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[Technology 971] Re: M-learning through cell phonesEdward J. Leach leach at league.orgTue Apr 24 11:39:59 EDT 2007
Each year, Track One (Emerging and Future Educational Technology) at the Conference on Information Technology (www.league.org/2007cit) focuses on an emerging technology believed to be of particular interest to educators. For the 2007 CIT, the special focus of Track One is Portable High-Tech Media Devices and Their Implications for Instruction. The growing consumer use of MP3 players, PDAs, cell phones, and other portable high-tech media devices raises questions about their role in improving student learning and student access to learning. How does the use of these devices change the dynamics of teaching and learning? Does instructional content linked to these devices now make them an additional de facto student purchase? How is instructional success defined and measured when using these devices? Sessions targeted toward this focus area should assist in the evaluation, adaptation, and use of portable high-tech media devices for academic purposes. Although the increased use of portable high-tech media devices is the special focus of the 2007 CIT, other topics <http://www.league.org/2007cit/win/win_special_interest.htm> related to the future use of information technology at community and technical colleges will be presented. ________________________________ From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Eunice Snay Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:23 AM To: The Technology and Literacy Discussion List Subject: [Technology 969] Re: M-learning through cell phones David: Do you know how the phone cost involved are paid? Does it come out of the individuals plan? Does the program support the student use of this technology in any way? This seems to me to be the stumbling block for use. Does IPod fall under this category? Especially the Video IPod that has similar functionality. This whole group of technologies fall under what I consider "what do student already have and use". So the student's doesn't need to learn the technology again, their already using it. Why not make use of what they have for education. I think teachers are in the same category, in that they use these technologies themselves and it's a technology they don't need to learn to use again. But we need idea's like these for the teachers to think broadly for uses in their classes. I recently was asked by a teacher that I met on the street, "How do I text Message". She had the need at that moment, it turned into a real learning opportunity. I like the example you used below especially becasue it's for the low level learner. Teachers tend to discount using technologies with this group of students. Though just the opposite should be thought of for this population becasue technologies can assist them with their learning. Eunice Snay Regional Technologist for Central SABES 508-854-4514 esnay at qcc.mass.edu -----Original Message----- From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Debra Smith Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 3:35 PM To: The Technology and Literacy Discussion List Subject: [Technology 967] Re: M-learning through cell phones In beginning ESL for adults, I have used the 'record' feature on students' mobile phones to individualize instruction, recording short sound files to let students listen outside of class to something they were having difficulty mastering, and I have used mobiles in class to have students practice model telephone dialogues with a tutor (My child will be absent from school today; What time does the store close? etc.). It's enough harder to talk without seeing a face, and sound is enough less clear on a phone than in person, that the exercise seemed worthwhile. Debra Morris Smith On 4/23/07, David J. Rosen <djrosen at comcast.net> wrote: Marilyn and others, Cell phones (called mobile phones in much of the rest of the world) are being used for learning projects in classrooms (and outside) by high school students. M-Learning is also being done with young adults in the U.K., South Africa and Australia. See: http://www.m-learning.org/ This is a web site in the U.K. devoted to m-learning, and it describes a multi-year project focused on basic skills learning for school dropouts aged 16-24. Handhelds, especially mobile phones, are ubiquitous in youth culture in developed, as well as in many areas of developing countries. They are as comfortable to young people as pencils and pens. They also allow access from a wide variety of places, and at any time. The instruction is designed in game format, using appealing graphics, and with content of interest to young adults. The youth involved in the three-year project, from 2001- 2004, were not enrolled in any education or training and were unemployed, underemployed, or even homeless. The m-learning infrastructure includes a Learning Management System and a "microportal interface" which together enable access to m-learning materials and services from a variety of mobile devices plus web and TV access. On the web site, look at the interactive demos and the video clips (right sidebar