can use their ­personal devices to connect to the school's wireless ­network

Afterward, each student receives a sticker ­indicating that his or her device is wireless-certified.

The researchers expect that due to this expansion in data consumption, capacity will be ‘exceeded’ only next year, and a deficit may emerge in the following.

A phone is considered a portable computing, gaming and social device rather than simply a means to place a call or send a quick message — and the younger generation are increasingly reliant on being able to access information quickly.

benefits it will have had on their language development or teaching skills are harder to measure

elatively little critical attention paid to how the outcomes of many projects are measured and reported.

with the right strategies and building blocks in place, learners are much more engaged in connected classrooms

As students discover how to learn with their devices, they are able to extend their learning beyond the school day

Google Docs

respond in a variety of ways to questions posed during the course of a lecture or reading. How

collaborate and maintain documents online

teacher needs to encourage a critical approach by walking the talk.

always ask "Why?".

They will start to ask themselves the “Why?” question and the “How do you know?” question

From Distraction to Engagement: Wireless Devices in the ClassroomFrom Distraction to Engagement: Wireless Devices in the ClassroomBy Berlin Fang Wireless devices in the classroom threaten to distract student attention but also offer opportunities for student engagement. Faculty use different methods to reduce in-class distractions, up to mandating no use of wireless devices during class sessions. To increase student engagement using wireless devices, faculty employ creative options for making wireless devices part of instruction, from cell phones as clickers to laptops for on-the-fly web research.The path of technology integration in education is lined with disruptions on one side and opportunities on the other. Technology teams work to bring useful technology into teaching, all with good intentions, only to encounter unwanted side effects such as distraction and disruption in the classroom. The challenges loom large in classrooms with wireless connections, especially when universities give students ubiquitous Internet access and sometimes even the devices for such access.

But mobile learning these days is about more than just remote access; it’s also a matter of flexibility.

As far as formal training in businesses goes, the interest in mobile learning is certainly there.

very few full-scale Learning Management Systems are currently offering mobile learning as a native offering.

responsible use policies, parent and/or student agreements, and lessons about safety/etiquette.

classroom management techniques must be updated

Educators who are successful at integrating technology into learning understand this and provide agreed upon times for students to engage in personal affairs on their digital devices--just as we all do in the real world.

One method of getting kids to engage reading in different ways is through a tablet-based literature circle.

Don’t understand a word in the text? A single tap on the screen pulls up a dictionary that gives the definition, and another tap returns the reader to the page on which the word appears. If a student is reading about the Great Depression but ha

s no understanding of what that is, the tablet can help.

Some of the Internet’s best resources dedicated exclusively to educational uses of the iPad.

put together links to apps grouped by Academic Subject.

published hundreds of helpful and insightful articles about iPad apps for teaching and learning

Can I Play Flash on iPad? Yes! Did you know that your iPad can actually play back Flash-based eLearning courses and presentations? Even though the native support of Flash is not provided on iPads and iPhones, there is more than one way to use either of the devices to share your Flash projects.