February 24, 2012

• FLOAT MOBILE LEARNING | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012

  iPad 3 Rumors Aplenty (Click the image to make it larger. Thanks to Matt Forcum!) The next iteration of the iPad should soon be on its way. Apple’s original tablet dropped in April 2010, with [.]. Comic Featured iOS iPad 3MORE >>

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• MOBILE COMMONS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012

  SFpark wins a Good Government Award! Congratulations to SFpark, which just won a Good Government Award from SPUR , an organization devoted to “good planning and good government in the San Francisco Bay Area.” ” The full awards citation reads: The SFpark team was chosen for its implementation of the groundbreaking smart parking management program. MORE >>

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February 23, 2012

• FLOAT MOBILE LEARNING | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

  The Seven Myths of Mobile Learning If there was one takeaway from yesterday’s Mobile Learning Conversations webinar on the Seven Myths of Mobile Learning, it’s that there are more than seven myths of mobile learning. Gary was [.]. Webinars eLearning mobile learning Mobile Learning ConversationsMORE >>

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• MOBILE COMMONS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

  Greenpeace Fights Toxics with SMS Greenpeace ships are made for hard work. The environmental advocacy organization is famous for confronting illegal whalers right on the high seas. But last week, one Greenpeace vessel served a friendlier function: promoting SMS advocacy. of South Kearney, NJ. Greenpeace cites the plant for “failure to prevent catastrophic risks.” MORE >>

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February 21, 2012

• FLOAT MOBILE LEARNING | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012

  3 Ways Glass Could Transform Mobile Learning Earlier this month, Corning released A Day Made of Glass 2. The opening of the video begins with a tagline that states, “Enabling a future of communication, collaboration, and connectivity.” These [.]. Implementations Innovations Mobile Technology A Day Made of Glass augmented reality collaboration Corning Gorilla GlassMORE >>

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• MOBILE COMMONS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012
  	DoSomething’s Aria Finger Talks About the Power of Mobile Communications DoSomething.org’s COO Aria Finger spoke last week at the most recent NextGen: Charity conference about the power of mobile to reach young people. Aria Finger from NextGen:Charity on Vimeo. MORE >>

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February 16, 2012

• MOBILE COMMONS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012

  Create Text Message SMS Campaigns that Sync with the Convio CRM One of the biggest challenges of running any outreach campaign is keeping track of all the information. Which constituents have you sent mailers to? Who have you called? Did your members donate in response to an email blast or an ad they saw on television? It was probably in response to an SMS message they received). Here’s how it works. address). MORE >>

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February 15, 2012

• MOBILE COMMONS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012

  5 Ways to Use Mobile to Increase Giving Mobile messaging can be a powerful and effective way to raise money. But there’s more to mobile fundraising than a text to give campaigns. Below are five ways to use mobile to increase your revenues. 1) Text to Give. Text to give is the most well known form of mobile giving.  9% of Americans have texted in donations in the past year. MORE >>

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• MLEARNOPEDIA ON BLOGSPOT | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
  	Global Mobile Awards In less than two weeks, mobile leaders worldwide will be gathering in Barcelona for the GSMA Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest mobile exhibition. An important part of this conference is the 17th annual Global Mobile Awards. The category for this year was expanded to Best Mobile Innovation for Education or Learning and drew further entries. MORE >>

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• FLOAT MOBILE LEARNING | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012

  Register Now For Float’s Free Webinar: Seven Myths of Mobile Learning “Mobile learning is not as effective as either instructor-led training (ILT) or online learning.” To Dr. Gary Woodill, this is a ludicrous myth about mobile learning. In my view, mobile learning can [.]. Webinars free webinar mobile learning mythsMORE >>

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February 14, 2012

• STEVE VOSLOO | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012

  2 mLearning articles worth reading (including an interview in Education Week) I was recently interviewed by Education Week, the leading education newspaper in the USA. The article, Mobile Devices Address Technology Equity in Africa , is well written and provides an overview of some of the interesting mobile learning projects in Africa. by Mike Trucano of the World Bank (follow @WBedutech ). MORE >>

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February 12, 2012

• THE MOBILE LEARNER | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012

  Moving Forward with a Mobile Strategy We are in the midst of another change in the world of business.  When the development of the Internet and it’s widespread use in the the 1990′s initiated the information age, we saw companies scrambling to move their advertising and sales agents from physical spaces to online spaces.  Google Calendar). MORE >>

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February 10, 2012

• IGNATIA WEBS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012

  Blogphilosophy: why I stopped measuring my e-penis #rankingsoftware Sometimes I need a good (figurative) slap in the face to keep it real. few weeks ago David Bezemer put my feet back on the ground in a tweeted reaction ( @dbezemer ) on me sending him a 'klout' invitation: "over my dead body! there are enough people out there desperately measuring their e-penis, I do not feel good about that". So he got me thinking. MORE >>

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February 9, 2012

• IGNATIA WEBS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

  4 Calls for #papers and 2 #PhD opportunities Educause 2012 Conference dates: 6 – 9 November 2012 Location: Denver Colorado, USA More information: [link] Deadline for submissions: 21 Februari 2012 Themes: The conference program will be organized around IT-related themes and how they are tied to different IT professional domain focus areas. For entry to the MRes you should have a 2.1 MORE >>

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• MOBILE COMMONS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

  Are Organizations Missing the True Potential of Social Media Protests? Recently, a number of digital flash fires have forced large organizations – even the United States government – to reverse course from unpopular decisions. As the Washington Post writes , “Over the past year, consumers have wielded the power of social media to battle companies over issues large and small.”. When Bank of America, Susan G. MORE >>

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• MOBILE LEARNING EDGE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

  Float’s Chad Udell Gambles on ASTD TechKnowledge and Wins! There are now so many interesting conferences relevant to mobile learning, that it is difficult to attend them all. So, I was happy that Chad Udell, managing director at Float Mobile Learning , attended ASTD’s TechKnowledge conference in Las Vegas and then wrote a long blog post describing his experiences over the 3 days. Thanks, Chad. MORE >>

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February 8, 2012

• FLOAT MOBILE LEARNING | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012

  Truly Amazing Video – The Power of Mobile Learning If you had any doubts, you need to watch this video. Powerful stuff indeed. These devices may be the best, most effective and least expensive assistive technology yet. We’ve written a [.]. Pedagogy and LearningMORE >>

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