Mobile Reach: Show #7

Home Alone from ISTE 2011

• McGraw-Hill releases iPAd apps - free during ISTE (until June 29)
• Skype releasing iPad2 App
• Tony Vincent’s Project-Based Learning in Hand...True Mobile Learning!!  http://learninginhand.com/pbl  

• Voicethread Mobile to be out in Sept....iOS.  Android Expected by end of the the year.  

• Facebook readying an iPad App

• Apple rumored to be releasing iPhone 5 this fall.
• Apple releases hardware around once/year.  Manufacturers releasing Android devices happens constantly.  As educational institutions, is it more beneficial to buy into one ecosystem with more support, or, cheaper (potentially) hardware with probably less support?

• Toshiba Thrive Tablet being shown at ISTE...available in early July--Runs Honeycomb, USB, micro-USB, HDMI out, SD card slot  16GB for $480.  No dongles necessary!! http://www.pcworld.com/article/230736/what_to_look_forward_to_in_the_toshiba_thrive_android_tablet.html   

• ISTE App? Vimeo  - iPhone/iPod Touch app.  Video editing, free.
• AirSketch $10  - iPad (AirSketch lite is free)
• Side by Side App...free..iOS..view multiple web pages and take notes--Split Screen views of notes, web pages, Dropbox files...uploads directly to Dropbox http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/side-by-side-dropbox-support/id386528623?mt=8#  

• Congratulations to GTAWA inductees. Taking place at end of July in Seattle.
• Resources from iSummit 2011 this past week
• ISTE Unplugged--a virtual ‘unconference’ happening during ISTE:  http://www.isteunplugged.com/  
• MobileLearningPortal.org - RESEARCH - INSTRUCTION - LEADERSHIP.  College of Ed at Univ of Texas at Austin (read over brief “about us”) -- great research being centralized here (BYOD article, 4 ways mobile tech is improving Ed)
• 40 Interesting Ways to use QR Codes in the Classroom (Tom Barrett’s site www.edte.ch )
• Northboork District 28 iPad resources - list of links, resources, etc for iPad learning

• Recent & Upcoming Conferences
• Edcamps: http://edcamp.wikispaces.com/

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• July 30, 2011 ntcamp Philadelphia
• Constructing Modern Knowledge Gary Stager’s conference
• July 11-14 Manchester, NH
• MDMC 2011 - more information at www.milwaukeedmc.com   
• July 26-29, 2011 at Milwaukee Art Museum
• Superhero Camp Oct 21-22
• https://sites.google.com/site/superherotechcamp/

• Offers/giveaways