"Mobile Web App
Create a mobile web app that visitors can access on the iPhone and Android smartphones. "
"Message your class
A safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents. Free. "
Mobile device management.
"Mobile Device Management for iOS
Mobile Device Management (MDM) gives businesses the ability to manage large scale deployments of iPhone and iPad.
These capabilities in iOS give IT departments the ability to securely enroll devices in an enterprise environment, wirelessly configure and update settings, monitor compliance with corporate policies, and remotely wipe or lock managed devices."
"Mobile devices are quickly becoming the primary personal communications and computing platform for business. However, they introduce cost, risk, and usability challenges that traditional mobile device management strategies cannot address. MobileIron’s approach is to simplify the problem for IT, finance, and end-users by moving smartphone data to the enterprise cloud."
"Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can contribute to universal access to education, equity in education, the delivery of quality learning and teaching, teachers’ professional development and more efficient education management, governance and administration. "
"Before March 2009, Eric Sheninger viewed social media the way many principals do. He didn't think it would help students learn. Instead, he saw it as a hindrance to learning. "
"This week I gave six presentations at the NCTIES conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. Throughout the week I tried three different talk timers on my Samsung Galaxy Tab. (By the way if you’re interested in having me speak at your event, please click here)."
A Chicago elementary school has gone public with its pilot use of a tablet designed specifically for pre-school students. Hayt Elementary in Chicago has been using iStartSmart Mobile devices since October 2012. At least one pre-school teacher said he believes the use of the technology is an effective way to supplement what's going on in the classroom.
New research released today by the Pew Internet Project found that technology has made significant inroads among Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers. But it also revealed significant disparities in technology access between upper and lower income schools.
It's got a 3.8 inch screen with 4 gazillion pixels! WOW!
Oh, but our Z6A chip... well, it blows the competition away!
Yeah, yeah, but our wireless services get 16 megabits down and 8 megabits up; incomparable!
That type of talk is sure to make a non-techie educator feel sleepy, feel intimidated, feel that technology has no place in his/her classroom.
Today's students learn the way they live: in communities connected by mobile technology.
"ighty-two percent of districts are "highly interested" in launching or expanding a 1:1 technology initiative within the next two years, according to a new report from Amplify and IESD."