The tub of 8 iPod touches on loan to the class for the week comes with Power Docks and a number of recommended activity sheets. The teacher can also learn how to make instructional podcasts to download to the iPod Touches so students can have a resource of ‘how to’ lessons at their fingertips! Students have also created videos and podcasts, and Kathleen says it is a great way to reinforce concepts and encourage independent as well as co-operative group learning. Prep-6 classes have used them on a weekly roster. Bookmark the permalink. EdNA MyFuture Education.au MORE >>

Lesson: Calling Plans From NYTimes.com Personal Tech: Cellphones Times Topics: Mobile Phones Article: Industry Makes Pitch that Smart Phones Belong in the Classroom Around the Web Pew Research Center: Teens and Mobile Phones Over the Past Five Years ReadWriteWeb EdTech Activity | The cellphone has been described by some educators as a modern Swiss army knife, with the potential to be used as a tool for many and varied educational and learning activities. Text the Mob is a polling service that projects polls or message boards on a large screen. What are the drawbacks? MORE >>

Home People Blogs Chalkface Projects Publications Multimedia Research Events Services Contact Pontydysgu – Bridge to Learning Home Blogs Wales Wide Web Working & Learning My Learning Journey Anges Blog Jos Blog Dialogos PARADYGMAT 2.0 GoogleTranslate Service The use of mobile devices for learning and the importance of context May 4th, 2010 by Graham Attwell The next in what will, I suspect, be a series of short posts from the Mature project meeting in Barcelona. Users are also able to contribute data, for instance reviews of restaurants or services based on location. MORE >>

Current State of Mobile Tours Museum audio guides today can be placed into four different categories: 1) museum devices with number pads with manual or automatic activation, 2) personal digital assistants (PDAs) such as the iPhone, BlackBerry and other smartphones with operating systems and Internet connectivity, visual imagery, and manual or automatic activation, 3) mobile phones that are manually activated, and 4) audio files/podcasts that are downloaded onto MP3 players and other devices such as the iPod/ Touch. Do they reinforce a curatorial narrative and order? MORE >>

spoke a representitive of Turning Technologies at the most recent ECOO conference and while I can’t remember the exact costs of their service, I do remember it to be very reasonable.  In addition, I also recall their service being totally web based so that students without a compatible mobile device can still participate in a poll by inputing their responses from a computer. For more information on this topic, listen to episode #9 and #10 of Tony Vincent’s Learning in Hand Podcast. am an Apple immigrant (I use a Mac at work but don't own one.yet). link] 2.  MORE >>