Showing posts with label Mobile Learning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mobile Learning. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Sunday, May 11, 2014
30+ iPad Resources
20. iPad Livebinder
25. The 4 iPad Apps Needed to Run a One iPad Classroom
26. 30 Of The Best Apps for Group Project-Based Learning
27. 100 of the Best Educational Games for the iPad
28. The Quick-Start Guide for iPads for Learning
29. 10 Steps to a Successful School iPad Program
30. 9 Tips for Teachers Who Just Got iPads
31. 10 Things to Know About iPads in the Classroom
32. Bloomin' Apps by Kathy Schrock
33. iPads in the Classroom by Kathy Schrock
26. 30 Of The Best Apps for Group Project-Based Learning
27. 100 of the Best Educational Games for the iPad
28. The Quick-Start Guide for iPads for Learning
29. 10 Steps to a Successful School iPad Program
30. 9 Tips for Teachers Who Just Got iPads
31. 10 Things to Know About iPads in the Classroom
32. Bloomin' Apps by Kathy Schrock
33. iPads in the Classroom by Kathy Schrock
Monday, May 5, 2014
10 Must-Follow Mobilists on Twitter
Here is a list of ten people that have had a huge impact on the mobile learning world.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Friday, April 25, 2014
Verizon Mobile Learning Academy
New National Research Indicates Teacher Professional
Development Program to Integrate Mobile Technology May Have Positive Impact on
Students’ Standardized Math Test Scores
Verizon, the Program’s Creator, and its
partner, International Society for Technology in Education, to Launch Verizon
Mobile Learning Academy to Train More Teachers Nationwide
NEW CARROLLTON, Md. –
New national research indicates
that training teachers to integrate mobile technology into instruction may have
a positive effect on students’ standardized test scores and academic
achievement. The research comes
from an evaluation study, conducted by the International
Society for Technology in Education, of an innovative and comprehensive teacher
professional development program, Verizon Innovative Learning Schools. A collaboration of the Verizon
Foundation and the ISTE, VILS is one of
the few training programs of its kind focused on supporting the effective integration
of mobile technology in the classroom.
Comprising students and
teachers from 24 elementary, middle and high schools across the country, VILS
provides individualized, on-site and virtual professional development tailored
to address specific areas for improvement at each school as identified by a
preliminary needs assessment.
The key findings of the
evaluation and research, conducted in January by the ISTE, indicate that, in
general, students of VILS teachers showed stronger gains in mathematics than
students from comparison schools. While many comparison schools used existing mobile
technology, they did not participate in any systematic, schoolwide professional
development program focused on using the technology effectively to teach
students. Key findings include:
·
Standardized test scores in math of students
participating in the program increased by 4.13 percent, while the test scores
of students in a control group of schools that are using mobile technology but
are not participating in the program (and did not receive teacher training on
how to use mobile technology) declined by 4.62 percent.
·
Teachers in the VILS program reported that 35
percent of their students showed higher scores on classroom assessments; 32
percent showed increased engagement in the classroom; and 62 percent
demonstrated increased proficiency with mobile devices.
·
Sixty percent of the teachers also reported that
by using their mobile devices, they were providing more one-on-one help to
individual students, and 47 percent said they are spending less time on
lectures to the entire class.
Due to these promising
initial results, the Verizon Foundation and ISTE are launching an online
teacher professional development program called the Verizon Mobile Learning
Academy to
enable teams of teachers across the country to participate in mobile technology
training through free, moderated virtual courses that will earn participants
Continuing Education Units. The program aims to train 1,000 teachers over the
next year, beginning this fall.
Rose Stuckey Kirk, Verizon's
vice president of global corporate citizenship and president of the Verizon
Foundation, said: “Verizon’s corporate social responsibility efforts seek to
use our resources to help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems in
underserved communities. We are encouraged that our VILS schools are
demonstrating meaningful benefits from these efforts.
“Students at these
schools are now more adept in using mobile technology to access useful learning
resources, and significant portions of students have exhibited an increased
ability to solve problems. Our new online initiative will extend the benefit of
VILS professional development to educators across the country and help them
turn mobile devices into educational tools.”
