True, mobile devices work well across the curriculum.  While I myself am not an expert in the field, I find the possibilities so exciting that I feel the need to add a bit to the conversation about using mobile devices in science instruction. As a result, the app is currently only built for the iPhone and iPad. In addition, there are the built in apps that can be utilized during study: scientific calculator. camera for capturing images or recording results of experiments (iPhone only but sure to come to the iPod Touch soon). Firstly, I go to the apps.  MORE >>

But one thing seems to be clear and that’s the fact that mobile browsers are getting much better and most newer mobile browsers are implementing the WebKit Open Source framework similar to what Apple did when they created Safari for the iPhone. Native applications are great and can benefit from the performance gains of being on a device. It also doesn’t hurt that so many devices nowadays are Wi-Fi enabled. Check out these previous posts on Apps for the future and Google vs Apple to see where I was coming from. Some experts see consolidation among platforms (ex. MORE >>

The Mirus Schoolbook Convertible looks like it’s a decent step forward in the design of a low-cost mobile computing device for education. It’s a step up from existing netbooks and even the OLPC because it features a convertible design – the screen can be swivelled and locked flat so that it turns into a “tablet&# computer, which responds to both the built-in stylus and to finger touch (like an iPhone). The finger-responsive touch screen is particularly useful in an educational tablet computer because if the device’s utility as an ebook reader.  MORE >>

Writing now some 14 months later, and being based in Australia as I am, I see currently three movements that indicate we as a country are further along the road to computing becoming just another human right/ utility in the same way as electricity say. One Laptop Per Child Australia (with and partly for whom I am currently working) is at the very beginnings of deploying up to 400,000 XO learning devices to remote schools in Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland. The second sign is at the opposite end of the Australia schooling system – remote primary schools. MORE >>

With the availability of just-in-time access to information through mobile computing devices (including tablets ) the notion of knowledge (sometimes a.k.a. Today there are hundreds of apps for education available on the Apple Appstore – here’s a big list of iPhone apps for education. Foreman’s Mate – a utility for the workers in construction industry. They will eventually replace a lot of varied tools, manuals, charts, technical support, calculators, and the like, perhaps making the mobile computing and communication device the only tool one needs. Why Mobile? MORE >>