1. THE USE OF MOBILEDEVICES IN AND OUTOF THE CLASSROOM By
Rebecca Haley
2. MOBILE APPLICATION DATA TO PONDER National survey conducted
on children ages 4-8 years old: 60% of children read or listen to
stories on touch devices 60% of children use mobile apps more than
four times a week 24% do so every day 71% of those apps are
downloaded by parents 29% by the children themselves Ruckus Media
Group 4/2012 http://sandboxsummit.org/agenda/
3. EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH Todays educators are exploring the
potential of mobile wireless technology to improve learning
Research on the educational value of handheld devices in K- 12
settings is limited, but suggests that these devices can be quite
useful
4. Bayaa, N., & Daher, W. (2009). Learning mathematics in
an authentic mobile environment: The perceptions of students.
International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies,3(6).
5. Patten, K. B., & Craig, D. V. (2007). E-literacy and
literacy: iPods, popular culture and language learning.
International Journal of the Book, 4(1), 69- 74. Lacina, J. (2008).
Learning English with iPods. Childhood Education, 84, 247-249.
6. Gulchak, D.J. (2008). Using a mobile handheld computer to
teach a student with an emotional and behavioral disorder to
self-monitor attention. Education & Treatment of Children,
3(4), 567-581.
7. Harris, C. (2008). An iPhone for every student. School
Library Journal, 54(11), 22.
8. FIRST HANDHELD DEVICE EVALUATION STUDYWITHIN THE K-12 SCHOOL
SYSTEM Palm Education Pioneers Program was launched in 2001
Included over 100 teachers Examined the teachers attitudes through
surveys and site visits They were "overwhelmingly positive" about
the use of handheld computers in the teaching and learning process
"Palm is committed to understanding how providing a powerful,
personal, handheld computer for every student can provide the
technology access required to create new classroom practices that
can revolutionize the way teachers teach and the way students
learn.-- Mike Lorion, Vice President of Education, Palm, Inc.
9. GODWIN-JONES, R. (2010). LITERACIES ANDTECHNOLOGIES
REVISITED. LANGUAGE, LEARNING &TECHNOLOGY. 14(3). Calm,
unfocused, undistracted, the linear mind is being pushed aside by a
new kind of mind that wants and needs to take in and dole out
information in short, disjointed, often overlapping bursts--the
faster the better. Carr, N. (2010). The shallows: What the Internet
is doing to our brains. New York: Norton. Change in electronic
communication Collaborative Language Learning Build activities that
connect in-classtasks to the experiences of students to their
on-line lives
10. GODWIN-JONES, R. (2011). MOBILE APPS FOR LANGUAGELEARNING.
LANGUAGE, LEARNING & TECHNOLOGY, 15(2). The History of Learning
Languages Using a Mobile Device Limited, Constrained and Slow
Functionality arrives in 2007 Linking a mobile app to a web service
We know that learning becomes more real and permanent when tied to
learners lives outside the academic environment.
11. DEMSKI, J. (2011). ELL TO GO: TWO SCHOOLS TRANSFORM
THEIRELL PROGRAMS BY GIVING STUDENTS AROUND-THE-CLOCK ACCESSTO SOME
OF THE LATEST MOBILE DEVICES. T H E JOURNAL. 38 (5). Newcomer
Center, in Arlington Heights, IL Each armed with an iPad, they
swipe their fingers across the screen
12. ELL classroom at Comal Independent School District in New
Braunfels, TX a teacher asks her students to bring their iPod Touch
devices home and use their voice memo apps to record themselves
reading aloud in English.
13. NEED APPS? RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
http://www.youtube.com/user/AppsForKidsReviews/ featuredDiscover
the best educational apps for kids. Videos are available to watch
to make sure its right for your educational purposes.
14. SPECIAL NEEDS APPS
http://a4cwsn.com/mobile-education-store/ The number of apps
designed for children with special needs seems to grow by the day.
This presents a huge opportunity to find tools to help with
communication, behavior, learning, medical management ... and also
a huge headache as we try to find the perfect choices in an
ever-expanding selection. Apps for children with special needs is a
site that offers videos of the apps in action and reviews of
whether theyre worth your while.
15. AN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY http://www.iear.org/ Community and
collaboration is the most vital aspect for improving education.
Technology is really at a point where we can make a difference as a
collective body in so many ways. Sometimes we just need a spark to
ignite a movement ... IEAR.org is an attempt to marry several
educational communication tools into one community.
16. BRAINSCAPE-EFFICIENT MOBILE LEARNING BASED ON BRAIN SCIENCE
Watch the video below:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHi9PdmhEL0
Educational blog on ways to use Brainscape
Theory:http://blog.brainscape.com/ Research on Confidence Based
Repetition- How Brainscape
works:http://www.brainscape.com/images/cms/research/Con
fidence-Based_Repetition.pdf
17. Questions? [email protected], lets discuss:
Your thoughts on mobile device usage in the classroom Your
experience, or the experiences youd like to be having, with mobile
devices Your thoughts on Brainscape.comPlease be ready to: Share
educational apps that youve used with success