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January 30, 2010

http://themobilelearner.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/did-you-know-4-0-more-mobili

Posted in the Fall of 2009, what strikes me as interesting is the increase in the references to mobility and mobile devices, especially when compared to the first 3 versions.  Watch it again here, this time focusing on the implications to mobile lifestyles and mobile learning.

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January 17, 2010

http://themobilelearner.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/digital-audiobooks-assistive

Literacy is evolving.  Where literacy once meant the ability to read and write, the concept of literacy in the information age has evolved and expanded beyond that initial definition.  According to UNESCO:
Literacy is the “…ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a [...]

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January 02, 2010

http://themobilelearner.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/reviewing-2009-reflecting-on

Before one can really look ahead, one must always remember to look back to where one has been. Therefore, when it comes to this blog, before I can think about where the discussion will go, I want to take a look at the key themes discussed in 2009.  The best way I can think of [...]

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December 23, 2009

http://themobilelearner.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/ipods-in-education-part-13-u

Two articles (links provided at the end of this post) have stirred my reflective attention toward the use of an iPod or iPod Touch with Kindergarten students. I have tended to venture away from discussing the use of mobile devices for learning for children of pre-school or Kindergarten age.  Despite the countless number of videos [...]

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December 06, 2009

http://themobilelearner.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/cell-phones-in-education-par

Disclaimer: While this post presumes the use of a smart phone, and while it is true that not all students own a smart phone, with the current shift toward smart phones, soon, smart phones will be as prevalent as cell phones are today.
When I reflect on what is traditionally thought of as a field trip [...]

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November 15, 2009

http://themobilelearner.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/combining-mobile-devices-wit

In discussing the use of mobile devices, it is easy to forget that the educational and productive power of mobile devices comes through the integration of the devices with other tools. The mobile device, after all, is a hardware tool that makes certain tasks possible but the actualization of those tasks ultimately depends on the [...]

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November 10, 2009

http://themobilelearner.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/mobile-learning-a-3rd-readin

Here is a follow-up to the first two mobile learning reading lists:  The first one is here and the second one is here.
1) 7 Things You Should Know About Augmented Reality – An EDUCASE learning article about this newest of learning technologies and the implications of Augmented Reality to teaching and learning.
2) Augmented Reality Reaveals [...]

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October 25, 2009

http://themobilelearner.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/creativity-with-cell-phones-

Take a look at this ringtone rendition of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.  While this is a polished advertisement created by a talented artist, it can connect to learning as it also demonstrates that there is no prescription to creativity and there is no rubric that can measure inventiveness and ingenuity.

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October 17, 2009

http://themobilelearner.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/augmented-reality-and-on-dem

Mobile learning has always been about using the tools of learning wherever one finds themselves. In this blog, I have discussed a range of techniques for learning on the go from reading texts or listening to audiobooks on a mobile device to using built in cell phone tools such as a camera and access [...]

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October 03, 2009

http://themobilelearner.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/using-an-ipod-touch-with-8-y

Here is a video of how one teacher (who was fortunate enough to obtain a full class set if iPod Touch devices) is using new technologies with 8 year old children to help them learn.  This video raises a number of questions for me: What lesson can we learn from this?  What is the role [...]

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