{"id":2026,"date":"2013-09-16T12:30:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T12:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/CurriculumSupport\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2013-09-16T13:06:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T13:06:53","slug":"primary-ict-co-ordinator-support-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/CurriculumSupport\/2013\/09\/16\/primary-ict-co-ordinator-support-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary ICT Co-ordinator Support Session – mobile device focus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer in the Curriculum Support team of Falkirk Council Education Services, provided\u00a0support sessions for Primary ICT Co-ordinators, with a focus on mobile devices for schools at the beginning stages of looking at how to use them in learning and teaching. How mobile devices can be used to make a difference to learning and teaching, the practical implications of this in a school, and how to overcome barriers to successful integration, are issues around which schools embarking on the journey exploring using mobile devices consider.<\/p>\n

This post describes just a few resources which may be useful to help schools at the beginning of the journey towards considering using mobile devices to support learning and teaching.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

AUP<\/h3>\n

When schools have wireless,\u00a0 which can be accessed by pupils on their own device, and pupils are signed up to an Acceptable Use Policy which sets out responsibilities, they can then consider how best to to incorporate personally-owned mobile devices in learning and teaching.<\/p>\n

\"\"Falkirk Council Education Services provides educational establishments with\u00a0an Acceptable Use Policy<\/a> which takes account of mobile devices and social media. This is available here: https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/mobiledevices\/documents\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Device Neutral Assignments<\/h3>\n

\"\"Device Neutral Assigments<\/a> are tasks which let pupils choose tool according to device available.\u00a0With multiple types of devices in a classroom (where pupils bring their own device), rather than the tool as the focus for learning, instead the tool should be chosen to suit the intended learning \u2013 and may be chosen by teacher or pupil to best suit task to support learning or demonstrate understanding of the learning – the learning activity does not presume a specific tool will be used. The link below provides\u00a0further description of device-neutral assignments and provides links to tools for any\u00a0learning activity (such as creating a video, note-taking, creating a video, creating audio, creating an assessment, etc) with suggested example apps\/software\/online tool specific to each device\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/mobiledevices\/device-neutral-assignment\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

QR Codes<\/h3>\n

\"\"Quick Response codes<\/a> are square barcodes which, with a mobile device app, turn the mobile device camera into a barcode reader, to then provide a very quick way to access weblinks, video, images or text. http:\/\/goo.gl\/1nnb2<\/a><\/p>\n

Socrative<\/h3>\n

\"\"Socrative<\/a> is a free classroom response system works on any Internet-connected device. This lets\u00a0teachers set up questions for responses by pupils on any device. Pupils go to http:\/\/m.socrative.com<\/a> & enter the teacher’s classroom number. http:\/\/goo.gl\/w7t16<\/a>.\u00a0Socrative has a host of resources freely shared by other teachers worldwide.<\/p>\n

Padlet<\/h3>\n

\"\"Padlet<\/a> provides a classroom-friendly feedback discussion area online , private to the classroom,\u00a0which can provide a useful tool in formative assessment in providing an online feedback tool which works on any\u00a0Internet-connected device.\u00a0<\/p>\n

http:\/\/goo.gl\/dSC1eQ<\/a><\/p>\n

Managing Devices in the Classroom<\/h3>\n

\"\"The Traffic Light Approach<\/a> is one way teachers have found useful to support classroom management of mobile devices. Using this approach the\u00a0teacher determines the level of use, or not, of mobile devices, at any given time in classroom<\/p>\n

http:\/\/goo.gl\/E7ms6d<\/a><\/p>\n

Resources to support moving from One to Many to 1:1<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>From One to Many to 1:1<\/a> provides extensive links to resources which support the shift in emphasis in many situations from a dependence on desk-tied computing devices to embracing devices which are easily portable and able to be used anywhere by learners. Often these include devices owned by users themselves rather than by an educational establishment. The phrases often used to describe this form of application include: Handheld Learning, One to One (1:1), Mobile Learning, Tablets for Teaching, and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer in the Curriculum Support team of Falkirk Council Education Services, provided\u00a0support sessions for Primary ICT Co-ordinators, with a focus on mobile devices for schools at the beginning stages of looking at how to use them in learning and teaching. How mobile devices can be used to make a difference …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2531,3619,3620,333],"tags":[2525,4141,194,4140],"class_list":["post-2026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-continuing-professional-development","category-first-level","category-second-level","category-technologies","tag-2525","tag-device-neutral-assignment","tag-ict","tag-mobile-devices"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/CurriculumSupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/CurriculumSupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/CurriculumSupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/CurriculumSupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/CurriculumSupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/CurriculumSupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2049,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/CurriculumSupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions\/2049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/CurriculumSupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/CurriculumSupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/CurriculumSupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}