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"Over the past 20 years, how information is managed and shared has changed completely in the face of new and ever more powerful technologies. These lectures will show young college students like yourselves what changes in information management you can expect for the future-a great way to plan out a career or just to get a peek at what life will be like in the years to come."

AUSTIN, Texas, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- GetYa Learn On, LLC - an educational software company that created the innovative application called "Statistics I" - today released empirical findings from a pilot study conducted during the Fall semester of 2009 at Abilene Christian University (ACU). Students in an introductory Statistics class were given the new iPhone application which was used to supplement the instructor's lectures and for studying and test preparation. Statistics I is based on a rich Mobile Learning Platform™ that includes lessons, touch-screen simulations, calculators, decision making tools, quizzes, flashcards, formulas, and a glossary. The Statistics I app has been converted into an iPad E-Textbook and is under review for the grand opening of the iPad App Store.

If students wish to contact the writers of this report - have their teacher talk to Mrs. Davis - I have their email!

This site provides news on mobile technology

Open content could become more mainstream in higher education this year. The movement holds great potential for the higher education space where the New Media Consortium (NMC)--which publishes The Horizon Report annually in collaboration with Educause Learning Initiative--identifies it as a trend whose adoption rate will be one year or less.

Visuals are an important part of advertising, so it's not surprising that so many companies have jumped on the augmented reality bandwagon, offering tools that visualize their products in a magical and memorable way. Here we take a look at some pretty amazing promotional uses of this new tech that work with common webcams, giving everyone a chance to experience augmented reality - a trend that will be big in 2010.

On the campus of Penn State University, a rivalry between a rogue campus blog and the official newspaper has become a fascinating mirror of the strife between old and new media.

Been discussing with some of my friends on Facebook about location based tracking. This is one drawback/ issue for mobile devices. We must consider this when requiring location based anything for college or k12 work.

Very interesting. Not many people are aware of things like this.

SEATTLE (AP) — It’s an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle electronic reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their textbooks.

Another example of Gesture Based Computing from the minds at MIT

Excellent information from some leaders in technology for those studying mobile computing and the implications.

This video is so awesome! How crazy is this technology, who even knows this is possible? Our future is in the fate of things like moving objects on a screen with your hands!

This has a great video and great information about the Microsoft's Project Natal.

"You're learning about your data through visualization and interaction," said Halle. "You can take all the data, selectively filter it, and look at it in a different way."

Interesting observations are happening about the need for the cover of a book with so many people reading ebooks the cover is less important.