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Links relating to (mobile) learning including EFL / language learning apps for phones and tablets

SCVNGR. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) TinyTap - About. TinyTap is a platform that lets anyone learn and have fun by making their own learning apps and playing thousands of apps created by a worldwide community. With simple, interactive tools like Q&A, readings, soundboards, puzzles and more, TinyTap enables anyone, from a toddler to a grandparent, to create beautiful games to teach and learn anything. We believe in personalized education. We believe that anyone can teach and learn anything if given the tools to do so in a way that addresses their specific needs, which is why we built TinyTap. We also believe that there is no better way to learn than by teaching - which is why we created the TinyTap Market.

Want to see who’s behind the scenes? If you’ve created a really amazing game, we want to know about it! Kids Kids can easily create and play fun, interactive games from everyday photos and images, enjoy making games for younger kids, and/or use the app to create games for a class activity. Parents Teachers Special Needs Book Authors Brands Games. 5 Useful iPad Apps For ESL Students. Getting the hang of a new language is tough. As someone attempting to re-learn French, I can say this without absolute certainty. Lucky for students like myself, technology is a huge help. It makes it easier to hear a native speaker ‘pronounce’ something for you. It lets you Skype with people in the country whose language you’re attempting to master.

(Okay ‘master’ is a charitable word. When you’re talking about language learning here in the U.S., you’re talking about ESL most of the time. WordBook XL – English Dictionary & Thesaurus for iPad – This one is by far one of the most elaborate apps for iPad available. Sentence Builder for iPad – One of the most popular ESL iPad apps available, Sentence Builder is best for younger students (elementary school, mostly) who want to be challenged with grammar and vocabulary.

Intro to Letters – Another useful one for younger students, Intro to Letters is probably the simplest but effective methods of learning English. 2 Choumobilelearning. Liwei Hsumobilelearning. ELT J 2013 Hockly 80 4. LearnEnglish Apps. Search Results history hunt » Anne Fox. Basic assumptions Earlier in the year I was speculating about how to implement a mobile exercise using one of the many augmented reality apps that have appeared in the last couple of years. Before I could implement I wanted a smartphone so that I could experiment and this finally happened in June. Although I bought myself a fairly top of the range model, a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, I should point out that most new phones these days are smart enough to implement this idea. The other significant factor is that mobile device plans are getting cheaper and often include some data as part of the basic plan so it is no longer so unacceptable to ask people to use data while on the move.

In fact this idea requires very little online time. Experimental group The next challenge was to find a group to experiment with. When I finally approached the school I was incredibly lucky because it just so happened that they were facing a challenge which my suggestion could help. The activity What is mobile?