Skip to main content

Home/ Mat622/ Group items tagged smartphone

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Frank Barnes

The Innovative Educator: Finally! Research-based proof that students use cell phones fo... - 1 views

theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.ca/...research-based-proof-that.html

mobile learning mobile mat622 BYOD research

shared by Frank Barnes on 17 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Here are some of the most exciting findings from the study: "An unexpected number of middle school students (from all ethnicities and incomes) say they are using mobile devices including smartphones and tablets to do their homework. Previous TRU research indicated that middle school students are using smartphones and tablets for communication and entertainment. However, this is the first TRU research that shows that middle school students are also using these mobile devices to complete homework assignments.
  • More than one out of three middle school students report they are using smartphones (39%) and tablets (31%) to do homework. More than 1 in 4 students ( 26 %) are using smartphones for their homework, weekly or more.
  • Where 39% of middle school students use smartphones for homework, only 6% report that they can use the smartphone in classroom for school work. There is also a gap in tablet use. Although 31% of middle school students say they use a tablet for homework, only 18% report using it in the classroom. 66% of students are not allowed to use a tablet for learning purposes in the classroom, and 88% are not allowed to use a phone. Students say using mobile devices like tablets makes them want to learn more.
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • Despite the high numbers of middle school students using laptops, smartphones and tablets for homework, very few are using these mobile devices in the classroom, particularly tablets and smartphones. A large gap exists between mobile technology use at home and in school.
  • Teacher education and training on the effective integration of mobile technologies into instruction may provide significant benefits for all. Mobile device usage in class appears to have the potential to sustain, if not increase interest in STEM subjects as students progress into high school.
  • Frank Barnes on 17 Feb 13
     
    Research concerning mobile devices in the classroom. Verizon initiated, so caution toward bias.
Lucie deLaBruere

Part 2: 36 Smart Ways to Use Smartphones in Class - Getting Smart by @JohnHardison1 - - 1 views

gettingsmart.com/...ys-to-use-smartphones-in-class

tlmobile app smartphone MAT622

shared by Lucie deLaBruere on 22 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Lucie deLaBruere on 22 Jan 13
     
    Lots of great ideas on using Smartphone in class.  Let's explore some of these.
Dena Marger

Student Information Literacy in the Mobile Environment (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE.edu - 0 views

www.educause.edu/...on-literacy-mobile-environment

shared by Dena Marger on 15 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • A recent survey explored the strategies used by postsecondary students to gather information using Internet-capable cell phones, or smartphones. Notably, users of iPhone and Android devices are beginning to use new search input tools, such as spoken keywords, geographic location, camera images, and barcode or quick-response code scans. Most of the student respondents who conducted information searches on these devices understood the need to evaluate the reliability of what they found. Even though students claim they can read on their smartphones without being distracted, the evidence shows that disruptions did occur in homework sessions and during class time.
  • Dena Marger on 15 Jan 13
     
    Published in March of 2011, this article reports on the results of a survey conducted of students at the University of Scranton on the strategies used by postsecondary students to gather information using Internet-capable cell phones, or smartphones. The article concluded: Information literacy instructors should become familiar with new search methods (such as quick response codes) to help students use them effectively and efficiently. Students should be encouraged to review a range of search results, particularly when searching for academic information. Information literacy instructors should help students understand how to evaluate information, especially when it is presented in a nontraditional form, such as a native app. Students may need assistance from educators in applying information literacy skills they have learned while searching on a laptop or desktop to the mobile environment.
Lucie deLaBruere

Smartphones for Smarter Kids - NCCS Tech Bytes - 0 views

tech.northcantonschools.org/...donate-phones

mobile devices

shared by Lucie deLaBruere on 03 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Lucie deLaBruere on 03 Jan 13
     
    recycle older devices to help kids learn wifi only smartphones
sbriere

Mobile and Portable Devices as Assistive Technology - 0 views

www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/...mobiledevicesat

assistive technology android mobile accessibility devices portable MAT622

shared by sbriere on 02 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • sbriere on 02 Dec 13
     
    "Most smartphones and tablet devices have a range of accessibility features built in, such as screen readers and the ability to enlarge the screen, though these vary between devices. Some have functions that are not specifically designed for people with disabilities but may be particularly useful for them - voice search, for example, allows you to say what you want to search for rather than type"
Frank Barnes

