Beginning with the SmartBrief on EdTech.
7 educational apps to teach students science, coding and other subjects
KQED.org/Mind/Shift blog (12/30)
Survey: Windows 8 tablets will win little market share
Analysts, executives and software developers surveyed by Chetan Sharma don’t see the forthcoming Windows 8 tablet computers denting the dominance of the iPad and Android-based tablets. The group predicts that Windows 8 machines will win just 8% of the tablet market in two years (measured in units), compared with 45% for iPad and 44% for Android. The annual survey also identified mobile payments and mobile commerce as hot categories. MediaPost Communications/Online Media Daily (1/3)
Calif. school sees benefits from iPad pilot program
Students at a K-8 school in California are using iPad tablet computers in the classroom as part of a pilot program that began this fall. The school, which has families leasing the devices or providing their own, is seeing many benefits from the program and is planning to expand the use of the devices as part of instruction. “Students will no longer have to lug heavy backpacks filled with books to and from school,” principal Catherine Carvalho said. “We also know that different students learn through different modalities. This technology is good for visual, kinetic and auditory learners.” The Palisadian-Post (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) (1/5)
App offers Internet version of a highlighter for students
Mashable (1/4)
Back to the regular Google News alert for mobile learning.
Rural women learn alphabets through mobile phones
Times of India
VARANASI: Suman, a rural woman living in Gaura village, today uses mobile phone for twin purposes — for communication and enhancing learning skill. Not only Suman but many other rural women, like Jyoti and Sunita of Chiraigaon and Urmila of …
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Aakash gets company: Classpad tablet
The Mobile Indian
Talking to The Mobile Indian, Rohit Pande, chief executive officer, Classteacher Learning Systems said, “Our core area of expertise are education related material and through Classpad we wanted to bring students to the information highway. …
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Doctors must deal with smartphone distractions
Examiner.com
The Internet has opened up new horizons in the learning and practice of medicine. Information is always available now on more sophisticated mobile devices as smartphones become popular. However, caution must be taken by doctors not to allow smartphone …
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12 Education Tech Trends to Watch in 2012
MindShift
MOBILE PHONES: Mobile learning is hardly a new trend, but we have now reached the point with near ubiquitous cellphone ownership among adults, and growing ownership among children. More than three-quarters of teens own a cellphone, and about 40% own a …
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New Year’s Resolutions: Learn Something New Using Mobile Tech
Gotta Be Mobile
There are some apps available, but none are official and appear to just pull the mobile version of the site, anyway. My last suggestion isn’ta learning/education website exactly, though watching the videos here will expand your mind. …
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We Live in a Mobile World
New York Times
However, the analog, 20th century curriculum that most classrooms deliver doesn’t fit well with the realities of the exploding mobile, digital world. Our kids are stuck in a paper-based, local-learning system that doesn’t acknowledge the global, …
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Govt shuts down mobile schools for slum kids
Times of India
Even as the government is citing financial constraints in implementing the RTE, it has scrapped the system of mobile schools simply because the RTE does not have the provision. The school on wheels provided basic learning for slum children in seven …
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Mobile Therapy
vision magazine
by Amy Schmidt I started my mobile therapy practice after learning about it from my supervisor. She has a mobile practice and has shared stories about meeting clients in the community, resulting in my decision to start my own practice. …
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Indian Women Learn Alphabets on Handsets
Mobiledia
By Kendra Srivastava | Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:26 pm Rural Indian women are learning alphabets on their cell phones, as they continue to use mobile technology to expand their empowerment outside the home. Over one thousand women have started reading English …
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Defy Stress with HeartMath’s® emWave2® – Self-Tracking, Mobile Technology to …
Sacramento Bee
Learning to activate coherence helps users navigate through life stressors and quickly get back to a balanced emotional state. With the emWave2 users learn to deploy highly specialized techniques designed to release emotional stress. …
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Cigna Health Awareness Tour
MyFoxOrlando.com
