This list was published in December 2008, so there have been some additions to this list since then. Students are constantly bringing their mobile phones and iPods to school. Bags are searched at the school gates every day, and any mobile phones or iPods that are found are confiscated. And still the kids come to school with their mobile phones and iPods. Using devices with no inbuilt cameras or sms/telephone facilities will avoid kids constantly taking photos during class, or needing expensive phone data plans. Personally, I’m not a big fan. MORE >>

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can be added, SMS gateways can be developed and custom apps and sites can be developed. This wasn’t the only bit on mlearning this week = I also spotted this (Cell Phones R 4 More Than Texting) over twitter as well as this (Using mobile phones to improve educational outcomes: An analysis of evidence from Asia John-Harmen Valk, Ahmed T. EDITing in the Dark on Twitter | Entries RSS | Comments RSS EDITing in the Dark Thoughts on the technologies that help us tell stories Home boora.ca Branching out from there, podcasts (but not talking heads !) MORE >>

Higher bandwidths on both the O2 and Vodafone networks means I can stream rich media mobile content with 2D and 3D animations to mobile phones. We already know that people have a shorter attention span when using their mobile phones to learn new material. The m-learning adventure continues, thanks in no small part to the strong signal strength of Irelands dominant mobile phone companies. Ewan McIntosh -- "How Mobile Cell Phones Change Everything" in his blog, 15 Dec 09. Mobile learning will be the main focus of my delivery of learning content. MORE >>

In the Wiggio group all members can post to a community calender, send mass audio, SMS text, or email message to one or more of the group members, conduct conference calls or chats, create polls, and store files in folders. While this is not a resource that can only be used via cell phone, it is a resource that is aided by the fact that so many student's own their own cell phones. For example if a group member created a voice message , it would automatically be sent to the group member's cell phones. Overall, I really like the resource. Wiggio MORE >>