Click the link below to listen to the March 17, 2010 episode of CBC’s Spark where Nora Young interviews Marie Bjerede on how several North Carolina schools are working to incorporate cell phones into daily classroom instruction to increase student engagement and collaboration: Link to the episode on CBC’s Spark website: [link]. Direct link to the audio file: Full Interview: Marie Bjerede on cell phones in the classroom. Tags: Cell Phones in Education cell_phone differentiatedinstruction edushifts cell phone mobile devices MORE >>

Examples in classroom: David answers: Tools to be used across subjects in classroom: tablet as a musical instrument, mobile chemistry tool, there are many apps that can be used and fit the school curriculum. depending on the school different tools or mobile devices can be suggested. What do students need to be fully skilled in looking at mobile devices? what with the digital divide that can occur when students or their family need to buy their own mobile devices that have a turn-around that is massive? Why not through open source? MORE >>

If a major technology company like Apple can launch a new mobile device and only 1 month later find itself selling more of them than it does of its desktops and laptops, and when a recent survey showed that more kids owned mobile phones than books, I’d say perhaps the move to a world of ubiquitous computing is getting closer. The reality of this move (the coalface as teachers like to say), is the emergence of tablet devices, and as I’m currently testing one, please be prepared for a few posts around what I find. The app I’m using is Big! Browser. MORE >>

D Looking to the future of education: learning spaces and mobile devices April 28th, 2009 | Comments | Posted in Education , Technology Hi! It’s the first of a series of meetings looking at the ICT/E-Learning systems for the Academy and we’ll be looking at ‘Devices and Learning Spaces’ This post, therefore, is a result of my reading around this subject and interaction with colleagues on Twitter. In terms of learning spaces and mobile devices, I believe the following Futurelab reports to be most useful: Transforming schools for the future? MORE >>

'One area of education technology that we do not focus on enough is the ability for technology to aid teachers in assessing and tracking management in the classroom. Over the last few years a great number of mobile apps have emerged to aid in the process of tracking student management and making it transparent. The image that you work from is a seating chart for your classroom, and each student''s image or an avatar represents them. Class Charts works with any Internet enabled device (iPad, iPod, Smartphone.etc). There is also a nice system for a parent code. MORE >>