This new paper describes how Australian teachers are using the iPhone and iPod Touch to A. assist them as Educators, and B. to enhance learning. As such, it presents a vital survey of apps and ideas to be shared with other teachers also beginning to use this platform. Thanks to the included Teachers for their keen responses.6 Educators Talk About iPhone Use High Qual Publish at Scribd or explore others: Internet & Technolog Research learning iphone mlearning m-learn... Read Full Story
Kudos to my team.. Awarded the training top 125 again.With wireless voice sales margins dwindling industry-wide, Alltel launched a big push in late 2007 to increase the company's data services revenue. "At the time, the wireless industry as a whole was no longer making much money on voice, so our sales efforts became heavily focused on data products and services, which were deemed the next big purchasing area for consumers," says Mindy Lane, Alltel's VP of training.As part of this push, Allte... Read Full Story
I've always been a proponent of Blackberries in the mLearning world because I feel it is the choice device of 'road warriors' who would need an mLearning tool. Now, online schools are targeting the Blackberry for courses.What if someone told you that you can earn a degree from your Blackberry? What if they said that you can study anywhere and anytime to fit it in with your schedule? With this July’s updates, it will be much easier to take online classes on the go. Google plans to release soft... Read Full Story
An improv demonstration of the kitchen recording systemE-Learning for me, does not just mean developing applications and websites, no it also means creating a system or dare I use that cliched word solutions to allow teachers to get more out of a session than what they put in.Over the last year or so I together with Impact have been developing a system that will enable our catering staff to record teaching & training sessions.First a little information, we've got two kitchens on site Ora ... Read Full Story
http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/2009/05/01/05012009_classroom_compare.htmlEunice Morton walked around her desk, grabbing an electronic writing tablet and quickly jabbing it with a stylus.As the Pine Tree High School science teacher moved her hand, a presentation projected onto her classroom wall came to life. Text appeared, changed color, became underlined and then vanished. Yellow smiley faces appeared next to bullet points, and slides slid across the screen."I don... Read Full Story
Monday evening was eventful to say the least; there I was happily watching a movie when the lights start to flicker, ‘oh’ I thought to myself ‘a small power surge’.The latter was true, the former distinctly not.I’ve got an energy monitor that displays your current (badum tish) energy consumption, my normal evening power draw is circa 200-300 watts, when the surge hit it spiked to well over 1.4kw, it continued to spike in this manner for over 20 minutes. Even though all my electronic equipment... Read Full Story
(From Thomas)Hello, I'm Thomas Curtis and this is a little about me and a mini blog post combined.I'm an e-learning developer at South East Essex College a FE/HE institution located in Essex, United KingdomI've worked at a range of Colleges and Academies, all of which pursue e-learning & ICT as a medium to enhance and support the learner experience. My education was interesting to say the least, I barely graduated from School as I had become disaffected with the learning experience, the t... Read Full Story
OK, I took the plunge, I am finally on Twitter @MobileLearn.I need your help. What are the best ways to use Twitter? Are there good ways to link posts and threads from blogs or Facebook there and vice versa? Any best practices, hints or ideas for how to use it?Your feedback would be great.mlearning m-learning mobile-learning mobile+learning podcasting iphone apple web+2.0 learing+2.0 eLearningEducation for the iPod Generation Read Full Story
Friday, April 24, 2009 KILGORE — Some high school students might have more than textbooks to lug to class next year. School officials in the district of 3,700 students are launching iLearn, a new program aimed at incorporating iPods with daily educational instruction.Director of Technology Mark Lane said Thursday that teachers will upload curriculum, lectures, study plans and homework assignments to computers at the high school. Students will then download the lessons onto an iPod Touch, ... Read Full Story
(Guest post by Jonathan Nalder)I’m not a fan of Amazon’s Kindle eBook Reader. Not only is it not available in my country, but I feel the days of paying over US$350 for a device that only does one thing are long gone. Having said that, as en educator and former libary worker, I can see several direct eduational applications, especially with the just announced Kindle 2 having the ability to read out its content. Read a detailed overview via Appleinsider.Why I’m writing about it however is more ... Read Full Story
