Category: Examples of Mobile Learning in Practice

Introduction to using iPad in classroom

Getting Going with iPads in the Classroom – if you have recently got one or more iPads to use in your clsssroom you may find useful the Sway presentation at the link below:

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/fa/ICTFalkirkPrimaries/getting-going-with-ipads-in-the-classroom/

This provides step-by-step guidance, illustrated with photographs and screenshots, for the teacher who is looking to get started using the iPad in the classroom: from how to switch on the iPad; how to take photographs (including different tools within the built-in iPad camera app); how to edit and add annotations on photographs in the inbuilt iPad photos app; using the various features on the inbuilt iPad clock app; how to connect an iPad to a classroom projector (whether via direct cable connection or via Apple TV); how to share content from an iPad with others (whether using the inbuilt iPad AirDrop feature or uploading via browser to OneDrive cloud storage); how to capture images or video of what’s shown on an iPad screen; how to use guided access to restrict learner access for a period of time to specific tools; and much more.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/fa/ICTFalkirkPrimaries/getting-going-with-ipads-in-the-classroom/

The above blogpost also includes a Sway full of examples of the use of iPads in classrooms in Falkirk Council educational establishments.

DigiLearnScot Mobile Learning Career-Long professional Learning Resource

mobilelearningclplMobile Learning – CLPL Workshop – Resource. If your school is looking to introduce all staff to embedding the use of mobile devices to support learning and teaching in your school then there is a guide available which could be useful as the basis for a Career-Long Professional learning session with all staff. This is available from the Digital Learning Community site (supported by Scottish Government and Education Scotland).

The aim of this resource is to improve the understanding of approaches to mobile learning. The guide itself is aimed at whoever might be leading the session with colleagues, perhaps in a training role, and provides a scripted framework and resources (including a PowerPoint presentation) both of  which can be adapted to local need) ready to use for a 2-hour workshop for practitioners that allows for a high level of discussion and interaction.

Interesting Ways to Use a Mobile Device in Class

Mobilesinclass33ways33 Interesting Ways to Use a Mobile Phone in the Classroom – a compilation of ideas for using mobile devices shared by a number of teachers and collated by Tom Barrett. These ideas suggest classroom-specific ideas for making use of the wide range of inbuilt tools on any smartphone which many learners will bring to school (whether it’s a timer, audio-recording, taking photographs or video, using a QR code scanner and so much more) all to support learning in the classroom. The ideas have been suggested by teachers and if you have an idea you’d like to share then do get in touch with Tom Barrett as his Interesting Ways series of crowd-sourced collections of ideas to use in the classroom develop when teachers share what works for them.

European Schoolnet Guide to BYOD for School Leaders

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Guide for School Leaders EUSchoolnetBYIDguide – a new publication by the European Schoolnet’s Interactive Classroom Working Group (ICWG).

“The guide is designed to provide school leaders, local education authorities and other decision makers with information on BYOD trends, options and examples from schools in European countries and in other parts of the world. The guide is intended to be a continuing source of information and further case studies will be added to keep on track with latest developments.”

An introduction to BYOT – Bring Your Own Technology – for parents

Bring Your Own Device or Bring Your Own Technology or Use Your Own Device

BYOTforParentsBYOT for Parents – an explanatory video about Bring Your Own Technology by US educator Amy Mayer, aimed at parents/carers, describing different ways in which mobile technology might be used in a classroom situation to support learning and teaching. It gives examples of situations and specific tools and how they could be used in an educational context. The examples are specific to a particular school district in the USA at a particular moment in time, however the principles (feedback, researching, collaborating, communicating, note-taking, creating, demonstrating understanding and more) can generally be applied elsewhere with different tools.

BYODPKCBYOD for Parents pkc – an explanatory video by Perth and Kinross Council explaining the introduction of Bring Your Own Device and what that means for learners in a classroom context.

BYOD in the 21st Century – an short video by Canadian educator Marc-André Lalande presenting some of the advantages and limitations of this concept for education.

 

 

Connected Learning – the Preston Lodge High School example

Do you wonder how other schools are using mobile devices to support learning and teaching? Well, East Lothian Secondary Schools now offer wireless learning for all young people. This means that young people can use school or personal devices to access a very wide range of learning materials online. This new opportunity creates important new responsibilities for young people.

At Preston Lodge High School in East Lothian they’ve put together a guide and animated video explaining to pupils how they manage the use of the mobile devices brought by pupils. Some tools and resources they use may be specific to their school but the general principals and guidance may be found to be helpful to other schools to consider. You can see a description at the link below:
http://www.edubuzz.org/prestonlodge/2015/08/19/connected-learning/

You can also watch the Preston Lodge High School Connected Learning animated video below (or click on this link):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_3rAiElRLM

Digital Ice-breaker Learner Activities

ST_DigitalactivitesGenYDigital Activities and Icebreakers for Gen Y is a great post by Shelly Sanchez Terrell full of ideas for using digital technologies with groups of learners for them (and their teacher) to get to know each other, while at the same time learning about a host of digital tools by using them in short practical activities. This includes digital bingo (where participants have to find others who have used specific digital tools or have undertaken specific activities); mobile Pictionary, avatar introductions, 3,2,1 introduction, avatar bucket list, and much, much more. The activities let learners know about a range of mobile and online tools, and use them in activities, all of which can then be later applied for use in other areas of their learning.

How are others in different parts of the world putting mobile learning into practice

How educators around the world are implementing mobile learning (and what you can learn from them) – this is a post by Saga Briggs on the informed blog about the practices and experiences of educational establishments in seven different locations around the globe. As well as describing what they have done to put mobile devices to use in their establishments the post also brings together the advice in 13 points, and also links to a presentation by 35 mobile learning experts from around the world on the topic of mobile learning