Mobile learning
Transcript of Mobile learning
Mobile Learning
“It’s in Your Pocket”
6th Graders Today
• 65% own a “smart” phone• 73% own an MP3 player• 25% using eTextbook• 22% participate in 3D reality worlds• 47% involved in educational gaming
Turn & talk: What will the 6th grade look like 5 years from now in 2016?
What Can We Learn?
What can we learn today about our students’ aspirations, adoption, and adaption of emerging technologies that will help us in planning for the future?
un-tethereddigitally-rich learning
free agent learnerssocial learning
The 3 E’s of Education
EnablingEmpowering
Engaging
Speak Up 2010
• 294,399 K-12 students• 42,267 parents• 35,525, teachers• 2,125 library media staff• 3,578 administrators• 6,541 public & private schools
Key Trends
• Mobile Learning – leveraging anytime, anywhere, un-tethered learning
• Online & Blended Learning – self study, blended/hybrid learning
• eTextbooks – digital textbooks
It’s in Their Pocket
How can these devices change the learning paradigm?
Potential Benefits
High school students report they would use a mobile device at school:• check grades (74%)• take notes in class (59%)• use the calendar (50%)• access online textbooks (44%)• communicate via e-mail (44%)• learn about school activities (40%)
Tap into Uniqueness
• WiFi, 3G/4G - Internet research anytime, anywhere (68%)
• Text messaging – communicate & collaborate with teachers and peers (53%)
• Video/audio – create & share (37%); record & review (35%)
Parents Speak Up
Do You Speak The Language?• brb be right back• bytm better you than me• ctn can’t talk now• idk I don’t know• imho in my humble opinion• lho laughing head off• rofl rolling on floor laughing• tmrw tomorrow• f2f free to talk?• g2g got to go
Biggest Obstacle
• Students’ inability to use their own cell phone, smart phone, MP3 player in school (53%)
• “Power down” at the door
A Shared Vision?
Digital Learning EnvironmentStudents are…
• Working independently• Working in small groups• Intellectual activity
generating noise• Debating meaning if content• Experimenting & collecting
data• Creating video with images
and music to explain concepts
Teachers are…
• Orchestrating the environment
• Personalizing instruction• Working with individual
students, small groups• Facilitating learning• Resource to help students’
achieve independent goals
Where is the Technology?
Digital Disconnect
“Is your school doing a good job using technology to enhance learning and/or student achievement?”• Teachers – 74%• Principals – 72%• Parents – 62%• Students – 47%