Mobile, Digital, Ubiquitous = Communicate, Collaborate and Create

[Learning 2.008 Conference]

You have mobile computing devices in your classrooms and school - now what? This session looks at embedding Web 2.0 pedagogy across the curriculum to support learning while mobile. The future is here, ubiquitous computing in conjunction with online learning modes encourages communication, collaboration and creativity. It also promotes independence and higher order thinking for problem solving in the classroom. Don't touch that off button!

Presenter: Julie Lindsay
Room: MS408

[Julie Lindsay]

Hello everyone

Just to let you know all resources for this presentation can be found on my PB Wiki Links and also on my digital portfolio wiki.

The aim of this presentation is to invite conversation around the pedagogical uses of mobile computing. I am hoping you will be able to share some experiences with me and each other. We are all on the same path heading towards ubiquitous computing as the norm however some may be further along than others. Let's talk!

[Jonathan Chambers]

Standardization > convergence > affordability > adaptability > acceptable use

Try and be as flexible as an educator as possible - that should take you through any device change.

Collaborating and creating (based on Bloom's taxonomy):
programming - animating - podcasting, etc.

Web 2.0: software based to web based, individual to collaborative, offline to online, costly to free, copyrighted to shared.

Pedagogy and blogging: every student, teacher, administrator should have a blog.

What is your radical suggestion?

Reading suggestion: Paul Davidson/NECC.

http://flatclassroomconference.com - in Qatar in January. Teachers + student summit.

[Julie Lindsay]

Thank you everyone for attending the session. Some great ideas and conversation! Thanks to Ewan and Jess for moderating the backchannel. Here are the notes:

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julielindsay from x.x.x.33 left this message 2 hours ago:
Hello, welcome to Mobile, Digital, Ubiquitous at Learning 2.008
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jchambers: my feet feel damp already...
Ewan: Shoosh in the back... ;-)

jessmcculloch from x.x.x.33 left this message 74 minutes ago:
here we go with the multitasking! :-)

mike from x.x.x.33 left this message 74 minutes ago:
the water is warm ;)
Ewan: Use the backchannel to pose questions, disagree, add your example...
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Ewan: What are your initial thoughts on 1:1 before we hear from Julie's experiences?
jchambers: There seems to be a lot of flexibility with devices and platforms in the demo
Ewan: When you talk about 1:1 with your colleagues do they tend to narrow it down to laptops?

jessmcculloch from x.x.x.33 left this message 71 minutes ago:
will be in a 1:1 school next year and am thinking of all the cool things can do because there will be no access problems - no having to go to computer rooms etc.
spower: To have a faculty that fully embraces 1:1 is the key, or we might as well just word process
Jabiz: Seems like it could be a disaster if Staff doesn't know how to use tools or what to do with them
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Ewan: What do people feel about the need for staff to know how to use the tools? Do you need to know how to use the tools in order to design effective courses and pedagogy, or does pedagogy stand the test of changing devices over time?
jchambers: I think if you're open to having tools in your classroom that students can control a lot of the product use - instead of teachers
Ewan: Please leave a quick note of your discussion here asap
atorris: Student empowerment is the key. We gotta focus on students and their learning instead of our (teachers) lessons and the content.
atorris: That is what frustrated me about the unconference discussion.
Ewan: What is the balance between student empowerment and providing pedagogically sound structure to help guide their learning
jchambers: A lot of grey areas with mobile phones.
Ewan: Modern Languages teachers seem to use cell phones for their recording ability, and the way tasks can be bluetoothed to teacher or each other for peer assessment
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atorris: Given the opportunity, students in a professionally structured and contemporary assessment environments will move toward learning outcomes. The "traditional" model will always fail in this regard.
rkulikowski from x.x.x.33 joined the chat 59 minutes ago
Ewan: Come on guys, ask a question - not sure my jetlagged brain can cope with synthesis this afternoon ;-)
atorris: Ewan... ahhh... why does assessment have to be pressured... instead it COULD be a confirmation and affirmation of learning--- or in some cases not. Both alternatives would be ok.