Is It Really Hip to Flip? -- THE Journal - 0 views

thejournal.com/...Is-It-Really-Hip-to-Flip.aspx

shared by Frank Barnes on 19 Jan 13 - No Cached
    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 19 Jan 13
       
      We need to better define what "flipping" means. We can't simply have students view video lectures to discuss later in class. This is merely substitution for discussing the previous night's reading. Reuben Puentadura's SAMR model lists substitution as only the first step in the paradigm shift we face. There are many other things that could be included with the video lesson and augmented by mobile technology that would make learning more interesting, effective, and sustaining.
  • Any technology implementation proceeds in stages. If video use is included in lesson plans, then decide if it is more appropriate to use video that is self-produced or developed by others. The decision might be influenced by your content expertise and production skills. In either case, multimedia principles for learning should be considered, including accessibility of the video content by all.
    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 19 Jan 13
       
      "...including accessibility of the video content by all." Any kid with a smartphone will have access.
Frank Barnes

Is It Really Hip to Flip? -- THE Journal - 0 views

thejournal.com/...is-it-really-hip-to-flip.aspx

shared by Frank Barnes on 19 Jan 13 - No Cached
    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 19 Jan 13
       
      This is where mobile technology can be helpful. Kids could view videos anywhere on an iPad, smartphone, or other device, including on a bus going home or to an athletic event. Moreover, they could text friends or the teacher to ask questions or collaborate.
Will Bohmann

MOBILE USAGE: How Consumers Are Using Their Phones, And What It Means - Business Insider - 1 views

www.businessinsider.com/hones-and-what-it-means-2013-1

Mat622 Week2

shared by Will Bohmann on 15 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Mobile is no longer a communications utility, but a media distribution hub.
  • The biggest beneficiaries have been mobile apps. Time spent on apps dwarfs time spent on the mobile Web, and smartphone owners now spend 127 minutes per day in mobile apps.
  • Will Bohmann on 15 Jan 13
     
    Hard to believe the average mobile device accounts for nearly 2 hours of user time in mobile apps. Time to think about what these apps are doing for (to) us.
Ryan Fleming

Does Mobile Learning Work? | Defense News | defensenews.com - 0 views

www.defensenews.com/...Does-Mobile-Learning-Work-

shared by Ryan Fleming on 09 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Todd Richmond, director of advanced prototype development and transition at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies, said his gut feeling is that what a user gets out of mobile learning depends on the user. “If you have a user that is comfortable with a tablet or a smartphone, they will be more willing to put up with issues and engage with the content,” he said
  • Jan Cannon-Bowers, research director of University of South Florida’s Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation, said the convenience of mobile learning makes it useful for refresher training in rare procedures. For example, she’s working with the military on an app for refresher training for corpsmen.
  • “We do this all the time. It was the same thing with PC-based training and distance learning,” she said. “It was dominated by very, very smart people who are engineers and software designers. They see possibilities — and there are possibilities — but we don’t apply them smartly
Patricia Palumbo

Mobile Teaching Versus Mobile Learning (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE.edu - 5 views

www.educause.edu/...eaching-versus-mobile-learning

mobile learning mobile learning MAT622 Week2

shared by Patricia Palumbo on 11 Jan 13 - No Cached
    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 13 Jan 13
       
      The one doing the work is the one doing the learning. Simply consuming information is not enough "work" to satisfy the notion of rigorous learning.
  • I'd argue that content delivery isn't even half the picture of teaching and learning.
  • Individuals have had access to "portable learning devices" since the advent of the printing press; we call them books
  • ...11 more annotations...
  • To achieve the promise of mobile learning, we have to stop thinking about these powerful mobile multimedia devices as only consumption devices and get students using them as production devices.
    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 13 Jan 13
       
      Addressing more than one of the senses, coupled with response output (the "work" component of learning) makes for a more robust learning experience.
  • Brain researchers have been telling educators for quite a while that engaging multiple senses helps students better learn material. Therefore, the excitement here is not so much about the portability or mobility of these teaching devices; instead, it is that these devices can both convey teaching material in more than two media (text and images) and be portable.
    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 13 Jan 13
       
