Mark explored different mobile technologies for learning including the iPod, iPad, and microblogs. The iPod was the most helpful for creating flashcards to study. The iPad helped Mark interact visually with others using an interactive app. Microblogs provided concise information that helped Mark as a global learner. Going forward, Mark plans to continue using the iPod and microblogging approaches for academics and potentially at work by creating menus on the iPod. He may also explore an iPad or tablet in the future.

1. Mark Arakaki Synthesis for
Mobile learning
iTec-299

2. iTec-299
• Describe your personal learning preferences (1 paragraph,
100-150 words):
When I first took the test, I was 4 ACT, 1 SEN, 9 VIS, 4 GLO. I
took it again and got different results for SEQ and GLO. The
problem is that it is difficult for me to really choose a side
especially on a survey, because I do pay attention to details,
but it is easier for me to look at the overall picture. I am
very visual, but I do value verbal information very much. It
is tough to say that my learning preferences have changed
because I am a person who is a big believer in balance, so I
do not think my views have changed very much ultimately.
Learning preferences give me an idea of how I learn, but
not a concrete definition.

3. iTec-299
• Describe the learning pathway you chose at the
beginning of the class (1 paragraph, 100-200 words):
I chose to be a Learning Sage because I wanted to
expand my knowledge of technology, which I thought I
knew a lot about, but learned that there was a lot
more out there offered to me than I thought. My
learning pathway remained the same because even
after this class, I want to even further broaden my
knowledge of mobile technology because I feel that
mobile devices are advancing everyday, which means
our knowledge should be advancing and expanding as
well.

4. iTec-299
• Describe how the activities you completed contributed or
did not contribute to your learning pathway (1
paragraph, 100-200 words):
The idea of social bookmarking did not really appeal to me.
The only problem was that I overlooked social bookmarking
on every quest except the social bookmarking one itself. I
was not aware that we were supposed to use it, so when I
was told that it was part of our grade and I attempted to
use it, it was not very helpful to me. I believe that if I had
used it a little more to help myself learn about other quests
it would have contributed more, but even when I did the
individual question it did not really contribute to how I was
fixed on learning.

5. 3 Paragraphs for mobile tech
• Using one paragraph each, describe the top 3
mobiletechnologies you explored for learning (3
paragraphs, 100-150 words each):
I used the iPod quest to help me study for my bio and
physics test. It was very helpful because I had learned that I
could use an application on my phone to create flashcards
instead of going through all of the hassle and manually
making them on actual flashcards, which I might add I did
not have at the time. When I went to the forum I asked if
there was an app for it and when I googled it I came with
good results and it really helped me in studying because my
grade had gone up compared to me just reading off of the
notes I took in class.

6. Paragraph 2
• the iPad quest helped me interact with others more than
any other quest. I borrowed my friends iPad for this quest
because I was trying to implement my learnings in the
quest to actually do some work. I had come across an easy
way to connect with people using the iPads. The interact
application helped a lot even though we kind of fiddled
around with it a lot instead of being super productive, but it
was very interesting to learn about for my learning
preferences especially because it was very visual, which I
am a more visual learner. The visual aspect helped me
because it was everyone being able to interact through
drawings or big text on the screen, which the size of text
oddly helps me pay closer attention as opposed to smaller
text.

7. Paragraph 3
• Microblogs also gave me a better idea of how to
use online time better outside of the whole social
network purpose. Because it gave me specific
information that I was looking for instead of all
the fluff I paid a lot more attention to the whole
post and tried to squeeze a lot more out of the
shorter writing. It helped my learning preference
as a global learner, which I just retook the survey
because it gave a direct overall idea of
information, which I tend to get impatient going
through every step.

8. iTec-299
• Synthesize your experience investigating your use of different
mobile technologies for learning (2 paragraphs, 100-150 words
each)
The iPod was the most helpful to me as a learning tool because it
was the most accessible for me because I am out and about a lot,
but most of the time I would have my iPod with me, which allowed
me to be somewhat productive while waiting for public
transportation or at times when nothing much was really
happening. While having free time I was able to create flashcards.
One technology that was not that effective was the podcasts, just
because they felt in a way a class lecture that tried to give me
information that I was not totally asking for. I stopped using them
once they started to seem less and less helpful. I know for a fact
that iPods will keep evolving and that new ways to learn will be
made everyday so I will further my investigation of learning about
iPods.

9. Paragraph 2
• The iPod worked best for me because of its visual
aspect. The flashcards really benefited me in my
studying instead of hearing a lot of rushed
lectures, or reading small text through a piece of
paper. Also it made learning more active with
having to shuffle and remember definitions to the
card instead of having to sit there passively and
read over a piece of paper, close my eyes and try
to remember the definition of it. These are the
kind of reasons I decided that this class would be
good for me so I could study a more efficient way
and enjoy it more.

10. iTec-299
• Describe how you will use what you learned in this class
after this semester (2 paragraphs, 100-150 words):
I will keep on using the active and visual approach to
studying because I like to learn with hands on experience
opposed to textbook and readings. I think I’d take
microblogging, and iPod tech from this class and continue
to use it for my academic benefit. IPods are pretty useful
even at jobs, like when having to learn a menu, which we
are required to do at a restaurant and the recipes for them
it would help to have an easier way to study than to just
read the menu top to bottom. Or even buy an iPad or a
tablet of my own so that I can explore more of the options
given to us.

11. Paragraph 2
• As I stated before I would take microblogging and
iPod away from this class and continue to use
them in other classes to learn more about that
specific subject. I actually do not yet have a
twitter, so I might create one for non learning
purposes due to the easy and quick writing. It
might be a good way for me to expand my social
network and learn more about other’s statuses in
terms of business, and even in terms of social
status. I probably won’t use the Podcasts against
because they did not really appeal to me as a
learner or even a non-learner.

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