jessmcculloch from x.x.x.33 left this message 58 minutes ago:
one of my aims with using phones and iPods with my students is that they take their learning (chinese language) outside the classroom and to emphasise to them that their language learning does not just exist in Room 14 at school.
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Ewan: I think one answer lies in the formative assessment strategies you would find here: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/assess/index.asp
jchambers: Question: why do teachers need to feel like they're more in control of technology than the students? Can we establish some broad guidelines for technology use that can encompass many types of devices?
rkulikowski: Once you get these new mobile devices you have to rethink the traditional classroom. Will we need desks anymore? Maybe just big bean bags!
atorris: Formative assessments= large learning gains in tech enviroments and non-tech enviroments. Solid best practice.

mike from x.x.x.33 left this message 56 minutes ago:
Your infrastructure / laptop setup seem ideal for a Web 2.0 environment. A big internet hotspot for many devices not limited to Office or OS specific applications
Ewan: Happy if I ask about school design at Qatar and how it's evolving, the role of formative assessment there, whether 'sound pedagogy' of 10 years ago is the same as so-calld "21st Century learning"...?

jessmcculloch from x.x.x.33 left this message 54 minutes ago:
yes, classrooms with more bean bags and less desks! Also, my students like to walk around outside to listen to their lessons and complete their tasks - and they do do it.
jchambers: We discussed platform dependence, and lack of accessibility for people who use systems or devices that aren't supported. In the real world, people use a bunch of OSs and need to be able to switch to new types of devices.
atorris: One obstacle.... overcoming the fear of ASK for a 1:1 program. Quote: "But, but... parents won't want this 'cause their kids have computers at home!"
Ewan: @atorris - what's ASK?
atorris: err.... sorry.. fear of ASKING for 1:1-
atorris: That tend to be a silly but real hurdle
bcandler: From a support point of view, the overhead of managing all the different types of mobile devices, and the network security risks that accompany, could become a limiting factor.

mike from x.x.x.33 left this message 48 minutes ago:
One outcome: Speed of change / development. Implementation of technologies too fast. Revert to traditional teaching methods.
Ewan: At Channel 4 we're almost about to accept any 'home' device on the work network, with a TINY support team (smaller than most school districts). It's seen as mission critical to getting our jobs done effectively
rkulikowski: using macs could help security, at least with the student/teacher user.
Ewan: Teachers need to talk to each other - a revelation! ;-) New school buildings, though, often have departmental staff bases rather than big communal staffrooms. Makes communication with different groupings of teachers tricky
atorris: private label wikis.... or.... in China or other limited bandwidth environments, build your own server install for speed of access
Arthur: You may want teachers to keep those old units if they are good, but show them how to update them by drawing on the central themes and how they can represent them in creative ways

jessmcculloch from x.x.x.33 left this message 42 minutes ago:
any thoughts on mobile computing/learning devices in open learning spaces? would seem to go hand in hand?
Ewan: Backchannel responsibilities handed over to jessmcculloch - back in two mins...

jessmcculloch from x.x.x.33 left this message 39 minutes ago:
thanks for that Ewan...
Ewan: ...and he's back.
Ewan: Assessment for learning strategy: keep a learning log.
Ewan: Learning logs are not that radical - research-proven to improve attainment, by Dylan Wiliam 10 years ago

jessmcculloch from x.x.x.33 left this message 36 minutes ago:
reflection and conversation are the most essential elements
atorris: Julie, do you have a blogging AUP?
Ewan: http://edubuzz.org/support - our effort at an AUP that covers it all, from two years ago. Not perfect, but not bad, either. It was co-written between lawyers, parents etc.. See my talk tomorrow for more
Ewan: Essential reading on the role of the learning (b)log: http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/keystage3ictstrategy/Assessment/b...
Ewan: It's goodnight from him, and it's goodnight from me...
rkulikowski: Is that a Fry and Laurie reference?
atorris: Nice work Julie! I enjoyed it!

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[Julie Lindsay]

Here is a blog post with all of my presentations from Learning 2.008
http://123elearning.blogspot.com/2008/09/learning-2008-my-presentat...