ICT role in 21st century education and it's challenges.
Destiantion innovation
1. Engage Your Students: There
Is An App For That!
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2. Gerald Logan
President of Educational Technology Council of
the ATA. One of the hosting organizations.
Principal of Hillside Community School
Resume includes working as a district and
provincial consultant.
3. Why Mobile Technology?
Students have the technology
It is motivating
We have moved from Digital Natives to Digital Nomads
4. Why Mobile Technology?
Schools are developing an app-titude for
harnessing students’ enthusiasm for mobile
technology
There are risks and concerns in the BYOD
environment.
5. Resources
The Wiki Site
http://engageyourstudents.wikispaces.com/Destination+In
novation
The Blog site http://dimlearning.blogspot.ca
6. Scenario One
I used this scenario to open an article on mLearning
published in 2010.
http://www.teachers.ab.ca/Publications/ATA%20Magazi
ne/Volume-91/Number-1/Pages/Mobile-Technologies-
in-the-Classroom.aspx
It is a field trip in the mountains and students are using
their handhelds to do a variety of activities.
7. Scenario One
Three high school students are making their way along a
rocky ridge, surveying plant and animal life as they go.
One student snaps a photo of a flowering plant, geotags it
and sends it to the group blog. His partner records a high-
definition video of a spider preparing its web and uploads
it to YouTube. The third student is typing notes on a wiki.
Lets do it?
8. Field Trip
1. Text by email. http://bit.ly/OiFMht
Try this.
Write some text to describe this local species in an email
and send it to glogan.banff@blogger.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_Springs_snail
9. Field Trip
2. Photos http://bit.ly/RKwgVk
Try This
Take a photo and send it to glogan.banff@blogger.com
Don’t recognize a species try Google Googles or Snap
Leaf to identify it (well maybe in the future, US only now)
10. Field Trip
3. Video. http://bit.ly/MRsJy2
You can shoot video and email it to the site.
This can be field video with the shooter doing voice over
or it can be produced video.
Try this: shoot some video and email it to
glogan.banff@blogger.com.
11. Field Trip
4. Annotated video from Sonic Pics http://bit.ly/OckTBX
Sonic Pics allows you to select photos from your camera roll or your
device camera to put together a series of still pictures. You then
record the voice over and save this as a movie. This can be stored on
the device or emailed to the blog.
Try This:
Take three pictures
Select them in Sonic Pics
Record the voice over
Email it to glogan.banff@blogger.com
12. Field Trip
5. Maps and locations from Google Map
http://bit.ly/TuFJhO
Try This:
Load Google Maps on your device.
Find a location here in Banff.
Then use the i to pull up the share option. Email it to
glogan.banff@blogger.com
13. Field Trip
Mass text systems are used by large organizations, but
there are some that are free for teachers.
http://bit.ly/OcleV7
Try This:
To register text (424) 400-5094 with @glogan as the
message.
17. Collaboration
Edistorm A brainstorming app that uses the concept of
sticky notes.
Try This
http://www.edistorm.com/storms/sort/17035/Banff_Endang
ered_Species
18. QR Codes
They can take your students to a website.
Tim Horton’s use a QR Code for their applications
Send an email to you. Interesting take on a Scavenger
Hunt
Read a message to you. (even in a different language)
Map location
19. Use a variety of readers and
scanners
i-Nigma
NEOreader
QRReader
Studies show that most students have the technology in their pockets. Even in the wrong end of town students have the minumem level of technology. They may not have smartphones but they will have texting ability. Saturation is at or near 98%We know that using technology is using the motivationa factor to engage the students. It is not the same old thing, or not yet.
Studies show that most students have the technology in their pockets. Even in the wrong end of town students have the minumem level of technology. They may not have smartphones but they will have texting ability. Saturation is at or near 98%We know that using technology is using the motivationa factor to engage the students. It is not the same old thing, or not yet.
We will use two sites today. The wiki site that has the links and details of the presentation and the blog site that we will use for uploading and sharinghte contents and activities.
We all know how fast students can send texts, so use their skill to update blogs and wikis. Most blogs allow posts by email. The demo blog for this session accpets email to glogan.banff@blogger.com
Most hand helds will allow you to take and email or text photos. This can be a great way of recording information on the filed trip. Blogger allows you to send instant updates via email. Our sample blog id is glogan@banff@blogger.com
The scenario has a student get hurt and sends a text message with his location. Google Maps has this function.
The scenario has a student get hurt and sends a text message with his location. Google Maps has this function. If you use a group messaging system like remind 101. Students send a text or email to a course location and you can send a text via a web browser to every student.
Studies show that most students have the technology in their pockets. Even in the wrong end of town students have the minimum level of technology. They may not have smartphones but they will have texting ability. Saturation is at or near 98%We know that using technology is using the motivational factor to engage the students. It is not the same old thing, or not yet.
Scanners are not created equal. Some will work with a qr code and some will not. Have a couple of good ones and if it doesn’t work at first try again.
Studies show that most students have the technology in their pockets. Even in the wrong end of town students have the minumem level of technology. They may not have smartphones but they will have texting ability. Saturation is at or near 98%We know that using technology is using the motivationa factor to engage the students. It is not the same old thing, or not yet.