Cigna is hoping to educate people through its mobile learning lab so they’re hitting the road teaching people around the country about different factors that impact their health. They stopped by Good Day Wednesday with their fat suit to show what it …
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Turning Foundation Launches Grant with Samsung Mobile, BrainPOP and Turning …
MarketWatch (press release)
Turning Foundation Director, John Wilson stated, “With the help of Samsung Mobile and BrainPOP, the winter 2012 CIT grant will provide an ideal classroom solution for teachers to engage students in the learning process and positively impact learning …
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E-learning ‘will be advanced by mobile technologies’
Virtual College
Grainne Conole, director of the alliance at the university, said: “I was always dubious about mobile learning until I saw things like the iPhone – which is transformative – and some of the things like tablets for example.” She added that mobile devices …
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BenchPrep Is Code Academy For Any Subject, High School To Med School
TechCrunch
Books are not the best way to learn. To retain knowledge you have to interact with it, and that’s where BenchPrep comes in. The startup licenses textbooks from big publishers like McGraw Hill and converts them into interactive web and mobile learning …
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NexLearn’s Immersive Learning University Conference and Symposium Tackles How …
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Get the inside scoop on how to integrate mobile and social media into immersive learning courses at NexLearn’s Immersive Learning University’s Conference and Symposium, January 18 – 20, 2012. Two presentations at the Conference will discuss strategies …
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Use of mobile phones in schools
The News International
“The Daily Mail” (October 14, 2009 edition) wrote: “A secondary school is to be the first in the country to let pupils use mobile phones as a learning tool. MP3 players such as iPods and gaming platforms will also be allowed into the classroom at Notre …
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ConnectWise University Enhances Learning Experience by Upgrading Video Tools …
Sacramento Bee
Video is a powerful means of hands-on education for ConnectWise partners, allowing them to learn at their own pace. Because the MP4 multimedia file format is supported by nearly all mobile devices, technicians in the field can get a quick demonstration …
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QR codes on campus: why don’t they work?
ZDNet (blog)
It could also be an alternative way to access learning materials rather than via manual text entry. However, the emergence of mobile tagging technology has seemingly done little to impress students. 81% of the students interviewed said they owned a …
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E-Learning ‘advanced’ by mobile technologies
Public Service
Grainne Conole, director of BDRA said: “I was always dubious about mobile learning until I saw things like the iPhone – which is transformative – and some of the things like tablets for example.” She further added that mobile devices are listed as the …
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E-learning ‘encouraged by tablet computers in schools’
Virtual College
E-learning has been given a significant push in India and other parts of the world as more and more schools consider the implementation of mobile technologies in their curriculums. The Payal Tiwari Foundation in association with the Pune Municipal …
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ALS-Ifugao tackles concerns of mobile teachers
Philippine Information Agency
These include the lack of mobile teachers in the districts of Aguinaldo, Banaue and Alfonso Lista, absenteeism of learners during the working season, lack of interest among the adults and other learners in attending learning sessions and no community …
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Next the Google Blog alert for mobile learning.
SCORM » What do you mean, Mobile?
By jena.lawing
Instead of spouting out my thoughts about what mobile is and what it does, I will stay neutral and point you to the eLearning Atlas instead. We’ve uncovered a lot of really great companies making waves with mobile learning, so take a look and …
SCORM
Contact at Apple (UK) needed to speak about Mobile Learning …
Hi I’m looking for a contact at Apple. I know it’s a long shot but those who don’t ask etc… The BILD are running a CPD event on February 17th themed “Why Mobile Learning might be more important than you think” I’m looking for a speak from …
Ecademy: user blogs
Tips and success stories for effective mobile learning | eSchool News
By Laura Devaney
More and more schools are using mobile learning devices to help boost student engagement and achievement, and a new monograph from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) examines some of the best practices in mobile devices …
eSchool News
Finally, the Google Web alert for mobile learning.
