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This is a winner in the digital media badges for lifelong learning competition. "In the Youth APPLab, middle and high school students in the District of Columbia design software and mobile apps in an after-school program that supplements their formal learning in computer science. They conceive, develop and co-create their own Android Apps. Ultimately, students and their apps will compete for internships with technology-based startup companies in and around the DC area."

This is the best information I've seen on QR Codes readers including links and instructions for how to do this.

This system lets you scan qr codes and you have to download it and put it on your phone - it is called a QR reader.

The horizon report is out and will be the subject of our NetGenEd Project this year. Current trends: Time to adoption: One Year or Less * Electronic Books * Mobiles Time to adoption: Two to Three Years * Augmented Reality * Game-based Learning Time to adoption: Four to Five Years * Gesture-based Computing * Learning Analytics

good things about using mobile apps for education

This site is about apps evolving in education. It also talks about teacher controls.

This gives information on the evolution of apps and the uses teachers have for them.

latest education technology competition

This is a book on Gamification.

This is a list of a bunch of free apps for tablets. With descriptions. Some are entertainment apps.

This website tells about the 3D printing craze in the business world

This gives the 10 best Tablet PC's in the world and a description about them.

entertainment /tablets/uses for talet

The 2012 horizon report is out. It reveals the trends for higher education in the next 1-4 years. "This year's NMC Horizon Report identifies mobile apps and tablet computing as technologies expected to enter mainstream use in the first horizon of one year or less. Game-based learning and learning analytics are seen in the second horizon of two to three years; gesture-based computing and the Internet of Things are seen emerging in the third horizon of four to five years. View the work that produced the report on the wiki."

This is a story about how mobile apps contribute to how professors can use apps to teach in classrooms. It says that not one app can fit to a teachers certain teaching style.

This article examines different examples of apps that professors and students are using and how they are affecting the community.

" Training magazine has a 46-year history as a professional development publication that advocates training and workforce development as a business tool." - From the article

This article shows the ever changing world involving apps and such.  It says how there is an app for everything and most of them are useful.  Very good read.

Lists 250 iPad apps for education.

Lists all the apps for education.

Make your own apps for your entertainment or business. 

The best apps for watching videos. gives a description of some apps they think are great for your entertainment.