The 2011 Mobile Learning Connected Summit will bring as many as 500 professionals from around the world to Abilene this week. In order to manage the large number of visitors expected to attend, Michelle Davenport, administrative coordinator at the Adams Center, said the center, which is conducting the event, has asked students from the Honors ... [Read More…]
Abilene Christian School receives iPads
When Mark Coley turns on his iPad, he sees a picture of the Abilene Christian High School football helmet with his team praying in the background. “I put it on there, so everyone would know it was mine,” Coley said. Coley, principal and athletic director at ACHS, made sure to put his mark on his iPad because two weeks ago, all Abilene Christian ... [Read More…]
App of the week: Hey Tell
HeyTell is a cross platform app that enables its users to send and receive voice messages. Each message uses the same amount of data as an e-mail. The app enables push notifications, so it can be used just as quickly and easily as text messaging. It works with both 3G and WiFi and requires no registration. Users can choose to share their location ... [Read More…]
COBA students to pioneer iPad textbook
Students in Dr. Ian Shepherd’s microeconomics class were greeted with more than just a syllabus on their first day of class Tuesday. The students were told they will be given iPads and told they will be among the first in the nation to use a textbook on the device. The 50 students in Shepherd’s class, along with 14 students in a senior level ... [Read More…]
Optimist first college newspaper on the iPad
With the April 3 release of Apple's iPad, a flurry of new apps are being developed as companies rush to offer their services on the new device. In particular, the newspaper industry has found a new platform for reaching readers. ACU's student news publication, the Optimist, emerged as the first college newspaper in the country to publish on the ... [Read More…]
Optimist iPad app now available in app store
After months of preparation and hard work, The Optimist unveiled its app formatted for the recently released iPad. Video/Editing by Blane Singletary View on YouTube ... [Read More…]
Crowd flocks to Campus Store for iPad release
Faculty members left the Campus Store iPad-less on Saturday. At least 20 iPads, designated for members of the iPad Exploration Team, did not arrive in time for the store’s special one-hour opening. Those who purchased one of 22 retail devices that did arrive could not find the anticipated Optimist application in the App Store. It was not ... [Read More…]
Mobile Learning team prioritizes wisely
After months of speculation, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, publicly announced his newest creation: the iPad. The Jan. 27 announcement left many questions unanswered and many people disappointed. However, ACU's Mobile Learning Leadership Team decided to look into the possibility of incorporating this new gadget into the Mobile Learning Initiative. They ... [Read More…]
iPad peaks interest of art, design faculty
ACU’s alliance with Apple puts ACU in a position to be a major influence on digital publishing. But it’s not the prospect of replacing conventional textbooks that has Dan McGregor, assistant professor of art and design, excited about the iPad. McGregor experiments with digital art, simulating the pen and brush on a computer. But he reverted to ... [Read More…]
Critical Mass: All students to have iPhone, iPod touch by fall 2010
ACU’s Mobile Learning Initiative will expand to include all full-time students, Executive Vice President Dr. Phil Schubert said last week. “We’re getting ready to fully saturate the mobile devices throughout the university. All full-time students will have them by fall 2010. We’ve been anxious for a long time to get devices in every student’s ... [Read More…]