Saturday, May 1, 2010 Making the Case for Mobile Learning at School I was listening to an interview with Professor Elliot Soloway of Computer Science and Education at the University of Michigan, and Professor Cathleen Norris of Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas regarding their perspectives on Mobile Learning (M-learning). The interview was approximately 22 minutes long, but I have taken some notes from the interview which I thought you might find of interest if you are considering making a case for M-learning in your school or district. world of teaching. MORE >>

supernutrition': facebook-style mobile social game, teaches the new FDA food pyramid through eating for energy to perform missions that can get you enrolled in Superhero school (9-12 year olds), also across platforms. Once google added a 'leadership board' to gLearning, the participation rose with 90% ! On top of the gLearning, google offered great analytics to get to grips with learner data and use. Very intelligent man with charisma, with homepage. liveblog notes from the conference. Link to presentation (pdf, look from 7th slide). Immersive environment. Golden hour'. MORE >>

Marys City Schools In Ohio, Verizon Wireless And GoKnow! Mobile Learning Software Pilot Project Delivers Improved Test Scores within the School District. Marys City Schools, wants the kids in his school district to succeed in a technology-based world. Marys School District established a trial program through which 600 Verizon Wireless devices equipped with high-speed wireless broadband service were provided to the elementary classrooms. As a result of this pilot, the school district is seeing improvements in test results. Marys with the tools they need.&# MORE >>

Join the free course by becoming a member of the MobiMOOC google group (registration point of the course). Mobile gaming : David (Parsons) from Australia is an old school new school mobile programmer, now completely emerged in mobile gaming. He will share solutions that will get you up and ready to tackle low resource settings with a great set of tools. MobiMOOC is a free, open, online course on mobile learning (mLearning) which will be running between 8 and 30 September 2012. The course wiki ( [link] ) is gradually taking shape. Interested? MORE >>

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Ideas for Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Cell Phones Even in Districts that Ban Them Last week I had the opportunity to speak with colleagues interested in using cell phones to enhance teaching and learning in schools with a 21st century education focus. The question we explored was, "How can a school harness the power of tools that students already use and own (like cells)?" The first thing to acknowledge is that while students in some districts are banned from using mobile technologies at school, teachers are not. Almost Anything! MORE >>