Making the Case for Cell Phones in Schools http://bit.ly/aPW1BX Making the Case for Cell Phones in Schools
39 Open Source iPhone App Store Apps http://bit.ly/asH7ye 39 Open Source iPhone App Store Apps
How the iPhone Can Help You Be a Better Teacher http://bit.ly/b0y5iE How the iPhone Can Help You Be a Better Teacher
A teacher equipped with an iPhone and the right applications is an educational force to be reckoned with.
The Importance Of Mobile Phones In Education http://bit.ly/bEGx05 The Importance Of Mobile Phones In Education
From listening to music, to taking and editing pictures of teachers, the young community have found various ways to misuse the new technology being made available to them in such small and compact mobile phones.
Obviously, anything that can disrupt learning, or teaching, cannot be accepted in a classroom environment and should be dealt with accordingly.
It is my opinion that as technology advances at such a blistering pace, policies such as ‘mobile phones should be switched off and in your bag’, can be modified to benefit not only students, but teachers and schools alike.
By Terry Freedman
MILLEE http://www.gamesforchange.org/main/gameprof/753 MILLEE: Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies Cellphone-based games that enable poor children in the developing world to acquire language and literacy in immersive, game-like environments.
These games target localized language learning needs and aim to make literacy resources more accessible to underprivileged children who face the child labor challenge.
Google App Inventor http://mashable.com/2010/07/12/google-app-inventor/ Google App Inventor: Now Anyone Can Create an Android App
Google tool that lets anyone create an app for Android phone.
Google App Inventor claims to enable non-coders to develop complete, working Android apps by connecting a series of “blocks.”
GoKnow : Cellphone Computers for the K-12 Classroom http://www.goknow.com/ GoKnow : Cellphone Computers for the K-12 Classroom
Backed by over 10 years and $20 million of classroom-based research, the GoKnow! Mobile Learning Environment (MLE) delivers the complete solution to harness the power of mobile computing.
GoKnow will continue to provide teachers and students with the most effective, compelling, easy-to-use, research-based resources for handheld computers.
Mobile Learning Technology in St. Marys City Schools http://www.smriders.net/Mobile_Learning/ St. Marys City Schools ... Mobile Learning Technology
Acceptance Use Policy | Lesson Ideas | GoManage | Mobile Friendly Websites | Helpful Hints | Mobile Graphic Organizers | Student Artifacts |
How Teens Use Cellphones [INFOGRAPHIC] http://bit.ly/bLxfVy How Teens Use Cellphones [INFOGRAPHIC]
Flowtown has posted an infographic illustrating cellphone use among teenagers. The data, which is sourced from Pew Internet Research, visually underscores something we’ve known for a long time: Teens love to text.
Teens and Mobile Phones (Pew Report) April 2010 http://bit.ly/abDGls Teens and Mobile Phones (Pew Report) 20 April 2010
Text messaging explodes as teens embrace
it as the centerpiece of their communication
strategies with friends.
Qik http://qik.com/ Qik lets you share your everyday life experiences as it happens with your family and friends — right from your mobile phone.
Supports over 140 phones — Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile and more.
# Share privately
# Access your videos anywhere
# Your friends can watch as it happens
# Post to your favorite social networks
# Share your location
Appolicious http://www.appolicious.com/ Appolicious
Appolicious Inc. was founded in 2009 with the goal of making it easy for you to find mobile applications you'll use and love. We've combined social networking, journalism and technology to help you discover the best of the tens of thousands of apps available today. Appolicious is not affiliated with any mobile device maker or carrier, and the Appolicious Advisor reporters are independent journalists without ties to the mobile industry.
Using the iPod Touch/IPhone in Administration http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=467 Using the iPod Touch/IPhone in Administration
This presentation will show you apps and success stories from administrators in the field that are using the iPod Touch/iPhone for data collection, organization, creating a mobile office, and personal professional development.
Creating your own mobile site http://learninginhand.com/mobileweb/create.html Creating your own mobile website
Creating your own mobile site can be very helpful. It could serve as a homepage for you or for students. Often it's easier to add a link to a homepage than it is to enter the address on a mobile device.
k12 cellphone projects (on a wiki) http://k12cellphoneprojects.wikispaces.com/ This is a resource to share K-12 projects that have integrated student cell phones
If you have a project then please add it to this page.
Dial2Do http://www.dial2do.com/ Dial2Do lets you do common tasks by just calling a number and speaking.
Use it to send EMAIL or TEXT messages, record REMINDERS to help you remember things, post updates to your TWITTER or JAIKU stream and LISTEN to your favourite internet content.
It's easy and handsfree... NOTE ... limited to 26 countries
Cell Phones as Classroom Learning Tools http://gl.am/BXUpW Mobile Phone Resources in Education ... a list from Classroom 2.0 LIVE (webinar) - Resources for 12-12-09 Cell Phones as Classroom Learning Tools.
MobileActive http://mobileactive.org/ MobileActive.org connects people, organizations, and resources using mobile technology for social change.
We are committed to increasing the effectiveness of NGOs around the world who recognize that the 4.5 billion mobile phones provide unprecedented opportunities for organizing, communications, and service and information delivery.
A useful website to see innovative ways of using cell phones ... some may then transfer into teaching and learning.
Cell Phones in Learning ... Blog http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/ Cell Phones in Learning ... Blog from Liz Kolb
From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning
An adjunct Professor at Madonna University and a former high school teacher and technology coordinator.
