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22 Ways to Apply Blooms Taxonomy to Twitter. Groups > mobile learning for beginning teachers. Promoting learning effectiveness in science through using mobile learning platform in observing livi... Mobile learning is now widely used all over the world simply because it allows students to learn anytime and anywhere through the information and communication technologies (ICT). Through the interaction between teachers and students, and exchanges among the peer groups, students can practise all kinds of learning activities. Its portability and ability to be interactive facilitate its support to different formats of learning. This paper aims to demonstrate how a mobile learning system co-developed by the academics and commercial field experts helps a class of secondary one students enhance their observation skills in the field study.

By using the well-designed pedagogical activities, worksheets catering for students' ability and the various functions in mobile learning system and its accessories, students were observed able to complete the learning tasks effectively and efficiently through co-operation. Making a Case for Mobile Learning. Guest Post for SmartBlogs on Education Over the past four years, I have had the privilege of teaching in a forward-thinking school district that has embraced the use of mobile learning devices in the classroom.

Mobile learning has become the new buzzword in many educational communities. Mobile learning is essentially anytime, anywhere learning. This type of learning could be with a netbook, iPad, iPod touch or even a smartphone. My friend Elliot Soloway, a professor at the University of Michigan has said, “Within five years, every K-12 student in America will be using a mobile handheld device as a part of learning.” I feel that in some fashion this will come to pass. This coming year, our mobile learning initiative will consist of an iPad lab for K-2 students, iPads for special needs students, and smartphones for all students in grades 3 -5. While teaching with mobile learning devices the last few years, I have made many positive observations.

8 Great Grading Apps for iPad. After posting about some of the best gradebook tools for teachers we got an email from one of our readers asking about some grading apps for iPad. We looked into our archive and found a post that we have published almost a year ago containing some great grading apps for iOS users but because thousands of apps have been created since the posting of that list we deemed it important that we do a general scan to review the new emerging grading apps.

We found quite many but we only handpicked the ones mentioned below. Just bear in mind that for us to recommend apps to teachers and educators, we first review them' see if they are ranked and read people's comments about them, try some of them when possible , and check on them online which is a process that takes time but is worth the endeavour . Check out the list we have prepared for you and let us know what you think about it. 1- Grade Book Pro 2- Grade Keeper for iPad " Gradekeeper makes dealing with grades easy. 3- Assist 4- Groovy Grader. Mobile Teaching Versus Mobile Learning (EDUCAUSE Quarterly. Key Takeaways Higher education historically has focused on instructors teaching rather than students learning, an ineffective approach that could seriously hamper the promise of mobile learning. Successful student learning emerges from active engagement, connection to the students' prior knowledge, and simulation of real world experiences — all facilitated by engaging learners' senses through multimedia.

Higher education should stop thinking about these powerful mobile multimedia devices as only consumption devices — to live up to the promise of mobile learning, students should use them as production devices. In both the 2010 Horizon Report1 and the 2009 annual ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology,2 which has a whole chapter focused on mobile devices, the vast majority of examples about how students and faculty were using mobile devices in their classes discussed alternative modes of content delivery. My face scrunched up. My eyes bulged. "Not really. " Endnotes. Aprendizaje móvil. MobiMOOC 2011 - a summary.

The first ever MobiMOOC (Massively online course on mobile learning) happened earlier this year. Were you there? If not, we have saved all the links, and best bits into our MobiMOOC 2011 summary. MOOCs are Massive Open Online Courses, normally free to access. This one was the first ever focussed on mobile learning, initiated by the endlessly energetic Inge De Waal (@ignatia) , for the uninitiated) is The aim was: ‘Getting you up-to-date with mobile learning and providing the tools to plan, develop and implement a mobile learning solution in different environments via collaboratively discussing and exchanging knowledge through a variety of learning activities.’

Discussion was spread between live sessions, online fora, and the MobiMOOC website, but are already starting to get a little lost in the ether. Help yourself. Mobile Learning on Campus: Balancing on the Cutting Edge. As soon as the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) announced last May that it would be giving all 400 incoming freshmen Apple iPads, a lively debate broke out online at TUAW.com (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) between people who saw it as a marketing gimmick to attract students and others who believed it was an honest attempt to implement a new and useful educational technology. Technological glitches aside, the administrators who ventured into these campuswide mobile initiatives have both high and realistic hopes for their impact on both students' and faculty's academic experiences. The IIT project, for example, evolved from an earlier plan to improve customer service for students. Surveys had indicated students wanted better tools to navigate their way around the campus and its administrative systems.

IIT was planning to create a campus-specific app and give iPods to all incoming freshmen and transfer students. 1105 Media, Inc. 9121 Oakdale Avenue Suite 101, Chatsworth, CA 91311. Mobile Learning on Campus: Balancing on the Cutting Edge. Mobile Learning Mobile Learning on Campus: Balancing on the Cutting Edge Universities that roll out campuswide mobile initiatives say they are sending a message that they are unafraid to experiment with technology. As soon as the Illinois Institute of Technology announced last May that it would be giving all 400 incoming freshmen Apple iPads, a lively debate broke out online at TUAW.com (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) between people who saw it as a marketing gimmick to attract students and others who believed it was an honest attempt to implement a new and useful educational technology.

