Some of the more interesting readings for this module:
- Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile The Speak Up National Research Project is a national initiative of Project tomorrow.
- 7 Learning Models for Mobile Learning
- iPads in, textbooks out at some U.S. schools More than 600 U.S. school districts are moving to iPads for classroom use. The iPads are loaded with electronic textbooks and apps for taking notes. Schools hope the iPads will save money in the long run. Gadgets are a big part of today's academic life.
- Cell phones in the classroom The internet catalog for students, teachers, administrators & parents. Over 20,000 relevant links personally selected by an educator/author with over 30 years of experience.
Activites and Apps
- Introduction to D2L (Desire 2 Learn) - a course management system
- Icebreaker - Added our own "Placemark Pin" to the class Google Map with a brief introduction to our location. Very fun to see where all my classmates are located.
- Created our UWStout Profiles
- Using Twitter for Mobile Learning, including reading articles about Twitter, sharing an article with others by posting it to our class Twitter group, and responded to two classmates' tweets.
- Preparing and Taking Online Surveys, including watching two videos about polleverywhere.com (the videos are linked at polleverywhere.com. Submitted a survey response using my iPod Touch.
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