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(Re)Defining Mobile Learning | K-12 Mobile Learning

Knowing where we’ve come from will help us understand where we’re headed. Mobile learning in its purest form isn’t a new idea, although it is a new coin phrase that’s catching a lot of buzz. What exactly is mobile learning? … Continue reading

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Why Mobile Is a Must — THE Journal

Why Mobile Is a Must We need a new educational model that makes learning personal and motivating, and helps secure our students’ future in the knowledge economy. Mobile technology opens the door to it. * By Mary McCaffrey * 02/08/11 … Continue reading

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Taking Moodle Out of the Classroom: Making Learning Mobile, Context-Aware and Fun

Mobile devices are becoming increasingly more powerful, better connected and are able to provide better user experience and new services based around location and context of users, which opens new possibilities for learning. The paper presents an overview of mobile … Continue reading

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What Exactly Can You Learn on a Mobile Phone? | MindShift

In my quest to understand how a mobile phone can be considered a learning tool, and whether it can actually help bridge the digital divide between low-income, at-risk kids and those with access to computers, I had an illuminating conversation … Continue reading

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10 Major Mobile Learning Trends to Watch For

Teachers and administrators have been bringing technology into the classroom for decades now, but with the advent of cloud computing and the proliferation of smaller, more portable computers and Internet-capable devices, it’s now possible to bring the classroom into the … Continue reading

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THE USE OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES IN MULTIMEDIA-SUPPORTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Although this article was published recently, it seems to address old PDA technology.  I presume the findings would be quite different if the technologies studied included iPads and iPhones- CCD Technological developments influence every field of educational environments. With recent … Continue reading

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Mobile Tech in Classrooms Boost English Learners – New America Media

HAYWARD, Calif.—On a rainy Wednesday morning at Tyrrell Elementary in Hayward, sixth-grade teacher Francisco Nieto was giving his students—all English language learners —an in-class assignment: To fill in the blanks of sentences with new words they learned from reading Lois … Continue reading

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Britannica Brings iOS Apps to Schools

At a time when kids are putting mobile devices at the center of their social lives, Britannica Digital Learning is extending that to education, bringing the company’s highly acclaimed apps to schools through a discount program from Apple. via Bringing … Continue reading

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Success Factors for Mobile Learning

In 2006, Naismith and Corlett, published “Reflections on Success: A Retrospective of the mLearn Conference Series 2002-2005” which focused on earlier pilot projects in mobile learning. The following were identified as critical success factors for mobile learning: via Success Factors … Continue reading

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Mobile Learning, 21st-Century Classroom Report

A national survey of more than 1,000 high school students, faculty, and IT professionals, finds that the more things change in educational technology—the more they stay the same. The second annual CDW-G 21st-Century Classroom Report, released today, finds faculty and … Continue reading

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The Advent Of Mobile Learning Technology

SlideShare presentation with lots of good mobile learning statistics- CCD The Advent Of Mobile Learning Technology.

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12 Mobile Learning Science Applications for the iPod Touch | Teaching Science and Math

More cool learning apps for mobile devices- CCD As a mobile learning device, the iPod Touch encourages learning anytime, anywhere! These mobile devices do not tie students to their desks or the classroom; they bring the world into the classroom … Continue reading

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Apps in Education

Great collection of iPad apps for the classroom- CCD One of the hardest thing with using the iPad in the classroom is finding the time to go through all of the apps in the iTunes Store listed under the education … Continue reading

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Mobile Learning Case Study

How mobile learning can help with mathematics education- CCD Onslow County high school students participating in the mobile learning program, Project K-Nect, are excelling in math classes, feel more prepared to learn math and are more interested in pursuing math … Continue reading

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Great Mobile Learning Resources

A great collection of resources and links for mobile learning- CCD St. Marys City Schools Mobile Learning Technology.

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