EDC672 Mobile Devices in the Instructional Program

El proyecto EDUMOVIL parte de la premisa de que la conexión con estos  dispositivos facilita la apertura del aula al mundo, la interacción con nuevas realidades y un nuevo espacio de acceso y producción de conocimiento.

En EDUMOVIL convergen cuatro modalidades institucionales que brindan apoyo y recursos en  las áreas más importantes del proyecto:

EDUMOVIL pretende desarrollar una investigación fundamentada en proyectos de investigación educativos, usando los equipos móviles como herramientas centrales de aprendizaje e impulsando actividades formativas en tres campos:

All of that seems to be changing, if a new company called DIY has anything to say about it. Knowing that kids are some of the most curious and creative creatures on the face of the Earth, the company wants to build tools and communities for that process to flourish with a little help from technology.

eachers who are using the service with their students feel more empowered than ever.

liberates the classroom,”

Students can access the content “when and how they want it.”

She argues that for children to become successful adults, they need to know more than just how to read, write and multiply. They need to learn fundamental social skills, such as the ability to “persist in goal-oriented activity, to seek help when needed, and to participate in and benefit from relationships.” The arts are an invaluable teaching tool in this regard, in that they “naturally and frequently involve group tasks,” she notes. “Activities such as dramatic play or dancing in unison provide a venue for learning collaboration and cooperation.”

“If all teacher certification programs at the elementary level were to equip teacher candidates with arts-based techniques for supporting the social-emotional development of children,” she writes, “this would not only benefit students but also create a broader base of support for the ar

M-Learning and Mobility M-Learning and MobilityU

sing portable computing devices (such as laptops, tablet PCs, PDAs, and smart phones) with wireless networks enables mobility and mobile learning, allowing teaching and learning to extend to spaces beyond the traditional classroom. Within the classroom, mobile learning gives instructors and learners increased flexibility and new opportunities for interaction. Mobile technologies support learning experiences that are collaborative, accessible, and integrated with the world beyond the c

lassroom.

interactive and include links to apps organized by the category from Bloom: Creating, Evaluating, Analyzing, Applying, Understanding, and Remembering.

The narration tool is excellent

My students learn better when they take the active role in finding and choosing texts, asking their own questions, and creating their own projects. In my 9th grade West Civ class, this means students learn directly from primary sources (see the Internet History Sourcebook, the Perseus Project, the Library of Congress's 'Teaching with Primary Sources' project, and the Internet Archive) without the filter of a textbook middleman.

As for "keeping on the same page"... One of the most exciting things to have come out of the textbookless experience among my West Civ social studies colleagues has been the way in which each of us have the opportunity to share what we know and what we really care about with one another in the active creation of our own courses of study --