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Today there are over 5.9 billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide, and for every one person who accesses the internet from a computer two do so from a mobile device. Given the ubiquity and rapidly expanding functionality of mobile technologies, UNESCO is enthusiastic about their potential to improve and facilitate learning, particularly in communities where educational opportunities are scarce. This Working Paper Series scans the globe to illuminate the ways in which mobile technologies can be used to support the United Nations Education for All Goals; respond to the challenges of particular educational contexts; supplement and enrich formal schooling; and make learning more accessible, equitable, personalized and flexible for students everywhere.
This site is busy building resources and tests that learners can access using their cellphones. What do you think???
"“Resources for exploring the hottest topic in educational technology via CoSN's Leadership for Mobile Learning Initiative”"
The Mobile Media Toolkit helps you make sense of the growing role of mobile tech in media. It is currently available in English, Spanish, and Arabic. The Mobile Media Toolkit provides how-to guides, mobile tools, and case studies on how mobile phones can (and are) being used for reporting, news broadcasting, and in citizen media. We cover it all, from basic feature phones to the latest smartphone applications.
The Mobile Media Toolkit is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The ‘Mobile Media Toolkit’ shows you how to record audio, from finding a good recording environment to recording phone calls, editing audio, and listening to and sharing reports with others.
How to create, edit and share quality audio and video reports from a mobile phone? This detailed how-to guide is a great resource for journalists and citizen reporters (tip: use your car as a recording studio).
"The Khan Academy, excellent videos and online lessons are now available with the new Khan App. The Khan App is free and works with iPhone, the iPad, and Android devices. The Khan App gives access to the same videos and lessons you can find at the Khan Academy website.
The Khan App is available through education section of the Open App Marketplace.
The Khan Academy is a great place to find quality online instruction in math, science, and social science topics. The Khan App allows you to take those lessons with you wherever you go."
The report Pockets of Potential: Using Mobile Technologies to Promote Children’s Learning, by Cooney Center Industry Fellow Carly Shuler, makes the case that our nation’s leaders should not overlook the role mobile technologies can play, if well deployed, in building human capital and in helping to stimulate valuable innovation. As Sesame Street has proven over four decades of remarkable work, exposure to research-tested educational media starting early in life can accelerate children’s skills, while producing enduring economic benefi ts to society.
Pockets of Potential argues that despite legitimate public concern about the “disruptive track record” of mobile devices in schools, there is reason to be excited about their potential. As an analysis of key industry trends, opportunities, and challenges, including small-scale studies of academic and industry projects, the paper recommends a series of urgent action steps for key sectors to consider. Of particular note are the promising innovations developed by an international group of mobile technology thought leaders — from Silicon Valley to Seoul to sub-Saharan Africa — whose pioneering work is featured in this report and its appendices.
The report joins a series of studies the Cooney Center has undertaken since launching one year ago. We hope to stimulate a new debate that will lead industry, funders, scholars, and caregivers to consider how the devices children now rely upon as their social currency may one day help them learn essential skills needed for success. As Mrs. Cooney recently noted, “Now is the time to turn the new media that children have a natural attraction to into learning tools that will build their knowledge and broaden their perspectives.” Unless we do, the gulf between what children do informally and in school will widen, diminishing the educational opportunities all of our children need and deserve.
"A Danish – South African initiative offering Mobile solutions for Literacy Training and Skills Development."
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Exploring the potential for increased reading and writing for 21st century teens through mobile phones, introducing a more interactive style of story writing and publishing that holds appeal to the participatory culture of youth.
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Discover ideas for instruction that innovative districts have developed to better leverage the increasing number of laptops, cell phones, MP3 players and smart phones that students carry. This webinar explores the latest findings from Speak Up surveys given to K-12 students, teachers and administrators regarding their views on mobile devices within instruction.
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