Mobile Devices in Education

 

2009 Horizon Report K-12 Edition  http://www.nmc.org/publications/2009-horizon-k12-report

     six emerging trends in technology in K-12 education

 

Pockets of Potential:  Using Mobile Devices to Promote Children's Learning         http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/publications/index.html   from the makers of Sesame Street

 

2009 Horizon Report - Mobiles in Higher Ed http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2009/

     six emerging trends in technology

 

iTouch Learning  http://c4lpt.co.uk/iTouchLearning/resources.html

     Links to recommended reading, categorized by year of publication

 

Mobiles in Assessment  http://www.bris.ac.uk/education/research/networks/mobile/events/iasworkshop5notes

     conference proceedings

 

Quiz Creation for Mobiles http://www.mobilestudy.org/

     authoring tool

 

Learning 3.0:  Mobile, Mobile, Mobile http://www.debaird.net/blendededunet/2007/02/learning_30_mob.html

     blog post with links to many projects using mobiles worldwide

 

MobileActive.org  http://mobileactive.org/

     a resource for activists usings mobile technology worldwide

 

 

iPhone / iPod touch

100 Best iPhone Apps for Serious Self  

http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/100-best-iphone-apps-for-serious-self-learners/

 

Free Cultural and Educational Media on the Web  

http://www.openculture.com/category/iphone

 

Tricks to Using the iPod Touch in Class

http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/mlearning/mlearning-tricks-to-using-the-ipod-touch-in-class/

 

Free language learning apps

http://universitiesandcolleges.org/language-learning-resources/#iphone

 

Google Mobile Maps  http://commoncraft.com/about/custom#mobilemaps

 

Intro to the iPod Touch http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/

 

iPod Touch and iPhone User Guides  http://support.apple.com/manuals/

 

Other Devices

Upgrade your phone with free Google products

http://www.google.com/mobile/#utm_source=us-et-more&utm_medium=et&utm_campaign=mobile

 

Google maps for your phone

http://www.google.com/mobile/default/maps.html#utm_source=us-et-more&utm_medium=et&utm_campaign=maps

 

 

Mobile versions of online newspapers and broadcasts

To view these online news sources in a mobile-friendly format, go to these addresses.  Some may have an iPhone app you can download for free.

http://mobile.lemonde.fr/

http://mobil.stern.de/

http://mobil.tagesschau.de/

http://movil.eluniversal.com.mx/

http://www.nytimes.com/services/mobile/