M learning or mobile learning is very topical at the moment. Schools are investing in pods of laptops, netbooks and tablets. The iPad is perhaps the most well known tablet. While you are working online today the iPad is going to be passed around. Have a look through the apps that are on it. These ones are just a small selection of free ones! There are thousands of apps available for free and paid. As schools embrace this more apps will be developed to meet the market need.
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M learning or mobile learning is very topical at the moment. Schools are investing in pods of laptops, netbooks and tablets. The iPad is perhaps the most well known tablet. While you are working online today the iPad is going to be passed around. Have a look through the apps that are on it. These ones are just a small selection of free ones! There are thousands of apps available for free and paid. As schools embrace this more apps will be developed to meet the market need.Here are some good websites about using the iPad in schools
62 apps to use in the classroom - https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_721gdk5jtd8&pli=1
Craig Kemp from Grants Braes showcases how he uses the iPad
Orewa College has been in the news this week - What do you think? Should laptops/netbooks/tablets be made compulsory?
What do our kids think?
Great website with links, presentation etc about iPad
More iPad resources
Mobile Phones in the Classroom
Howick College - video on what they are doing
http://thinkingmachine.pbworks.com/w/page/22187713/Think%20Mobile%20Phones%20for%20Learning
http://www.pontydysgu.org/2009/11/25-practical-ideas-for-using-mobile-phones-in-the-classroom/
http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/10/embrace-the-constructive-uses-of-cell-phones-in-the-classroom-for-learning/
http://www.techsavvyed.net/archives/200
http://worldofmedia2007-2008.blogspot.com/2009/05/10-ideas-for-using-cell-phones-in.html