Nokia and the Mobile Learning Institute

American Red Cross and Exploring Humanitarian Law Nokia, a world leader in mobile communications, and the Pearson Foundation sponsor the Mobile Learning Institute, which delivers engaging, personalized, project-based learning right to classrooms and community centers across the United States. By sharing the latest mobile technologies in classrooms across the United States, the Mobile Learning Institute helps teachers and students develop the 21st-century skills they need to design, develop, and complete the collaborative digital arts projects that will shape their future.

In addition to hosting Mobile Learning Institute Student and Educator Residencies, Nokia and the Pearson Foundation also sponsor the Mobile Learning Institute Leadership Network, a nation-wide professional development effort that helps teachers develop skills and strategies to integrate digital and mobile technologies into their classroom practice.

Together with ISTE and Digital Arts Alliance members including Pearson Education, Peachpit, and the Pearson Foundation, Nokia also sponsors the Digital Arts Alliance Leadership Institute, a professional development program that recognizes and supports education teams introducing innovative digital arts projects across the United States.

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Earth Day Challenge

Starting in the summer of 2008, The Mobile Learning Institute Earth Day Challenge was an international video making competition designed to give young people the chance to share their views on the earth’s future and everyone’s role in combating dangerous climate change. By learning more about the local and global forces that are shaping our environment today, young people naturally turn from reflection to action on these issues of importance to all of us. The Mobile Learning Institute Earth Day Challenge seeks to elevate these youth voices through digital film to public benefit.
Learn more about the 2008 Mobile Learning Institute Earth Day Challenge

The Envision 2020 Project

Since the summer of 2008, the Mobile Learning Institute’s Envision 2020 Project has engaged teachers and students In Westchester County, New York. Designed to help teenagers think positively about their future – and to give them the 21st-century skills they’ll need to succeed – the program launched with professional development workshops for teachers, followed by summer programs in which students developed and shared their point of view by transforming from consumers of media to creators of media. The Envision 2020 initiative continues in White Plains throughout the academic year, offering in-class digital arts residencies for students and further teacher resources for ongoing professional development.
Learn more about the Mobile Learning Institute’s Envision 2020 Project