1. Lesley Reilly and Nevin Katz
April, 2012

2. Topics in Mobile Learning
 Introducing Teachers to the iPad via Online
Learning
 Making Online Courses Mobile Accessible
 Embarking on App Development
 Research project on 3-week mobile course for
Administrators via Twitter

3. What is EdTech Leaders
Online?
Goal: Build capacity to use online learning to meet local goals
 Based at EDC (education non-profit) since 1999
 For states, districts, regional centers, universities
 Focus on both educator PD & Virtual Schools
 Online facilitator & course design programs
 70+ online courses, including for Common Core
 Learning Community, facilitated model

4. Questions
 How do we help teachers figure out how to best use
mobile devices to promote learning in their
classrooms?
 How do we make our optimize the online learning
experience on mobile devices?

5. Eight-week online professional development
workshop for HS math teachers in Salem and
Hamilton-Wenham
January 11th – March 3rd, 2012

6. Mobile Elements
 iPad activities for math teachers
 App exploration encouraged
 Lots of responses about apps on the forums
 Teachers submit final lesson plan with guide on
using technology tool

7. Excerpt from a Conversation about an
App on the Forums
“I though this Algebra Touch app was a good
tool to use in an Algebra class. It covers a
variety of algebra topics from adding
numbers to order of operations to solving
equations. Rather than just being an app
where problems are given and students are
expected to give answers, it lets students
move around answers and play with
things.”

8. Resources we Introduced
Teach with your iPad Wiki
http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/Blooms+Taxon
Bloom’s Apps Google Site
https://sites.google.com/site/bloomsapps/home
Top 50 Apps for e-Learners
http://www.top10onlineuniversities.org/top-50-ipad-apps-

9. Recommended Apps
 Algebra Touch
 Scratchwork
 Kahn Academy
 Factor Race
 iFactor Quadratic
 Full reviews by the Salem / HW teachers at
http://birdleymedia.blogspot.com/

10. Recommended Apps
 Algebra Touch
 Scratchwork
 HiCalc Pro
 Kahn Academy
 Factor Race
 Full reviews by the Salem / HW teachers at
http://birdleymedia.blogspot.com/

11. Accessing the 6-session
version of Geom. 123D
Login Instructions
 Go to: http://moodle.etlo.org/
 Click on “Create new account”
 Fill out required info and create your account
 Once account is created, go to:
http://moodle.etlo.org/course/view.php?id=906
 Enter “mobile” to self-enroll in the course

12. Mobile Elements
Alternate Moodle theming & Session
Page format
Optional iPad-based activities for
teachers to try out in the classroom.
Mobile-Friendly Multimedia

13. Desktop Version of Moodle Shell

14. Mobile Version of Moodle Shell

15. Responsive Theming

16. Desktop Version of Session Page

17. Mobile Version of Session Page
Overview & Readings

18. Mobile Version of Session Page:
Discussion & Activities

19. Responsive Theming

20.  10 session course
 Participants take the course
while building their own online
course
 Many tasks in each session

23. Stages of Development
 Mock-up
 Designing UI
 Building
 Testing
 Publishing in the App Store

24. Recommended Skill Sets
 HTML
 CSS
 Javascript
 Jquery Framework
 Familiarity with CMS

25. 2011
Three-week course on Data Acquisition and Analysis
with experts
 Twitter as the discussion vehicle
 Blog as course archive
Surveyed education administrators
Options for mobile interactivity in online PD

26. Learning Communities through
Twitter Chats
Pros:
Quick PD opportunity
Able
to access on a one-time basis – no
commitment (unless mandated PD)
Can host your own or join others
Free

27. Learning Communities through
Twitter Chats
Cons:
Discussions aren’t threaded
Conversations can go incredibly quickly (EdChat)
Can’t tell who is lurking
140 character limit

28. Participatory Learning
Twitter Chat
 Rob Ackerman@Akee123: @cybraryman1 at what point do teachers have no choice in if
they use technology? #edchat In reply to Jerry Blumengarteni
 @mikevigilant It's a good idea, right? Saves all the redundancy of reteaching the same stuff
multiple times to each teacher. JJW #edchat In reply to mikevigilant
 Justin Baumgartner@MertonTech
 @TestSoup If all the teachers were 100% capable of doing it on their own, I'd be jobless.
My job is to make myself obsolete. #edchat
 30mdavidwees@davidwees: Is the primary reason we see technology used as an extension
of prior practices b/c people are afraid to change their practice? #edchat
 30mPamela@librario868: #edchat Cuts in staff esp tech tchrs leave media & classrm tchrs.
I use them all.
 Jerry Blumengarten@cybraryman1: @ktenkely and problem solvers! #edchat In reply to
ktenkely
 Richland Upper EL@RUESRCSD: Read what you write. Does it make sense? #
rueswritingtips #edchat add your own tip for my students b4 the big test
 Begabungs@Begabungs: Are we ready to be faster than our students in using technology?
Is it time to change? & learn new things? #edchat

29. Facilitated Learning
Twitter Chat
 ehelfant 7:49pm via web kids gr8 at support on all devices-we let them bring pretty much
anything get on network-times when small/portable is easier/fastr #edcmdata
 chrs_dede 7:49pm via HootSuite #edcmdata Yes, kids laugh about 1-1 initiatives because
they don't see why anyone would settle for just one device
 chrs_dede 7:48pm via HootSuite #edcmdata teachers could help to suppress discussions
about whose mobile device is cool and whose is not
 barbaratreacy 7:48pm via TweetDeck One other thing I'm interested in student app
development; for testing it could be great to have BYOD #edcmdata #mlearning
 ehelfant 7:48pm via web our kids have school tablets+most have smart phones-like 2use
those 2access HW/CMS, play videos,socrative.com form. assesc. #edcmdata
 chrs_dede 7:47pm via HootSuite #edcmdata I'm sure that status depends on what mobile
device you bring, just as in other aspects of kids' lives. Sad but true, and...
 chrs_dede 7:46pm via HootSuite #edcmdata Yes, student supported laptop programs were
win-win at the high school level; mobile could be similar
 chrs_dede 7:45pm via HootSuite

30. Public Chat Feedback
 “Varying viewpoints, pulse check in where
an active community is”
 “Efficient way to glean trends, topics,
thoughts, ideas, missed converstaions,
future conversations”
 “Get to see many ideas”

31. Public Chat Feedback
 “Good to see what others are thinking”
 “A chance to discuss a certain topic with
educators from around the globe.”
 “Gain so many great ideas to transfer to
the classroom and with my colleagues”

32. Thank you!
Lesley Reilly (lreilly@edc.org)
Nevin Katz (nkatz@edc.org)
EdTech Leaders Online http://edtechleaders.org
Education Development Center http://edc.org