Mobile Learning
Are We Wired for Mobile Learning?
Fun visual explaining a gamut of concepts, from texting stats to the evolution of technology. Via: Voxy Blog
Class, Turn On Your Cell Phones: It’s Time to Text
Getty As we noted earlier this week, cell phones are in the hands of the vast majority of adults and whether schools like it or not, they’re in the hands of most students. While many schools still see cellphones as a distraction rather than as an educational tool, it’s hard to deny that these devices [...]
To Ban or Not to Ban: Schools Weigh Cell Phone Policies
Flickr:From_Ko Last week, a study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that cellphones have become “near ubiquitous”: 83% of American adults own one. Over half of all adult mobile phone owners had used their phones at least once to get information they needed right away. And more than a quarter said that [...]
10 Major Mobile Learning Trends to Watch For
Technology has been used in the classroom for decades now. But with the advent of cloud computing and the proliferation of smaller, more portable computers and Internet-capable devices, it’s now possible to bring the classroom into the technology instead. Mobile learning, focuses on learning through mobile devices, allowing learners to move about in a classroom [...]
For At-Risk Youth, is Learning Digital Media a Luxury?
For schools in low-income communities, the idea of investing money, time, and energy into a digital media program or mobile-learning program might seem superfluous. Administrators and teachers already have so much to contend with — safety issues in high-crime communities, chronic student truancies, debilitating health issues due to poverty, families in constant state of flux, [...]
Ignore the Potential of Mobile Learning, Risk Widening the Digital Divide
From S. Craig Watkins’ blog The Young and The Digital. In the following post, Watkins talks about how he’s witnessing these trends in his field work. By S. Craig Watkins During a recent research related visit to New York City I decided to take a stroll down 125th Street in Harlem. Among the assortment of [...]
Mobile Learning Proves to Benefit At-Risk Students
As we explore the potential of mobile learning, especially as it relates to reaching out to disenfranchised students, the most recent results from Project K-Nect seem that much more relevant. The pilot program based in North Carolina, which we covered here on MindShift, was designed to make math more engaging for low-income kids with the [...]
Mobile Learning: Are We On the Cusp of Something Big?
One of the most exciting things about living in the digital age is witnessing huge cultural changes occur in real time. We’re at just that point now with mobile learning. Whether it’s on an e-reader, a tablet, or a cell phone, there’s great excitement — though not a lot of research yet — around the [...]
The 7 Golden Rules of Using Technology in Schools
From last year’s ISTE talk by Adam Bellow that’s making the rounds again: The new “F” word is Fear. Fear of using technology in schools, in the hands of kids. Here’s why that should change.
What Exactly Can You Learn on a Mobile Phone? Part II
Here’s the second part of my original interview with Mimi Ito, a cultural anthropologist who studies new media use in young people. Ito is co-author of Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media, and has been studying the subject of how kids interact with mobile devices. Ito talks [...]
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