I think mobile technology has great potential in the classroom Here are some ideas for texting in the classroom and the blog addresses issues with texting as well. (7/12/12).
Good blog on what teachers should be able to to with mobile learning for 21st Century learners. Has sensible links too to social bookmarking, audio and more.
KeepVid (free) allows you to download videos from many places (including YouTube, Flickr, TED, Vimeo and more) and then show in your classroom. It's free--you choose whether mac, PC, mobile, etc and the download. It really addresses where some schools 'block' all YouTube or there are buffering issues. I tend to use the mp4 version, but you have choices of file type too.
Audioboo allows you to record podcasts and upload to web; designed for mobile phone, but can be done from PC too. Can embed on website our automatically upload to Twitter or Facebook. Lots of potential.
Horizon Report 2011..not surprisingly electronic books and mobile devices are featured prominently in what's on the immediate horizon. Recommend highly--best indication of what's coming within 1 year and r years.
Good ideas for teaching students how to navigate and use digital texts. We know that more and more students are reading online and with mobile devices, good informative blog entry from Tech & Learning (2-9-11).
Remember Life Magazine--always had great images. Here are public domain images that your students can use without fear of copyright infringement. Some were published images and some were not. Images are separated by decades starting in 1860. Would be good for historical perspectives as well as today.