Are your daily habits harming your brain? The Twitter Experiment - UT Dallas. 208141) Mobile Learning. Developers seek to link iPad with education | How technology can. Applications for Apple's new eReader include programs to help with science, math, languages, and research By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor Read more by Denny Carter Some educational iPad applications are available at no cost in the Apple store. Technology experts say Apple’s latest gizmo, the iPad, won’t replace students’ laptops, but a menu of applications could help teach the periodic table, a range of languages, and a host of other K-12 and higher-education subjects. More than 300,000 iPads were sold April 3 in Apple Stores and through pre-orders, Apple announced April 5, and education technology enthusiasts finally got to experiment with the device that Apple CEO Steve Jobs describes as a “game changer.” The iPad App Store is stocked with more than 150,000 downloadable programs , including some that might catch educators’ attention.
Hello-Hello.com plans to release iPad apps covering more languages in the coming weeks, according to a company announcement . What iPad Brings to the Higher-Education Party | You Should Go T. March 18, 2010 by Joel Milani We are currently 16 days from the April 3rd launch of Apple’s iPad in the U.S. The media is in a frenzy speculating what it will mean for the future of mobile computing. Admittedly, the hype seems warranted so far, but not just for iPad’s status as a new class of mobile device. We want to talk about how, in an academic setting, iPad is positioned to change the college experience. iWork — Many people may not realize that, in the shadow of Microsoft’s ubiquitous MS Office suite, Apple produces its own version of the classic productivity software. eTextbook Reader — Perhaps the most straightforward application of the iPad on campus is in the form of an ebook reader.
Digital textbooks will be lighter, cheaper and use fewer woody-pulp-based resources. Price — The iPad is currently priced to sell at $499 for the least expensive model. With all of the potential the iPad has to enhance the education process, there is equally significant potential to obstruct it. On Web-based Education, Technology and “Teaching Naked” | You Sh. Open Learning - Openlearn - The Open University. Cloudworks - Open University annual Learning and Technology conf. The OU has an internal conference every year to share practice and research around learning and technology. This year we are trying something new, and hosting the event completely online. The event will take place across 2 days (22nd and 23rd June), with the synchronous presentations being held in Elluminate (see Using Elluminate for session links and further info about setting up Elluminate and trouble-shooting) and asynchronous discussion held here in Cloudworks.
Please note that each of the four sessions is held in a different Elluminate space (see the Programme for URLs). This is so we can record each one separately. The theme of the conference is 'Learning in the Open World', and we will be exploring the theme of openness in different aspects (learning, content, access and teaching), and the OU's response to it. In keeping with this theme the conference is open to all to 'attend' (ie come into the Elluminate sessions and contribute here), although it will have an OU-focus. Campfire.