mLearning Trends: Enterprise Mobile Learning 2011 – Year in Review
It’s time once again to take stock of what happened in enterprise mobile learning and see if any of my 2011 predictions hit their intended targets. One year ago …
mlearningtrends.blogspot.com/…/enterprise-mobile-learning-2…
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery – Mobile Learning
Explore, play and be inspired by permanent exhibits, which include more than 60 animals native to Ohio. Located in Dayton.
www.boonshoftmuseum.org/…events/…=/mobile-learning
Creating Content for Mobile Learning: Confusing Opinion with the …
The gospel truth tells us that Mobile Learning, or mLearning, is not new. It has been around since the early 20th century with portable wax audio cylinders. …
blog.outstart.com/pe/view.jsp?id=10108210
High Techpectations: Mobile Learning Finds (Apple iOS) (weekly)
Kyle Lambert | iPad artist If you have an iPad and are an artist, or are just waning an iPad, you need to check out this site. Tons of great…
www.lucygray.org/…/mobile-learning-finds-apple-ios-weekly…
What is Mobile Learning (M-learning) ? | Rapid E-learning Blog
A definition of mobile learning has many directions but in my opinion, mobile learning is representing the learning world in a true sense.
www.pironcorp.com/blog/2012/01/what_is-mobile-learning/
Mobile Musings » Blog Archive » Kindle Fire: Mobile learning device?
I’ve been using my Kindle Fire for about a month now. I got it as a personal device, but was immediately struck by its potential as a tool for mobile learning. …
www.k12handhelds.com/blog/?p=878
mobile learning « CMI
Posts Tagged ‘mobile learning’. The New Phase of Learning. Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012. There have been exciting technical advancements in the last decade …
www.cm-innovators.com/tags/mobile-learning/
mLearning Trends: Enterprise Mobile Learning 2011 – The Year in …
Via Scoop.it – The eLearning SiteIt’s time once again to take stock of what happened in enterprise mobile learning and see if any of my 2011 predictions hit.
theelearningsite.com/…/mlearning-trends-enterprise-mobile-lea…
Mobile Learning Reflections
This is an aggregate of blog posts written about integrating mobile learning into the classroom.
issuu.com/jackiegerstein/docs/mobile_learning
UNESCO Mobile Learning Week produces tangible results …
A set of mobile learning guidelines, teacher training initiatives in four regions and a series of working papers, along with a budding community of practice are …
www.unesco.org/…/unesco_mobile_learning_week_produces_…
Teaching Without Walls: Life Beyond the Lecture: Is Mobile Learning …
This month, I am exploring the relationship between cognitive brain research and mobile learning — not a topic a claim to be an expert on, but certainly one I’ve …
mpbreflections.blogspot.com/…/is-mobile-learning-smarter-lea…
Mobile Learning: Case Studies do the talking | Mobile Learning Blog
So Mobile Learning is established and here to stay. School after school are implementing iPads, and almost everyone in education is debating about disruptive …
www.mobl21.com/…/mobile-learning-case-studies-do-the-talki…
Is Mobile Learning Smarter Learning? Using Mobile Devices for …
Mobile learning offers a particularly unique opportunity for revolutionizing college learning. The innovative flipped classroom model has already questioned the …
getideas.org/…/is-mobile-learning-smarter-learning-using-mob…
ADL Mobile Learning Newsletter #78 – 2 January 2012
Welcome to the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) weekly …
research.adlnet.gov/newsletter/mobile/01022012.htm
Mobile learning – the state of play | Learning Management Systems …
Piers Lea, CEO, discusses the current and 2012 landscape for mobile learning.It is nearly two years since I gave the opinion, on this blog, …
blog.empowerlms.com/index.php/mobile-learning-state-play/
Mobile Learning in Education: 10 Trends to Track in 2012 …
“Mobile” has sufficiently cemented itself among the buzzwords of 2012. Here’s a look at top trends and predictions for mobile learning in 2012 from industry …
edpublishing.wordpress.com/…/mobile-learning-in-education-…
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