For years, the conversation around the integration of more and more technology in teaching and learning often revolved around the high costs associated with purchasing updated equipment and maintaining a sustainable infrastructure.  After all, if, in publicly funded education, if we are going to serve the needs of all students, we need to provide equal access to devices to all students and equal access often comes at a high price – especially when equal access means purchasing computers. More recently, the conversation has shifted from purchasing computers to purchasing mobile devices.  MORE >>

Mobile learning requires those who create learning to think differently about the way learners are accessing the material. “You can use it just to distribute the learning more,” said mobile learning [.]. Webinars Clark Quinn Gary Woodill Jeff Tillett Mobile Learning Conversations MORE >>

A new and free resource called KiKutext is a mass text messaging service for teachers to communicate better with students and their parents. few excellent features of this resource include the phone number given to the teacher so that they do not have to give out their own number, in addition to texting the entire class there is the ability to individually text students and/or their parents, the ability to add multiple classes and have everything archived online, and the ability to text via the Internet so that the teacher's phone is not charged for too many text messages! MORE >>

When the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene piloted a smoking cessation text messaging campaign, they got remarkable results. Not only did the text campaign double quite rates in heavy smokers, it also greatly decreased the likelihood of smoking again for certain groups. Here’s how it worked. The NYC Department of Health always offers free smoking cessation help via their 311 city hotline. During the trial, when people called 311 for help they could also opt in for the text program. The method was simple but effective. The results were outstanding. MORE >>

The idea of using mobile computing in agriculture (also known as mAgriculture) is very new in North America, while mAgriculture in the developing world has been known and written about for almost a decade. Featured Newsletter free webinar mAgriculture mobile agriculture ReadSocial MORE >>