1.Reading the usages of your group (or subgroup), which, if any, are new to you? None of the mobile devices in my tutor group were new to me. The use of mobile devices is almost the same as what I do myself. Laptops, mobile phones, smart phones and mp3 players are the devices which have been or are being used mostly.
2.I regard this activity as a learning activity. As a teacher I haven’t used any mobile devices as learning tools. I am interested to see and learn how one can use such devices in education. I am curious. I have signed up for a course next week with my class. It is a GPS course. We are going to use these mobile devices in combination with map reading, using grids and to determine our location. We have to find our way back to school using the GPS. I am actually pretty excited and I wonder how students are going to react to this activity.
3.Table 2 in the paper written by Petit & Kukulska-Hulme What do I do? -browsing mobile websites - browsing ‘ordinary’ websites (because no mobile version is available) - sending text messages - listening to audio files (I use my I-pod and not my smart phone for this) - making a video clip - sending a video clip from mobile device (after checking data limit for the month!!)
Not mentioned in the paper:
- I use my mobile device as a storage device - take pictures with my mobile device - I use it to check my email
Week 19, activity 3
1. Reading the usages of your group (or subgroup), which, if any, are new to you?None of the mobile devices in my tutor group were new to me. The use of mobile devices is almost the same as what I do myself.
Laptops, mobile phones, smart phones and mp3 players are the devices which have been or are being used mostly.
2. I regard this activity as a learning activity. As a teacher I haven’t used any mobile devices as learning tools.
I am interested to see and learn how one can use such devices in education. I am curious.
I have signed up for a course next week with my class. It is a GPS course. We are going to use these mobile devices in combination with map reading, using grids and to determine our location. We have to find our way back to school using the GPS. I am actually pretty excited and I wonder how students are going to react to this activity.
3. Table 2 in the paper written by Petit & Kukulska-Hulme
What do I do?
-browsing mobile websites
- browsing ‘ordinary’ websites (because no mobile version is available)
- sending text messages
- listening to audio files (I use my I-pod and not my smart phone for this)
- making a video clip
- sending a video clip from mobile device (after checking data limit for the month!!)
Not mentioned in the paper:
- I use my mobile device as a storage device
- take pictures with my mobile device
- I use it to check my email
Cheers,
Eugene