Hot Lava Software and the Kauffman Foundation made an announcement on Feb. 12, 2008 that they will be holding a competition that will showcase science, technology, and math mobile content (http://www.1888pressrelease.com/global-telephony-competition-pr-448ms2hl0.html). The idea is to engage students in the learning process using a mobile device in a real world setting. Hot Lava Software is the leading provider of mobile authoring software and the Kauffman Foundation is a non-profit organization who provides grants, among other things, to further the initiatives of education.
The press release article indicated that the first content would be provided by a Singapore company. The organizations hope by holding this competition that more people will become interested in developing content for mobile devices and also generate interest to what mobile content has to offer. By the time the competition is over, Hot Lava Software and the Kauffman Foundation will have statisical data that will show how many people actually accessed and used the content. They will also be able to prove that creating rich content for mobile devices is possible. If you would like to see what has been developed for the first phase of this competition, visit http://hdwap.com/sport7 preferrably using your mobile device. If you have a wireless data plan that allows you to access the internet, enter the URL in your web browser. If you don't have a data plan with your mobile device but would like to see how the content looks on a mobile device, you can perform a PC pass through to view the content (i.e., connect your mobile device to your computer via a USB connection, make sure your computer is connected to the internet, and type the URL in the mobile device's web browser. ).
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I was wondering how to bypass having to pay for the web browser with my cell phone. Thanks for that :D Also, I am interested in learning more about the Kaufman Foundation. Do you have more information about that group? I am very interested in learning the results of this study. I'll have to look into this one some more. Thanks for the great information.
Tobie
What an amazing plan. I read some of the stats and had no idea that cell phones were 40% more common than TVs!! I will keep an eye on this as I am interested in what they come up with related to science.
thanks,
KB
All the talk about podcasts and distance education, I never thought about mobile learning. Your numbers make sense, I can't think of anyone who doesn't own a cell phone. What a great way to reach the students! Please keep us up to date, Bridget. Thanks for giving me a new avenue to explore!
Elizabeth
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