Due to swimming and various other school timetable disturbances, most students are only just now reaching the end of phase 1 – choosing their app. They then email this chart to me from the iPod touch which initiates a conversation around how suitable the app is. The replacement teacher just plugs in an iPod directly to our data projector with an AV cable (we have the Belkin one) and students can still get their challenge for the day in person. Tags: mobile/miniaturisation uLearning critical thinking iPod Touch mlearning T-chart opens iTunes). Failure? MORE >>

Last Fall I sent out a survey on my Twitter network asking K-12 teachers about cell phone use in their schools. Of 100 teachers, 97 of them said that their school had a policy that highly restricted cell phone use during school hours (either banning them completely or restricting their use to non-academic times). Yet in the same survey 40 of the teachers said they were using cell phones in learning, and 87 teachers said they would like to use cell phones for learning in their schools in the future. received 100 responses on SurveyMonkey (Wow! Survey Says. MORE >>

A strong case can be made that a revolution is underway in how computers are being perceived and used in schools across the world. For example an informal survey of over 600 students conducted by the Principal at a lower-socio economic school north of Brisbane in 2008 showed that more students already owned a mobile device such as an MP3 player, Nintendo DS and digital cameras than used a PC regularly (and this wasn’t even counting mobile phones!). The second factor is the growth in availability of these devices in schools. How do we know this? see p20). phone? link]. MORE >>

Learn 4 Life Blog About Advertising FAQ Consultancy/ clients Contact Second Life Consultancy What happens when you give a class of 8 year old children an iPod touch each? My latest outing was to a Junior School with a difference this week. We have worked on a number of innovation projects in the past and he never fails to surprise me… As well as the school going through a massive rebuilding programme, they have also introduced a set of iPod touches into one year 4 class, for each child , to see what happens. Tags: iPods education Valid XHTML and CSS. MORE >>

Twitter From the Coal Face: iPod Touch in the Classroom Today’s post features a number of Australian schools using iPods and iPod Touches in the classroom. Tania Hunt, ICT Coordinator at Baden Powell College, Derrimut Heath (Victoria), describes how her school has been using iPod Touches with literacy and numeracy groups and for problem solving. The tub of 8 iPod touches on loan to the class for the week comes with Power Docks and a number of recommended activity sheets. iPods are something I’m really enjoying using with my students. MORE >>