Mobile Reach 20

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Segment One: Mobile In The News / Blog Watch / Tweets / News
(iOS/Android/Windows Mobile news)
OLPC Tablet http://www.techspot.com/news/46951-olpc-shows-off-100-xo-30-tablet-prototype.html
CES going on this week..lots of new device announcements..follow along on Twitter and live blogs. #ces2012 http://www.cesweb.org/ -Major Google Maps update coming, Acer, Vizio, Samsung, Motorola all announce new 10 and 7 inch tablets. With this and the possible two iPads, lots to look forward to this year for mobile and a possible impact for schools.

Segment Two: Mobile Learning in the Classroom
(Sharing resources or first hand accounts of mobile learning in the classroom)
Brad Flickinger’s (@bradflickinger) TechCamp http://www.kidtechcamps.com/index.html in Colorado 3rd-5th grade students using iPad instruments to play Kate Perry’s FireWorks song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=j4a_RSOJ7oQ
Tony talks about Mobile Learning Experience 2012 http://mobile2012.org/ Early bird rate available until January 20th. 3 Keynotes, 50+ breakout session, 9 crowdsourced sharing sessions, QR fun, opening dinner, prizes, and more! Chris Thompson from Georgia will have a 2 hour workshop where you get to develop a very basic app. I will conduct a three-part series of breakouts about PBL.
We HAVE to mention Learning In Hand http://learninginhand.com/ Continues to be one of the best resources on Mobile Learning on the web!!
Chad (Possibly): iOS 5 Guide from MacLIfe: http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/always_current_ios_5_tips_and_tricks_guide

Segment Three: App Reviews (Round Robin depending on Time)
Amazon’s Free Android App of the Day: http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b/ref=sa_menu_adr_app4/188-2996373-7974760?_encoding=UTF8&node=2350149011
The Civil War Today http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-civil-war-today/id428812156?mt=8
Math Apps Made by Teachers: 32 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/32-hd/id492000927?mt=8
Squrl http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/squrl-for-ios/id398256703?mt=8
Android: Posterous https://market.android.com/details?id=com.Posterous&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5Qb3N0ZXJvdXMiXQ.. (Turn a Posterous blog into a podcast: http://learninginhand.com/21)
DoInk Animation App http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doink-animation-drawing/id364762290?mt=8 Video of examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hZgbQ3caJmw
Alge-Bingo http://itunes.apple.com/app/alge-bingo/id490498376?mt=8 (Tony’s blog post about these apps: http://learninginhand.com/blog/ios-math-apps-by-teachers.html)
Pinterest http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pinterest/id429047995?mt=8

Segment Four: Mobile Learning #eduwin:
http://www.whatisyoureduwin.com/

“Spread the word about the best things happening in education….What is your #EduWin? Post them at: whatisyoureduwin.com.”

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Recent & Upcoming Conferences
FETC 2012 Jan. 23-26 Orlando, FL http://fetc.org/Events/Florida-Educational-Technology-Conference/Home.aspx
TCEA 2012 Feb. 6-10 Austin, TX http://www.tcea2012.org/2012/public/default.html
AASA (American Association of School Administrators) Feb. 16-19 Houston, TX http://nce.aasa.org/
lllinois Computing Educators ICE 2012: Innovate, Collaborate, Educate Feb 28-Mar 2 http://iceberg.org/ice_conference
Mobile Learning 2012 April 11-13, Phoenix, AZ
Cool Commercial: youtu.be/9t3WdAaxjaQ
EdCamps
http://edcamp.wikispaces.com/

If you would like to continue the conversations you can find Judi Epcke on Twitter @JEpcke, Tammy Lind @TamL17, Tony Vincent @tonyvincent, and I’m Chad Kafka @chadkafka.
Be sure to share news, ideas and other mobile learning items using #mreach on Twitter!

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