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Handheld Learning 2008 – Day Three
Upper Sugar roomEngaged, Inspired Mobile Learners Dr. David Whyley, Learning2Go, Wolverhampton. Learnig beyond school because the devices go home with kids. are always mobile devicesout there, so bring the ‘domestic’ technology into the classroom. e-books https://istars.education.co.uk/Displaycontent.aspx?ArticleId=17 ebook readers with onscreen annotations.smart synchronise keeping track of all devices, monitoring all screens for ‘teacher’ to view, file…
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Handheld Learning 2008 – Day Two
Morning Session gamebasedlearning 2009 – March 20th, The Brewery – www.gamebasedlearning.co.uk Opening Address – Andrew Pinder, Chairman, Becta (bio) Steven Berlin Johnson, Cultural Critic & Writer (bio)lots of game mentions, lots of pictochatting, flash coughing, etcsleeper curve Danah Boyd, Social Media Scientist (watch vid)nice hat, young people do the unexpected, bedroom culture, social grooming, having…
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Handheld Learning 2008
Pecha Kucha tribal?? dr math rocksresolving bad maths record. high sms costs, low bandwidth costs. Mxit – South African company, 7 million users, software is free. So can Mxit be used possitively in education? ‘Dr Maths’ homework hotline using Mxit. help with maths homework up to grade 12. 14:00 – 20:00 sundays-thursdays. over 2000 kids…
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Posting too frequently?
Ok, my first post to this blog was about ALT-C 2006, and now here’s only the fourth post and I’ve just returned from ALT-C 2008. Do I apologise? No I don’t! It’s not like I haven’t been busy with other things, honest! I enjoyed keynotes from: Dr Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute,…
