Mobile Technology

Tech Spotlight: Ball State Achievements

Ball State Achievements is an app created by Ball State University to help improve retention by reinforcing positive behaviors outside of class. The app was inspired by weight loss apps that incentivize small positive changes to help inspire big results. By engaging with the University through academics, athletics, culture, and

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Tech Spotlight: Lynda.com

Stony Brook University students, faculty, and staff have access to Lynda.com, a site that uses professionally produced video content to teach all kinds of skills. You’ll find classes targeted to specific technologies like Excel, Photoshop, and AutoCAD as well as skills based courses like teaching using blended learning and video

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Tech Spotlight: Learnstream

It can be difficult to keep track of the many open source tools for teaching and learning or to know where to start when you begin to learn about a new topic. Learnstream‘s solution to these problems is a platform for creating “playlists” of educational content around different topics. The

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Tech Spotlight: BrowZine

BrowZine is a mobile and web app that makes keeping up with scholarly content as easy as reading a newspaper or magazine. The app works by providing subscription journal content in a friendly interface. The user can customize their bookshelf to feature journals in their field or bookmark particular articles

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