Hello Everyone,

My name is Rob De Lorenzo and I will be presenting at the Leading Learning 2008 conference on the topic of mobile learning.  I guess the best place to start is to try and figure out what mobile learning actually means.  In the presention, I will be focusing mainly on cell phone, iPod and PDA technologies but mobile learning doesn't necessarily mean learning on these devices.

So I ask: What does mobile learning actually mean? 

Slate and chalk have been around for over 150 years.... Isn't it time we used new tools to connect with 21st century learners? I am currently acting as the London Region e-Learning Contact, and with tongue firmly in cheek, I believe that the fastest way to promote positive change in Ontario classrooms may well be to ban chalk!  

I actively blog and podcast on the use of a range of read/write tools, and will be highlighting many of these as outstanding alternatives to chalk.  Prior to the workshop slated for the Monday, I'd be interested to discover how you harness the power of evolving technologies to engage learners in rich, meaningful work. 

Does anyone use wikis, blogs, ustream, skype, twitter, jing, social bookmarking, voicethread, podcasting, Google tools, or others (http://www.go2web20.net/)  In what contexts do you use the tools you use?  

If you're interested in the power of Facebook, but wary of the negative press that it appears to attract, I can recommend NING as an entry-point for 'creating your own social network'.  The network can be open and public or private and by invitation only. Initial browsing suggests that a number of US EDUs are using it for Alumni networks.

The free version has Google Ads, but for a monthly fee you can place your own or drop all ads.

Of course, I've been very impressed with the networking aspects of Commun-IT. I'm off to check what's under the hood. 

Background info can be found in the cover story of this month's Fast Company magazine...

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/125/nings-infinite-ambition.html