menu) . Notice that some of the m-learning projects involved "embedded" contextualized workplace learning http://www.m- learning.org/projects.shtml . Two other examples of Mobile Learning: 1. ACT (college) entrance test preparation ($20) http://www.handmark.com/products/detail.php?id=402 2. News by phone, for example ABE News http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Wireless/ , or CNN toGO http://www.cnn.com/togo/ Mobile learning (M-learning) is also called HDUL (handheld devices for ubiquitous learning, pronounced "huddle" I guess). You can read some research on it at: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~hdul/ You'll find a pretty good bibliography of (mostly online) resources on m-learning at http://www3.telus.net/~kdeanna/mlearning/related% <http://www3.telus.net/~kdeanna/mlearning/related%25> 20links.htm Here's an example of a project for low-literate ESOL students that someone could try: Using a cell phone camera, an ESOL student project might be to build a picture dictionary of their own. Students photograph objects they want to know the English word for (the cell phone is a handy way to do that just when they discover they don't know the word) and then send the photo to a Web page. Later they -- or other students -- look up the English word for the picture and add it beneath the picture, possibly with a short audio file in which the word is pronounced. Perhaps a creative teacher on this list has already done such a project and you could send us the URL. Is anyone on the technology discussion list doing M-learning with adults or out-of-school youth? I have added a page about mobile learning (m-learning, i.e. learning delivered to cell phones or PDAs) to The Literacy List at: http://www.newsomeassociates.com (scroll to the bottom, select "publications", then "The Literacy list," then "mobile learning") or http://www.alri.org/literacylist.html http://alri.org/litlist/mlearning.html Anyone, please let me know if you have suggestions of other resources which should be included on the m-learning page (or any other page) of The Literacy List. David J. Rosen djrosen at comcast.net On Apr 23, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Marilyn Williams wrote: > Wouldn't it be something if our students' back to school materials > list one day included a cell > phone! The cell phone is part of most/many student's lives already, > maybe we should be looking > at it as an educational tool rather than something that doesn't > have a place in the classroom. > > Marilyn > > Marilyn Williams > 6th Grade Language Arts/Social Studies > Kennedy Middle School > Eugene, OR > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lissa probus <joyess1 at gmail.com> > Date: Friday, April 20, 2007 10:31 pm > Subject: [Technology 963] Re: handhelds day 2 > To: The Technology and Literacy Discussion List < technology at nifl.gov> > >> The cell phone thing has my attention lately. Much of the low end >> of the >> digital divide access the web via cell. Mini-chunks? Word of the >> day via >> text? Picture word induction? >> Interesting. >> >> Lissa Probus >> IDT ODU >> >> On 4/20/07, Marilyn Williams < williams_ma at 4j.lane.edu <mailto:williams_ma at 4j.lane.edu> > wrote: >>> >>> I understand that there are sites doing some pretty creative work >>> with >>> cellphones. An issue >>> would be availability (would the school purchase cellphones and a 2 >> year >>> plan?) as well as >>> uniformity (if students used their own, might be difficult to >> teach). I >>> don't know if cell phones >>> can upload/download the same kinds of applications which have been >>> developed for computers >>> and PDAs either. The portability of a cellphone would certainly be >>> something to consider. >>> >>> Marilyn Williams >>> 6th Grade Language Arts/Social Studies >>> Kennedy Middle School >>> Eugene, OR >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Mariann Fedele <MariannF at lacnyc.org > >>> Date: Friday, April 20, 2007 1:40 pm >>> Subject: [Technology 960] Re: handhelds day 2 >>> To: The Technology and Literacy Discussion List >>> < technology at nifl.gov <mailto:technology at nifl.gov> > >>> >>>> This message is being posted on behalf of Kuulei Reeser: >>>> >>>> What about cell phones? They appear to have similar features to >>>> handhelds >>>> plus have internet access and are a lot more affordable and >>>> accessible >>>> to >>>> the students. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [ >>>> ---------------------------------------------------- >>>> National Institute for Literacy >>>> Technology and Literacy mailing list >>>> Technology at nifl.gov >>>> To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> National Institute for Literacy >> Technology and Literacy mailing list >> Technology at nifl.gov >> To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to >> http://www.nifl.gov/ > mailman/listinfo/technology > ---------------------------------------------------- > National Institute for Literacy > Technology and Literacy mailing list > Technology at nifl.gov > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/technology David J. 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