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Mobile Learning #10: Yes we scan

[Or: QR codes in the classroom] My last blog post was a Dummies Guide to QR codes, written for educators (like myself) who are new to these. This second post on QR codes looks at two practical teaching ideas, one using QR codes to generate text, and one using QR code to generate urls. Finally, [...]

Mobile Learning # 6: Six key m-learning resources

How do you feel about housework? Personally, I’m not a big fan. But in a recent fit of (late) spring cleaning, I decided to sort out my mobile learning bookmarks in delicious, in preparation for some research I’m doing on the topic. And voila! I came across all sorts of fantastic stuff I had forgotten [...]

Mobile Learning #5: A Case Study

[Or: Mobile learning in your high school] Imagine you are the principal of a high school in the USA. Students are constantly bringing their mobile phones and iPods to school. Last year you banned these devices from the premises. Parents and teachers supported you in this. Bags are searched at the school gates every day, [...]

Mobile learning #4: On the move

[Or: Getting your learners started with learning on the go] Look up a definition of mobile learning, and one of the most common phrases that turns up is ‘on the move’, or ‘learning on the go’. Although mobile learning can be integrated strategically in the classroom (see this earlier post for more ), the easiest way [...]

Mobile learning #3: The apps

[or: An APPetite for learning - guest post by Neil Ballantyne] Based at the British Council Hong Kong, Neil works with a team developing web products and smartphone apps for learners and teachers. In this guest blog post, Neil gives us a great overview of the smartphone apps out there right now for English language [...]