By Dr. Eileen Dittmar emdittmar@gmail.com
This page provides information about
*my NBEA 2/23/2012 presentation; here’s the .pptx Integrating Mobile Technologies in Bus Ed; here’s the white paper Integrating Mobile Technologies in Bus Ed
*my SITE 3/7/2012 presentation; here’s the .pptx Integrating Mobile Learning Technologies; here’s the white paper Integrating Mobile Learning Technologies
* my Capella presentation .pptx titled: m-Learning Don’t Leave Home Without it!
Resources
1. A blog full of tips at http://mobilelearningtips.wordpress.com/
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Mobile Learning Apps version 2/23/2012
Box.net
Description: Organized online workspace for managing and sharing files. A variety of file types open in usable view and collaborators can comment or discuss or edit. Has a feel of a wiki but integrated with an operating system and blog.
CalcMoolator
Description: CalcMoolator offers over 50 free financial calculators for the web, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. Some of our most popular calculators are: Tip Calculator, House Rent vs. Buy, Auto Loan Estimate, Auto Lease vs. Buy, Mortgage Payment Estimate, and Pay Off My Credit Card Debt Sooner (and much more!).
FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION: A perfect partner for finance, accounting, and math activities.
List of calculators http://www.calcmoolator.com/calculators.php
Dropbox
Description: Virtual storage that functions like an operating system. On DropBox home page is a short tutorial that shows the features. Free for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Mobile.
Evernote
Description: Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your notable life using your computer, phone, and the web. Checklists can be shared between computers and devices. Chances are, if you can see it or think of it, Evernote can help you remember it. Type a text note. Clip a web page. Snap a photo. Grab a screenshot. Evernote will keep it all safe and it’s free.
FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION: Personal productivity. Students can note things in school or at home to stay connected with their homework and assignments due. A case study assignment could help students practice the features of Evernote either at home (homework) or at school for in-class work.
Livecage
http://livecage.com/?res=root._help_video
Description: Live & On-Demand Video/Audio; Conferencing Broadcasting; Community. Check out the great tutorials, be sure to see the one for capturing audio – perfect for speeches.
Mint
Description: Record and analyze financial information for student projects. Over 5 million people use Mint. Has app for handheld devices. FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION: A perfect partner for finance, accounting, and math activities.
Qik
Description: Share videos as they happen from mobile device to Internet social site.
Skype
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/
Description: Perfect for group work when participants are at different locations. Free calls, video calls, and screen sharing. FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION: Take your speech class or business communications classes to the next level with Skype conferencing tools.
TeuxDeux
Description: TeuxDeux is a simple, designy to-do app. If you like making to-do lists, you will love TeuxDeux. The idea was to build a bare-bones, but visually compelling and highly usable to-do app: Use the free browser-based TeuxDeux at work/home and then take your to-dos on the road with the iPhone app. Yay for checking things off!
FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION: Personal productivity. Students can list to do things in school or at home to stay connected with their homework and assignments due. A case study assignment could help students practice the features of TeuxDeux either at home (homework) or at school for in-class work. Effective use of TeuxDeux can help develop project management skills.
ThinkFree
Description: Free online service with 1GB of online storage for documents. Save and access from mobile or computer. View and edit documents without using software. Create an online workspace and invite collaborators.
WolfRamAlpha
Description: Free online access to the Wolfram|Alpha computational knowledge engine: answer questions; do math; instantly get facts, calculators, unit conversions, and real-time quantitative data and statistics; create plots and visualizations; and access vast scientific, technical, chemical, medical, health, business, financial, weather, geographic, dictionary, calendar, reference, and general knowledge—and much more.
Zoho
Description: The forerunner in office suites in the cloud. Has more bells and whistles than Google doc or Microsoft SkyDrive. Class projects can work well with Zoho; such as event planning or project management. Mobile phone app, too.
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