EDC672 Mobile Devices in the Instructional Program

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It’s time to meet our students on their own turf; I mean, hey, we’re basically inviting our non-digital-native selves to our media-crazed students’ party.

Because a BYOD atmosphere encourages students to learn through interaction with technology.

I’ve come to accept that students who’ve grown up with computers in their pockets aren’t going to be excited about a boring flat piece of paper.

video shows the positive use of mobile devices in the classroom

a flipped classroom is a classroom where the instructional time and student activity time are reversed.

Teachers record their lesson or lecture and post their recording online for students to access for homework. As the student works through a video in their own time and in their own space, they can pause to think about what the teacher discussed, to take notes, or can replay a section they did not understand.

combine the best that elearning and face-to-face learning have to offer.

Talking about the potential of mobile learning may not be enough to get the ball rolling

tablets in the hands of people are great symbols of progress.

Social Professional Learning is a method of developing in teachers the confidence and process they may need to connect with others professionally online.

You can create professional learning that is all about you and your students, and not about devotion to a series of systems and protocols

129 students were taught to read and write using an iPad, while the remaining 137 were taught the 'old fashioned' way, using pen and paper.

in every single literacy test, students using the iPad outperformed those who did not use the tablet, and by a significant margin.

iPad has allowed them to maximise the time spent on teaching the lesson,