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Follow on Google News | Registration Underway for Two ACU Mobile-Learning EventsRegistration opens for two instructional technology events: K-12 features McAllen ISD on March 20, 2012 and Higher Ed features Abilene Christian University Connected on April 4-5, 2012.
By: Liz Anderson, ACU Connected PR McAllen ISD may be the largest district in the U.S. working to place the latest in mobile technology into the hands of all its students—from high school seniors down to kindergarten— The Connected Open House, focused on higher education, gives participants the opportunity to collaborate with ACU faculty, staff and students involved in ACU's mobile-learning initiative. Topics will center around the pedagogical use of smartphones and tablets, with a special emphasis on digital textbooks. The agenda will also provide opportunities for participants to explore their specific interests in relation to emerging technologies, including discussions of the infrastructure and deployment logistics necessary for a pervasive mobile program, new models of teaching and learning that leverage mobility, and best practices for creating and using digital texts in higher education. Both events are free of charge. To learn more about the Transforming Learning Conference, visit http://www.acu.edu/ # # # About Abilene Christian University In a world of search engines, social networking, smartphones and converged mobile devices, students have access to more information than one could process in a lifetime, Abilene Christian University launched a mobile-learning initiative, ACU Connected, in 2008. The initiative trains students to not merely consume these vast amounts of information, but to assess information, to synthesize thoughts, to generate new ideas, and to contribute meaningfully to conversations of global importance. ACU is committed to exploring how these technologies can be used to help people learn in new ways and discovering how these tools can aid us in its mission to educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world. More than 4,500 students, including nearly 800 graduate students, enroll in ACU from 47 states and territories, and 41 nations. Visit www.acu.edu for more information. End
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