Very excited about Thursday’s Wikithon, which will be right on The Mall at the National Museum of American History.

Details

WHAT: “Ruby Slippers” Wikithon
WHEN: Thursday, April 26
TIME: 3-5 pm EDT
WHERE:  National Museum of American History in the Constitution Cafe, in Washington D.C. Enter on 14th and Constitution Ave, NW.

We’ll be working on fleshing out the list of Good Practices as well as fishbowl tasks. Bring your knowledge, network with other mobile gov innovators and earn a Ruby Slippers badge! Bring a friend and earn a Bring a Friend badge, too!

Don’t forget to bring your own laptop. The Smithsonian has great wifi!

DC too far? Are you remote and want to join in? Email jacob.parcell at gsa.gov and he’ll send you the info.

Don’t Miss It

We know you have a brain, so show some heart and courage and join us for the next Wikithon. Don’t make me get my flying monkeys!

Now click your heels together and say, “There’s no place like a Mobile Gov Wikithon! There’s no place like a Mobile Gov Wikithon!”

See you Thursday!

Gwynne Kostin
Director Mobile
Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies, GSA

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DocsTeach is a mobile application developed by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) that allows teachers to create and share lesson plans built on the DocsTeach website with their students.

The DocsTeach App was built at the request of teachers so their students could access lesson plans built on the DocsTeach website while in the classroom. The app is available on the iOS platform. According to NARA, features include:

• Choose a historical era or topic to find an activity based on primary source documents such as the US Constitution, the canceled check for the purchase of Alaska, and Thomas Edison’s patent drawing for the light bulb.

• Participate in DocsTeach activities made with the Focusing on Details, Making Connections, Finding a Sequence, Mapping History, Weighing the Evidence, or Seeing the Big Picture tools.

• Tap and drag document icons to move them within activities.

• Tap to view documents. Zoom and inspect individual pages of documents using the controls in the document viewing window.

• Students: Find activities specifically assigned by your teacher using your classroom code.

• Teachers: Share the unique code from your DocsTeach.org classroom with your students so they can find and complete just the activities you have chosen or prepared for them.

You can find more government mobile products like the DocsTeach app on the USA.gov Apps gallery.

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Not all device use is the same. People use their tablet devices differently than their smartphones.  As reported in AdWeek:

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The IRS2Go App gives users the ability to check on their tax refund, order tax records and get tips from their mobile device. The Internal Revenue Service wanted to provide a way for users to get information and services on the go.

The IRS2Go app is available on both the Android and iPhone platforms. IRS describes the app further:

IRS2Go is an IRS-developed app designed to help taxpayers in several ways. The app lets taxpayers check on the status of their refund, sign up for helpful tax tips or get the most recent IRS Twitter feeds. Download IRS2Go, then connect with the IRS whenever you want, wherever you are.

You can find more government mobile products like IRS2Go app on the USA.gov Apps Gallery.

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Last week, we wrote about great mobile products presented rapid-fire.

Here are a few:

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Last week, we moderated a session on what the research shows on mobile use–and our regular discussion about whether people prefer mobile web over native apps.

Our speakers, Aaron Smith from Pew Internet and David Metcalf from Univ. of Central Florida, had pros and cons for both approaches, but ultimately agreed that, It Depends.

eMarketer has some data that ads flavor to what people like to do on different platforms.

from eMarketer.com

They said

People overwhelmingly use a mobile browser for shopping, searching and accessing entertainment via their smartphones. But when they are navigating or acquiring information, apps are preferred. –more from eMarketer

As we (always) say, agencies need to think about what they expect people will DO with their mobile product, and then build the experience around the task.  And keep following the trends.

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Yesterday at the FOSE conference, the Mobile Program Management Office, hosted a Mobile Apps Experience where 9 federal and one local agency gave live demos of their mobile products Steve Jobs style.

These are just a few of the more than 100 mobile products (mobile web and mobile app) you can find in the USA.gov Apps Gallery.

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Announcing the Mobile Platform Development Webinar Series! GSA’s Mobile Gov Program Management Office is working with agencies throughout government to help them deliver government content–information, data and services–anytime, anywhere and on any device.

One way to  deliver content to citizens is via applications on mobile devices or native mobile apps.

Agencies with mission-related apps need to know

• How do agencies build apps and understand the app ecosystem?
• What’s the app store process for each platform?
• How do you get apps into the store?
• Are there things that disqualify apps?

To answer these questions and more, we’ve developed a webinar series to help agencies better understand how to bring their info and services to the mobile app user. We have invited representatives from the top mobile application platforms to explain and offer tips and tricks about their app stores.

What You’ll Learn

• The basics for creating apps on the BlackBerry platform
• Tips and tricks for good app development
• How to get an agency app placed in the platform

Who Should Attend

Everyone interested in developing mobile apps for governement programs.

First Up: Blackberry

Register right now for the April 11th webinar to learn the ins and outs of the BlackberryBlackBerry App World.

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