Do kids learn as well on iPads, eBooks?
Compared with traditional textbooks, the iPad and other devices for reading digital books have the potential to save on textbook costs in the long term, provide students with…
Mobile Learning
Flash for iPhone now available, thanks to jailbreak
Adobe's Flash technology is now available for iOS devices, thanks to a new application for jailbroken iPhones and iPads, PC World reports. Coming from Comex, the same man…
Stanford to issue new medical students iPads
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that incoming medical students at Stanford University will have fewer textbooks to carry this fall after the university distributes iPads to its 91…
Technology takes formative assessment to a whole new level
Promethean has unveiled new software that could take student response system technology to a whole new level—something the company calls “real-time personalized intervention.”
RIM unveils new BlackBerry to counter Apple iPhone
Research In Motion has unveiled a new BlackBerry aimed at wooing consumers away from Apple's iPhone and other rivals, Reuters reports—but analysts said the handset won't blow away…
Republicans decry stimulus funds for student iPods
A million-dollar purchase of iPods for high school students in Utah is among the many uses of federal stimulus money cited in a 74-page report put out by…
Android sales outpacing iPhone
For the first time ever, sales of Android handsets have outpaced those of the Apple iPhone, reports Yahoo News.
Why the iPad is not ready for college this fall
School is starting in late August, and already a few universities are touting their decision to make the iPad a part of the classroom. But these universities might…
In price war, new Kindle sells for $139
Amazon.com will introduce two new versions of its Kindle eReader on July 29, and one will sell for $139, reports the New York Times—the lowest price yet for…
India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer
It looks like an iPad, only it's one-fourteenth the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touch-screen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to…
Program uses smart phones to increase math scores
Two years ago, public high schools in North Carolina began a pilot project to determine whether smart phones, in conjunction with curriculum resources, could be leveraged to increase…
Apple: Free cases to alleviate iPhone 4 problems
Apple Inc. will give free protective cases to buyers of its latest iPhone to alleviate the so-called "death grip" problem in which holding the phone with a bare…
Students take photos of Earth’s curvature with help from iPad
At the Potomac School in McLean, Va., this past school year, 13 seventh- and eighth-graders signed up for a biweekly science elective that proposed this challenge, reports the…
Apple to address iPhone troubles on July 16
Apple Inc. said it will hold a press conference on July 16 to discuss the latest iPhone model, which has been beset by complaints about its antenna, reports…
Apple silent after Consumer Reports critique
A decision by Consumer Reports against endorsing the latest iPhone because of reception problems threatens to tarnish Apple Inc.'s reputation, yet fans who have braved poor reception for…
iPhone 4 contains a design flaw, testers say
Consumer Reports, America’s trusted source of product reviews, said it would not recommend the iPhone 4 because of a hardware flaw with its antenna that sometimes resulted in…
Google launches do-it-yourself app creation software
Google is bringing Android software development to the masses, reports the New York Times.
Patent holder sues smart-phone makers over patents
The patent-holding company that won a settlement of more than $600 million from the maker of the BlackBerry has sued six other companies in the smart-phone industry, reports…
First projector-equipped Android smart phone to ship
Video chat is all the rage when it comes to new smart phones like the HTC Evo 4G and the iPhone 4, but Samsung's latest Android smart phone…
AT&T network glitch limits iPhone 4 upload speeds
In the latest snag for the iPhone 4, AT&T Inc. said on July 7 that a software defect in its network is limiting data uploads from the phone…
Teacher wants to change education using 40 iPads
Matt Wilson, a seventh-grade social studies teacher at Garfield Middle School in Hamilton, Ohio, is asking for some help to outfit his classroom with a set of iPads,…
Microsoft pulls plug on Kin social-networking phones
Microsoft has pulled the plug on a new generation of smart phones aimed at young consumers, less than three months after unveiling the devices that were part of…
High school students subject iPads to educational test
A summer semester class in Wyoming’s Natrona County School District is piloting 12 Apple iPad tablets to explore how they can best be used in classrooms this fall,…
Stanford doctoral student seeks peace through technology
The stories are harrowing, but Elizabeth Buckner hopes sharing tales of the constant tension among Palestinians and Israelis through mobile devices will offer perspective to children from both…
Summit: Mobile computing is education’s future
Speakers at a recent education technology industry summit had a key piece of advice for the company executives who make and sell products for schools: Go mobile.
Apple, AT&T hit with glitches on new iPhone orders
Apple and AT&T are facing two major problems in taking orders for the newest iPhone model, reports the Associated Press, just a week before it hits stores.
Will the iPad fail in schools?
Technology Director Ryan Lawson would like to get his hands on more than 700 iPads for the entire student body at Brother Rice High School, a private all-boys…
Speech recognition, mobile apps help build reading skills
Students’ scores on a national reading assessment have remained relatively flat for nearly 40 years. As educators work hard to bring that average up, many are excited about…
New smart phones pave the way for mobile video chats
Apple's iPhone 4, unveiled June 7 and set for release June 24, features a mobile video conferencing application that could increase collaboration among students and make cross-district and…
Higher education’s best mobile technology programs
With small private campuses and large research universities alike teeming with iPhones, iPod Touches, BlackBerries, and other mobile devices, a college counseling company has highlighted five institutions in…
Apple rewards elementary school students’ excitement for iPad
Thirteen fifth-grade students in Florida were given free iPads by Apple, and they could appear in a forthcoming advertising campaign after they were photographed excitedly eyeing the company's…
One Laptop Per Child’s next move: $100 tablet
The nonprofit organization that has tried to produce a $100 laptop for children in the world's poorest places is throwing in the towel on that idea—and jumping on…
Ten winners snag $1.7M total in digital competition
A project to show youth-produced videos on 2,200 Los Angeles city buses, the next generation of a graphical programming language that allows young people to create their own…
Top U.S. carriers plot faster gadgets, services
Reuters reports that the next generation of high-speed internet services, tablets, smartphones, and other mobile gadgets could arrive faster than you would expect.
Cellphones now used more for data than for calls
Liza Colburn uses her cellphone constantly, the New York Times reports.
Augmented reality takes hold in classrooms
A small but growing number of schools across the nation are turning classroom lessons into engaging experiences with augmented reality (AR), a technology that overlays digital information on…
After ballyhooed debut, some schools see problems with iPad
The euphoria that greeted the Apple iPad on college campuses has waned somewhat in recent weeks, as technology officials at a handful of universities have issued warnings that…
Intel partners with McGraw-Hill on updated Classmate PC
Intel's newest Convertible Classmate PC design, unveiled April 26, gives elementary school students a chance to have “micro-mobility” as they move between individual, small-group, and whole-class activities, Intel…
Texting poetry inspires kids to learn
New York’s Chester School District is one of several districts that are taking bold steps in the use of new media technology in classrooms, reports the Times Herald-Record.
Panel: Cell phones have much potential in classrooms
Teachers are finding creative ways to include mobile phones in instruction in an effort to bridge the divide between the technologies children use at home and what they…