The iPhone Dev Center (for the technical minded only) http://developer.apple.com/iphone/index.action The iPhone Dev Center provides access to technical resources and information to assist you in developing with the latest technologies in iPhone OS. Log in with your Registered iPhone Developer Apple ID and password, or sign-up as a free Registered iPhone Developer today.
This gives access to the iPhone desktop simulator .. but yu need to downlaod the SDK
Top 10 iPhone Apps for Students (Mashable List) http://mashable.com/2009/08/25/back-to-school-iphone/ Back to School: Top 10 iPhone Apps for Students
In this list we’ve assembled ten of the must-have iPhone applications for students heading back to school. These apps will help you stay organized, take notes, and study better. What other iPhone applications are helpful to you at school? Please add your favorites in the comments.
iBBDemo - Blackbaud iPhone Browser Simulator (Windows) http://www.iphonestalk.com/iphone-simulator-released-for-windows/ iBBDemo - Blackbaud iPhone Browser Simulator
iPhone development is typically a Mac OS X only proposition so, naturally, Apple hasn’t released an iPhone simulator for other platforms, such as Windows
Shaun’s iPhone Simulator for Windows is called iBBDemo
mLearnopedia http://cc.mlearnopedia.com/activities/classroom/video/ The mLearnopedia content community collects and organizes the best information from around the web that will help you learn and stay current on mobile learning.
AppVee http://www.appvee.com/ AppVee ... source for iPhone application reviews! We bring you the best that the App Store has to offer...
AppVee.com is the largest and most extensive resource for professional, high-quality reviews of iPhone applications, with a major focus on video. Every newly released app is evaluated against a number of criteria. If the application is worthwhile, AppVee goes to work developing a comprehensive video review, a written review, posting screenshots, providing additional app information and opening up user reviews. We bring you reviews every day of the week, 365 days a year.
The 35 Best iPhone Apps Of The Year (So Far) http://bit.ly/KIo1j The 35 Best iPhone Apps Of The Year 2009 (So Far) ... list from TechCrunch
The App Podcast http://theapppodcast.com/ The App Podcast is a video review website of popular and upcoming iPhone and iPod Touch Applications.
The idea for The App Podcast came about right after I jailbroke my old iPhone (iPhone Edge or Gen 1).
There were so many apps, I had no idea what they did or which ones were good so I just started downloading them one after another and trying them out.
Months later the 3G iPhone came out and I decided the day before it launched (July 10th), that I would start a podcast dedicated to talking about iPhone and iPod Touch Apps and whether or not they were worth the time.
50 iPhone Apps for Learning http://bit.ly/17Pg63 50 Fun iPhone Apps to Get Kids Reading and Learning
Cell phone cameras in the K-12 classroom http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/03/cell-phone-came.html Cell phone cameras in the K-12 classroom: Punishable offenses or student-citizen journalism?
Take a look at the YouTube videos on this page, all taken by student cell phone cameras in classrooms.
Do we want students bringing to public attention these types of classroom incidents? Should students be punished or applauded for filming and posting these?
Cell Phone Policies http://tr.im/rY89 Cell Phone Policies
A VERY comprehensive list of cell phone / mobile policies displayed in a Google Docs spreadsheet.
Includes Consequences for violation?
Shamblesguru Cell Phones in Edu Video Picks on YouTube http://tr.im/n1Sd/
Thats Not Cool http://www.thatsnotcool.com/ Thats Not Cool
Your cell phone, IM, and social networks are all a digital extension of who you are. When someone you're with pressures you or disrespects you in those places, that's not cool.
Thatsnotcool.com is attempting to raise awareness about digital dating abuse and stop it before it gets worse. Sponsored and co-created by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, the Office on Violence Against Women and the Ad Council, the site is designed to address new and complicated problems between teens who are dating or hooking up—problems like constant and controlling texting, pressuring for nude pictures, and breaking into someone's e-mail or social networking page.
Delicious Bookmarked Sites for http://tr.im/rY49 Delicious Bookmarked Sites for "mobile phone aup"
Cell Phone Policy : Vista Heights Middle School http://tr.im/rY3c Cell Phone Policy : Vista Heights Middle School "Phones are not permitted to be used during the school day."
Cell Phone Policy : Rialto Unified School District http://www.rialto.k12.ca.us/Eisenhower/code/cell_phone.html Cell Phone Policy : Rialto Unified School District
1. Cell Phones must not disrupt educational or school activities.
* Students may not use cell phones inside school buildings or offices (including restrooms).
* Students may not use cell phones during class, school assemblies, and other special events.
2. Cell phones must be turned off during instructional time.
Cell Phone Policy: Walker Junior High School http://walker.auhsd.k12.ca.us/policies/cellphone.jsp Cell Phone Policy: Walker Junior High School "Cell phones are a major problem on school campuses across the country. Ringing cell phones are disruptive during class time. Camera phones and text messaging are used to cheat on quizzes and tests. Phones are stolen, loaned to other students, may be lost or broken and have exacerbated crisis situations.
The use of cell phones at school is detrimental to the academic climate because it takes valuable time away from instruction and creates disciplinary problems."
Cell Phone Use and Policies in Schools http://tr.im/rXY7 Cell Phone Use and Policies in Schools
Now administrators are wrestling with how to permit the legitimate use of phones, while preventing possible privacy violations and cheating. Here are some excerpts from school board policies on cell phones and pagers.