MobileLearning

=Cellphones in the Classroom=

There is a lot of research on cellphones in the classroom and the increase in there use at: @http://www.tomorrow.org/index.html The research is based on national surveys over the past few years. Two reports are listed and worth reading: Mobile learning at a tipping point and Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile! Look for the data on the site and use the charts they provide. I like the knowing increase of the number of elementary children using cell phones and how it has grown.

Also, take a look at the ISTE's: **SIGML: Mobile Learning Special Interest Group** SIGML is an advocate for mobile learning worldwide, and promotes meaningful integration of mobile devices in teaching and learning in formal and informal learning environments.~ Beth Cornell, PDE Mentor

=iPods, iTouch and iPad Classroom Applications=

iPod Apps K-12 These pages include free or almost free apps for K-12 teachers and students in content areas. []  Webinar link [|http://www.iear.org] - Click on the recording link for webinar titled **Mobile Learning Using the iPod Touch** Webinar features 3 school districts/schools on how they are using iPod Touch devices. North Rowan High School, Rowan-Salisbury School System Grey Culbreth MS, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Comal ISD, Texas []

Some interesting topics were covered including Internet wireless equipped buses, filtering, content, assessment, ELL, etc. ~Ann Masakoski, PDE mentor

We have had an older set of iPods and also a newer set of Nano’s w/video which have been used by various departments. · Reading @ Middle school for students working on prosody and fluency · World Language at Middle & High School for translation practice and language fluency · Audio Recording devices for PSA podcasts in various subjects · Interviews (students were permitted to borrow them) · Video recording for science experiments (Nano’s) · Podcast recording for Language Arts, Social Studies, etc. · Communications class (Middle School) doing 2 minute dialogues/conversations when given a written prompt to respond to   ~Gary Barron, Phoenixville