Athabasca University in Canada hosted the conference last year, and this year they are in the news for a pilot project using mobile learning to teach english grammar on their phones. The mlearn2006 effect must be contagious. Excellent news! It is a great subject area, because the learners are often very motivated, and there are ways of supporting language learning via all sorts of media MORE >>

You are Never Alone communicate and collaborate in an online world Skip navigation About « Digital Diversity: ACEC2010 in Melbourne Blog Action Day 09 - Climate Change » Mobile phones - powerful learning aids? In 2008 education researchers at The University of Nottingham said they believe it is time that phone bans were reassessed — because mobile phones can be a powerful learning aid. It encourages teachers to allow students to use their phones in classes for educational purposes. course in mobile phone use, integrated into the curriculum? MORE >>

CompareMobiles.com Impartial Mobile Phone Reviews, News, Deals, Info & Consumer Comments. think it’s pointless not to allow children to have their phones in school. Phones are banned in our school for the pupils but some of the teachers are on their mobiles 24/7. think everyone should have their phones out on the desk, then teachers can see if people are texting and wasting their education. Phones aren’t just used for texting but for finding things out. If you haven’t got a computer, then you use your phone to google things. MORE >>

Home About Contact Links Resources Subscribe Mobile phones in the MFL classroom Dec 29th 2009 3 Comments respond trackback In the latest guest post about using Technology in Modern Foreign Languages , Dominic McGladdery writes about the apparent disparity between government advice on using mobiles phones in the classroom and the reality of teaching practice in classrooms where often every single student owns a mobile phone. downloaded them using RealPlayer and sent them to students’ phones using Bluetooth. Since then, things have changed. What did they do wrong? MORE >>

For example, in schools that prohibit cell phones, 54% of students still report sending texts during the school day (Lenhart, 2010). In recent years, there has been explosive growth in students creating, manipulating, and sharing content online (National School Boards Association, 2007). Tirozzi, added that blocking technologies like smart phones and social networking sites takes education in the wrong direction. The National Association of Secondary School Principals have been trying to make sense of the whirlwind that is Social and Mobile Technologies. Very impressive! MORE >>