SXSW 2012:Three Innovative

Approaches to Mobile Learning

Presented by 

Angela Maeirs, Katherine Burdick, Tom Wolf, Matt Federoff

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Angela MaiersEmcee @angelamaiersangelamaiers.com

Katherine BurdickBlended Learning @iAppleLearnerkatherineburdick.com

Tom WolfAfter School Learning esparklearning

Matt Federoff1:1 MobileVail ISD

Unlock the Genius in Every Child

Schools Should Blend Mobile Learning with

Traditional Approaches

Katherine BurdickLearning A-Z

Schools are not ready for Mobile Learning Money is not there to buy the hardware, train the administration and staff, buy the software Some teachers are not tech savy and have no desire to beThere is not enough software to create a complete mobile curriculum 

Blended Learning is the Solution

1.Core Instruction comes from textbook, traditional ways

2.Mobile Devices provide supplemental instruction and practice

Three Ways to use Mobile Devices to Blend Instruction

1.Use Mobile apps as a motivational tool

to provide additional practice.2.Use Mobile apps as another way to

practice the same text material3.Use mobile apps alongside other apps

or text

Use Mobile apps as a motivational tool to provide additional practice.1. stats on kids with mobile devices 2. stats on kids turned on by technology who are turned off by books

3. allows for constructivist learning, get kids out of their seats using text messaging, cameras,

Use Mobile apps as another way to practice the same text material1. www.readinga-z.comOffers close to 900 leveled readers grades k-5 delivered online as a printable PDF, a projectable, as an ebook, and as two kinds of apps in the Apple app store - THE EXACT SAME BOOK delivered FOUR different ways.

2. www.kaeden.com 300 books leveled to common Core available in soft cover print, 100 have matching apps with progress monitoring and are correlated to Common Core.

Use mobile apps alongside other apps or text1. Tools 4 Students - 25 graphic organizers that students can use alongside literature to chart story structure and character growth

2. Puppet pals - enables users to clip characters off of websites or within apps to create a  puppet show retelling

3. Show Me - interactive white board app - import pages and annotate them to show cause and effect etc. 4. Rover - app that allows you to access flash webpages

5. Thousands of math apps that help with automaticity of math operations e.g.Rocket math

Blended Pro/ConPRO• meets school budgets• meets many teachers

where they are most comfortable

• motivates and engages students to learn

CON• app developers and

publishers tend to be different companies

• many teachers nearing retirement and do not want to learn the new technologies

• professional development needed to train teachers and students