The rigorous,
multimethod, longitudinal VILS evaluation measured student performance and
program impact through teacher and student surveys, classroom observations, and
pre- and post- standardized math and science test scores for participating
schools and comparison schools. Six of the 24 VILS schools were included
in the evaluation study: Assabet Vocational High School (Marlborough, Mass.);
Charles Carroll Middle School (New Carrollton, Md.); Hartford Middle School
(Canton, Ohio); Lewisville High School (Dallas, Texas); Long Branch Middle
School (Long Branch, N.J.); and Niemes Elementary School (Cerritos, Calif.). Six
schools, each of them near a school in the VILS program, were in the control
group. Soon, ISTE will conduct an analysis of 12 schools in the VILS program and
comparison sites, strengthening its ability to make conclusions about the
program.
Dr. Wendy Drexler, ISTE director
of innovation, said: “The VILS program demonstrates the important principle
that mobile learning initiatives in schools require leadership to be
effective. School administrators, tech coaches and teacher leaders have been
engaged and supportive of the VILS program, and this has led to the success of
the professional development implemented in these schools. The Verizon Mobile
Learning Academy will provide support for school and district leaders as they
prepare mobile learning initiatives to help ensure that their efforts will be
successful.”
More information and
pre-registration for the Verizon Mobile Learning
Academy can
be found at http://responsibility.verizon.com/learning-academy, and more information about
the findings of the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools evaluation study are
available here http://responsibility.verizon.com/education/2013#vils.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
"M" Stands for Memorable #mlearning
Cross-post from Remind101 Blog
When you think back to your childhood education, what do you
remember? I guarantee that your fondest
memory was not the grammar worksheets, writing your spelling words five times
each, or what seemed to be the endless paper pencil assignments. The times that most people remember are the
hands-on activities, the field trips, and projects that allowed them to
collaborate with their peers and classmates.
As an
educator, I want my students to have many positive memories. Seven years ago I introduced PDAs, Personal
Digital Assistant, to my students. Yes,
I said PDAs. Unfortunately, the same
year, the company that made them decided to stop manufacturing them. This is when my school district decided to go
in the direction of using smartphones in the classroom. Something unexpected happened when each one
of my students had their own smartphone.
The students that usually said
very little in class were now the students who couldn’t wait to be called upon. It did not stop there. They were not just raising their hand; they
were asking to go up to the front of the room to share with their
classmates. The students began collaborating with each
other. That year we allowed the students
to extend their learning outside of the classroom by taking their devices
home. They were actually excited about
doing homework, and they were doing more of it.
Many were concerned that allowing the devices to travel back and forth
to school with the students would result in broken or lost MLD’s. In the end, their concerns were put to rest
when not one device was misplaced or damaged in any way. The students took pride in the interactive
learning that was taking place as a result of these devices. They were more than excited to share this
learning beyond the school setting.
Students took special care of their devices, and in turn learned not
only academic content, but also responsibility and maturity.
This brings
me to the question, “Why such a change in student performance and interest in
learning?” The reason for this was that
the students were given the opportunity to learn in a similar format as they do
at home. I realized that outside of the
school setting, many of my students had some type of digital device, if not
many, at their fingertips. The
activities that we were doing in school were all hands-on. I specifically remember an activity that we
doing on a Friday afternoon. We called
it “write, pair, share.” The students started by typing a story on their mobile
learning device. Then the students
“beamed” their story to their partner who was responsible for completing the remainder
of the story. The students were so engaged in their
learning that the bell rang to end the school week, and not one student stood
up to leave. They were so enamored by
the lesson that they wanted to continue their learning right then and
there.
We took our
learning beyond the classroom setting and students were encouraged to look at
the many educational opportunities that surround them on a daily basis. Students were able to take their learning to
another level during class field trips. They worked collaboratively to take pictures
and journal about their experiences. Through
the implementation of these devices, we as educators were reminded of a very
important lesson. When learning is memorable, students take ownership of their
learning. Their education now meant more
to them because they now had an invested interest in what they were learning
and more importantly…how they were learning!
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