An interesting phenomena has occurred over the last decade. According to a new article from the Washington Post , with the rise of text messaging among teenagers and young adults has come a demise of talking on the phone. According to Nielsen , the national average monthly voice minutes have gone from 1,200 to 900 from 2008 to 2010.

I recently read an article written by a 17 year old high school student. The article focused on why the teenager believes cell phones are essential tools for learning. am also aware that mobile phones can be a danger to the school environment; however I believe they can still have their benefits in the classroom."

Very interesting research has just been published by the Tomorrow Group (Speak Up 2009) about mobile phones and education. Here are a few highlights: PARENTS SAY YES! Potential Benefits of Using Cell Phones in Learning According to PARENTS!

In the Big Question launched by Tony Karrer this month , he wonders how we use Text-to-Speech (TTS) in our courses? He also reflects on budget and the combination of TTS and the text that can be shown, but I will only look at when and how I have been using TTS. If you have not used TTS in your courses yet, have a look.

We’ve recently been delivering simple content just-in-time for access through the websites that are designed to run on mobile devices. It was easier said than done, here are some lessons we picked up along the way. One goal of the design would be identifying target devices that potential users will have. Almost all major platforms have emulators.

Every year (since 2007), Jane Hart from the Center for Learning & Performance Technologies (or C4LPT ) is getting all of us on board to get our top 10 learning list together. It is a wonderful list created by inputs from all of us, so add your tools to it. Here is my daily newspaper: Ignatia Webs Daily. flickr) depending on the file type.