Mike Gosz, IIT’s vice provost for undergraduate affairs, has heard sarcastic comments about the project, and he readily admits that the desire to be seen as an innovative campus played a role in the decision. “We are the Illinois Institute of Technology,” he points out. So she is sympathetic to academic officials who are criticized for rapid deployment of new tech tools. Mobile Learning on Campus: Balancing on the Cutting Edge. Mobile Learning Mobile Learning on Campus: Balancing on the Cutting Edge Universities that roll out campuswide mobile initiatives say they are sending a message that they are unafraid to experiment with technology. As soon as the Illinois Institute of Technology announced last May that it would be giving all 400 incoming freshmen Apple iPads, a lively debate broke out online at TUAW.com (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) between people who saw it as a marketing gimmick to attract students and others who believed it was an honest attempt to implement a new and useful educational technology.

Mike Gosz, IIT’s vice provost for undergraduate affairs, has heard sarcastic comments about the project, and he readily admits that the desire to be seen as an innovative campus played a role in the decision. So she is sympathetic to academic officials who are criticized for rapid deployment of new tech tools. Rankin is in a position to know about these things. iPad Drives Tablet Growth While Android Tablets Slump.

Mobile | Research iPad Drives Tablet Growth While Android Tablets Slump Worldwide shipments of tablets increased significantly in the first quarter of 2012, driven by strong sales of Apple's iPad. But owing to a slump in Android tablet sales, overall growth was weaker than expected, according to a report released by market research firm IDC. Meanwhile, on the smart phone front, Apple dropped to second place as Samsung more than tripled its unit shipments in the quarter to land in the top slot. Tablets: iOS Dominates Overall worldwide tablet shipments grew 120 percent from 7.9 million in first quarter 2011 to 17.4 million in first quarter 2012, according to IDC's latest Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker.

Of those Q1 2012 shipments, Apple's iPad alone accounted for about 68 percent of the worldwide total, at 11.8 million units. For the quarter, Samsung moved up to second place, with Amazon, Lenovo, and Barnes & Noble rounding out the top 5. Untitled. From the Editors … Welcome to the April 2012 issue of the Learning Technology newsletter on Social Networks and Social Computing in Technology-Enhanced Learning. Since the birth of social networks and social computing many investigations have been conducted on how to utilize and use social networks and social computing efficiently for different purposes. One of such purposes is education and many studies have been done on using social networking/computing in the classroom and, in general, for enhancing education. This includes the development of concepts, educational strategies, and applications of social networks/computing in formal, informal and non-formal educational settings as well as their evaluations, and case studies and exploratory studies on how learning can take place and be facilitated in social networks and through social computing.

Hernández-Leo et al. present two social tools for educators which have been developed through Spanish- and NSF-funded projects. Editors LdShake. 100 more social media statistics for 2012. You may have had the honour of reading one of my previous literary masterpieces, 100 social media statistics for 2012 in January. It has taken me just one month to collate another 100 social media statistics from countless (reputable) websites and articles (some of which are listed at the bottom of this article).

Actually there may not be exactly 100 statistics here, but I figured it was close enough. I am going to aim to create one of these articles each month or so, so we can all keep up to date with the most recent statistics (and you don’t need to read 30 articles to get a full picture… like I did). If you want to make sure you don’t miss out, you should like my Facebook Page. And now, for the statistics: General social media statistics 2012 Social media statistics for Asia (Pacific), Europe, South America and North America 2012 Social media for business statistics 2012 Facebook Statistics 2012 Twitter Statistics 2012 Social media for Shopping statistics 2012 YouTube Statistics 2012.

There is an “app” for that: Mobile technologies and learning « global-e: a global studies journal. Lynne M. Rudasill From the adze maker to the Gutenberg Bible to Project Gutenberg to the mobile “app,” technological advances both impact and support human society. The revolution in communications and technology embodied by the internet and the World Wide Web has been felt in all but the most resistant or distant corners of the world. The hardware that many societies use to access the maze of information that has become part of our lives is becoming smaller and smaller, currently existing as a hand-held device that can easily be packed in a pocket.

We have the world in our hands. The impact of these devices can be observed as we watch the evening news and the 24-hour cable programs on that olden technology – television. The news of the Arab Spring, the flash mob, and global demonstrations such as Occupy Wall Street are all evidence of the ease with which people empowered with mobile phones can communicate and organize. Mobile technologies are readily available in academic libraries. No Access. Paper ID 35046 Subscription required for full-text access Purchase individual articles and papers Receive full-text access to individual articles for $9.95 USD each. Subscribe for faster access! Subscribe and receive access to 100,000+ documents, for only $19/month (or $150/year). Already have access? Individual Subscription If you have an individual subscription, sign in here for access Institutional Subscription You don't appear to be accessing the site through a subscribing institution (your IP address is 192.99.46.37).

If your university, college, or library subscribes to EdITLib, you may be able access full text articles through a login page. You can search for your instition by name or by location. Login via Institution Preview Authors Nathaniel Ostashewski, Athabasca University, Canada ; Doug Reid, The 2Learn.ca Education Society, Canada World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Jun 29, 2010 in Toronto, Canada ISBN 978-1-880094-81-5 Abstract Citation. @Ignatia Webs. Preguntas Frecuentes » Instalando Telebyte Blackberry. Portada. Recursostecnologicos.pdf (application/pdf Objeto) Picaa: Aprendizaje Móvil para iPhone, iPod touch y iPad. 414-420.pdf (application/pdf Objeto)