Is iPhone the future?

The launch of the iPhone by Apple heralds a whole new range of possibilities for anytime, anywhere learning.

The iPhone is a cool package with multi-touch display, an intelligent QWERTY keyboard, OS X multi-tasking and, of course, syncing to PCs. The product integrates three technologies - a widescreen iPod (audio and video) with touch controls, a mobile phone (calls, voicemails, SMS, photos, calendar) and internet communication (web browser with built-in Google and Yahoo!, email, maps and widgets).

Many educators are now actively considering and exchanging ideas on how the iPhone might provide a very flexible platform for a range of e-learning activities.

With the iPhone on sale from June in the USA and October in Europe there is plenty of time to explore what the product can offer for anytime, anywhere learning!!!

Podcast Special: Professional Series

We are delighted to announce that the first podcast in our new series has been posted and is available via our RSS feed, on our website and is also listed on iTunes.

In this podcast, we feature a selection of podcast channels from our category on educational news and items for professional educators. You can locate further details of all the featured podcasts, their associated website URLs, RSS feeds and iTunes information at our Podcast Directory for Educators.

The channels we feature in this first podcast are:

• Critical Literacy in Practice : CLIP Podcast
• Inside Learning
• John Merrow Podcast
• Learning and Teaching Scotland
• Wisconsin Center for education Research News

Do you know of other good quality podcasts that would be ideal for use by professional educators and their professional development? If the answer is "yes" then do please let us know or, alternatively, just submit details about the podcast for review. We are always keen to showcase and promote educational podcasts from around the world.