Good use of mobile phones in learning
Same Suburb Different Park (2009) identify in their post ‘Mobile phones put to good use‘ that some of the other uses of a mobile phone are related to constructive, educational uses within learning. They refer to the 2008 Horizon Report which outlines a variety of uses including the suggestion of podcasted information for museum tours. Whilst technology is constantly changing and the mobile phone is caught up with a paradigm of not always being a phone, schools and educators are faced with interesting challenges. Consideration needs to be given to the effective and responsible usage of mobile phones, as tools, in the teaching and learning process. Same Suburb Different Park (2009) state that “the iPhone and similar next-generation phones have arrived in Australia but are still basically in a stage of infancy”. Some educators today are also in a stage of infancy at realising the changes that have occurred with technology and how these changes might impact on their classroom and the learning by students and themselves.
Reflection
How should mobile technology including phones be used in classrooms?
What constraints are there that need to be considered if mobile phones are used in the delivery of a lesson?
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Original Chart: Nokia Mobile Phones; There Is One For Everyone!
