Mobile technologies can support learning in several ways when used appropriately. They offer opportunities for deep thinking, engagement, and social/emotional and intellectual development when students are connected to each other. The greatest impact on student learning comes from focusing on how mobile technologies can transform aspects of lessons and topics students typically struggle with, not just the technologies themselves. Some initial ways mobile devices can support learning are through note taking, archiving, social bookmarking, content curation, collaboration, and ubiquitous learning.

1. Mobile technologies that support learning: When, where, how and why?
Mobile technologies that support learning: When,
where, how and why?
St Francis Xavier College
August 19, 2013
Dr Catherine Hart

4. Value of technology to:
• cognition
• metacognitionDEEP THINKING
ENGAGEMENT
Behavioural
Social/Emotional
Intellectual/Academic

6. It’s not the technology... It’s the connection that
technology offers

7. Bohlen, Beal and Rogers (1957)

8. Digital Democracy

9. Lalande, M (2012) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSXyfX8ABhA
Accessed Aug 16, 2013

10. BYOD/BYOT
BYOPD/BYODD
Opportunity to bring or expectation to bring?

12. Discourse about device
Discourse about praxis
Discourse about policy

14. Greatest impact on student learning?

17. How to move up the SAMR ladder
• Think of an aspect of your lessons or
teaching that you’d like to transform.
• Is there a topic in your class that a
significant number of students get
stuck on, and fail to progress beyond?
• What role could IT play in changing
that?
Slide from Ilja VanWeringh HTAV presentation on tech and history teaching 2013
Techtipteacher.wordpress.com

19. For starters
Note taking and archiving apps

20. Social Bookmarking
Diigo
Pinterest

21. Content ‘curation’

22. Collaboration

23. Ubiquitous learning
MADDraw Productions (2012) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojiebVw8O0g
Accessed Aug 16,2013

24. Staker and Horner (2012)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/109897571/Heather-
Staker-and-Michael-Horn-2012-classifying-K-12-
Blended-Learning. Accessed Oct 13, 2012

28. The bobble-head and the bumble-bee via
@coolcatteacher (Vicky Davis)
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com.au/2006/0
3/are-you-bobblehead-or-bumblebee.html