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The MYWordBook app is a product of the British Council and Cambridge University Press. The app functions as a vocabulary notebook, allowing you to input words, translations, pictures, notes, definitions and example sentences. The app is available for use with Iphone, iPad, Android, and Blackberry. While the app is free, you must pay for the word packs that come with it. A problem with these word sets is that they don't seem to be in any order of frequency or word list. There is the option to create your own word list however.

Claire Siskin's site gives a rather comprehensive list of mobile apps for language learning. The apps categorized according social networking apps, instructional apps, repurposed apps, make your own exercises and general references. For anyone interested in Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL), this is a great place to begin experimenting with different applications.

This program allows for real-time polling in the classroom. After a class account is created learners can log on with their smartphones, tablets or laptops. Throughout a lecture, reading or any other class activity students can show their understanding or lack of understanding through the click of a button. Presentations can also be embedded as well.

For ESL, go to "Other Subjects" and see the ESL column. Some of the apps are free, others are not. Many are designed for younger learners.

Other websites for apps in general education (focus on mobile apps): http://www.iear.org/ (Reviews of education apps) http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/

Here is another website featuring apps in general education: http://ipadapps4school.com/

This is an excerpt from an International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE) publication that shares some case studies and a lesson plan for employing cellphones in the classroom. Students use texting, blogging, QR codes, and call into a Talk Radio style voice blog (podcast/webcast kind of thing).