The National Association of Secondary School Principals have been trying to make sense of the whirlwind that is Social and Mobile Technologies. They actively encourage schools to accept smartphones, and social networking as part their educational provision, and offer a range of guidelines and advice to different levels of practitioner. In the report, they deal head on with the challenges: The rapid growth in the use of social media and mobile devices has created both a crisis and an opportunity for school leaders. Very impressive! MORE >>

Because Jane is able to get this important information on her mobile, she can take it with her anywhere and can even reference it when she meets her classmates around the campus or if she meets her class friends off-campus for study or social time. and try out your own SMS auto-reply learning activities with your students! on your Windows Mobile 5 (or better) device; then download and install the BaselsReply.CAB file, available here. It’s a terrific innovation which has plenty of potential in academic settings. But what about the rest of us outside of New Zealand? MORE >>

63% of parents say they would buy their child a cell phone if they knew it would be used for educational purposes ONLY 18% of parents dismiss mobile devices as not having a positive impact on learning. 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! MORE >>

have tended to venture away from discussing the use of mobile devices for learning for children of pre-school or Kindergarten age.  As this blog obviously demonstrates, I am very much a proponent of using mobile and digital devices to help students learn.  I firmly believe that these devices help students learn in ways that are difficult or impossible without them.  I see these devices as ways to add complexity to learning and to allow more flexibility in terms of time and location.  Humans are very much visual creature but we are also physical creatures as well. MORE >>

The acceptance of mobile learning within the business community probably won’t happen with much fanfare, it will just happen and be accepted as a “norm” wherein the market no longer asks “should we offer learning to our employees (or partners or customers) via mobile device?” There will be more types of devices and ways to connect with our mobile learning world in 2012. The ability to move seamlessly from one device experience to another will be critical with complete synchronization of our learning progress, status, achievements, etc. Mobile Learning Goes Mainstream. MORE >>