      The 3-D Brain app is one of the first apps I loaded onto my first smartphone and all subsequent devices. It appealed to me at the time (and still does) as moving to a higher level of information accessibility and interaction.
  • it is not enough to just give students PDFs of pages from an anatomy textbook. It's not even enough to allow them to take self-grading quizzes. We need to provide materials or applications that allow students to practice identifying parts of the body on their mobile multimedia devices before taking the high-stakes midterm or final exam.
  • It's one thing to learn about different architectural styles in a Western Civ or Construction textbook or lecture; it's another to apply what you've learned by going out into the community and taking pictures of buildings and then identifying the architectural influences. It's one thing to hear or read about the results of sociology studies about gender bias; it's another to go out, collect primary data, and immediately show, as well as discuss, the dynamically growing study results with the recently queried participant. In both cases the activity of capturing "raw" digital material can lead to further learning or assessment activities where students might develop multimedia projects.
  • access is not an excuse. Just as instructors will need to be creative in developing and assessing these mobile learning activities, instructors and institutions will need to help students be creative in finding access to different mobile multimedia production devices.
  • One of the easiest ways for individual instructors to address the access and support issues is to have students work in groups, share access to resources, and help one another figure out how to do it all. Bonus point: Employers want students who know how to work in groups. Getting students engaged in mobile learning projects might not only better facilitate learning, it might also have them learning about various 21st century literacies like group work, composing in multiple environments, and information literacy.
  • "What makes electronic books a potentially transformative technology is the new kinds of reading experiences that they make possible."
    • Karen Trenosky
      Karen Trenosky on 13 Jan 13
       
      New kinds of reading: adding the highlighting features like this app in diigo has enhanced my own reading experience
    • Berta Winiker
      Berta Winiker on 15 Jan 13
       
      keyword is practice
  • At minimum we could be asking our students to capture raw material from the real world and engage with it based on the concepts we are teaching them.
  • Lucie deLaBruere on 11 Jan 13
     
    Defining mobile learning
  • ...1 more comment...
  • Lucie deLaBruere on 11 Jan 13
     
    Common Reading for Week 2
  • anonymous on 17 Jan 13
     
    The start of a conversation about teaching and learning with mobile tools.
  • Patricia Palumbo on 23 Sep 13
     
    I do think of my phone as more of an output device than the tablet or pc. Now It is becoming a bit more of an "input also" device!
Will Bohmann

The future of mobile CPUs, part 1: Today's fork in the road | Ars Technica - 0 views

arstechnica.com/...part-1-todays-fork-in-the-road

mobile MAT622

shared by Will Bohmann on 13 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • In this grand progression, 2013 will certainly be a significant milestone for mobile devices, smartphones and beyond. It's likely to be the first year in which tablets out-ship notebooks in the US. And in the coming years, this will lead to a confluence of high-end tablets and ultra-mobile notebooks as the world figures out how these devices co-exist, blend, hybridize, and/or merge.
  • Will Bohmann on 13 Feb 13
     
    Good article on the divergence of tablets and phones
Frank Barnes

Survey Gauges Teachers' Views on Ed Tech - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher - 0 views

blogs.edweek.org/...evolving_views_on_ed_tech.html

shared by Frank Barnes on 05 Feb 13 - No Cached
    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 05 Feb 13
       
      This indicates a need for teachers to have a better understanding of what can be done with mobile devices.
  • Despite all the bring-your-own device buzz over the last few years, meanwhile, teachers were chillier to handhelds (smartphones and iPod touches—the devices students tend to bring to school) than other tools. While the percentage of teachers with access to such devices went up to 36 percent, from 26 percent a year ago, the tools were rated below other devices (sixth out of a list of eight, even below projectors) on "potential to enhance education."
  • In general, the survey says, teachers view technology as a "teaching tool used by teachers" rather than an "administrative tool" or a "self-learning tool used by students."
  • ...1 more annotation...
    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 05 Feb 13
       
      This indicates the need to alter teachers' perception of how to engage students with technology. It's ironic that some teachers can make that connection for themselves without linking it to their students' learning experience.
1 - 13 of 13
Showing 20▼ items per page