The Neilsen Company, the well-known advertising and market research company published an interesting report recently about mobile phone usage amongst youth in certain countries. Some critical insights from the report: Young adults choose their own devices ; only 16% of the sample reported that parents selected the phones for them. Europe, mainly Italy and Spain leads in smart-phone penetration. India on the other hand has very low smart-phone penetration. Also, the sample is skewed heavily toward male usage of smart-phones. registration required). MORE >>

the joy of educating during a time of rapid technological change. All mobile phones in schools should be banned.”. I’m retiring in 5 years, so I’m not going bother with technology.”. Mobile, wireless and cloud computing developments are leading very quickly towards a world of ubiquitous, or ‘everyware’ computing. Its no secret that Education has been slow to respond to rise of these technologies. Founder of ‘Connectivism’, Associate Director with the Learning Technologies Centre at University of Manitoba. I’m presenting the following paper. MORE >>

Login Get your own Posterous » Living in the 4th Screen Exploring the use of mobile technology in education and life Employment: I am an assistant principal at a public high school. For six years before that I was a district technology coordinator. Education: BA in Mathematics - The Kings College, Graduate Certificate in Instructional Technology - Georgian Court University, Masters Degree in Educational Leadership - Fairleigh Dickinson University Interests: Mobile technology, iPhone/iPod Touch, Tablet PCs, Teaching & Learning, and spending time with my wife and kids. MORE >>

Home About Articles Marketplace Contact Subscribe Mobile Phones - So Much More Than a Phone » Posted by Jeanne Meister » Posted on 09.05.09 Over 4 billion individuals around the world today carry cell phones with them on daily basis; and many are also incredibly powerful computing devices. In a recent article , Abhijit Kadle of Upside Learning detailed the myriad opportunities for uses of mobile phones: 1. Graphic Displays - Most phones today have far more graphic power and are able to display words, pictures and animation. LMS 4. MORE >>

Directory Technology Channel Science Channel Stores « Why were we born in the now human history, not in the past or in the future? » E-learning on Mobile Phones by Cyprien E-learning on Mobile Phones The main advantage of E-learning is independence of both location and time. Even the use of notebooks could not fulfill the independence of both location and time requirements because location independency depends on the ever-changing technology. Using technological devices such as Mobile phones can solve these types of problems. MORE >>