Sunday, March 6, 2011

Mobile Education

This week I'm taking a look at a blog entitled "Effective Teaching, Quality Instruction, and Professional Development.  As indicated by the title, this blog covers a variety of topics focusing on technology's impact on education.  More importantly is how this technology is used.  How will teachers use newer technologies to connect with their students?  How will technology aid in the learning process?  What I found of personal interest in this blog is the bloggers awareness of mobile technologies and how important they are to the 21st Century Learner.

He is aware that the traditional classroom may be in jeopardy.  It's not a bad thing either.  Instead of just 45 minutes for a single period, mobile technologies allow for much more flexibility in one's learning.  With the rise of smart phones (and now even tablets) students can take their classes, books, news, etc..  with them in a single lightweight device.  It makes the learning process much less restrictive.  

In fact, this blogger suggests that reading on a tablet or smartphone is a much more economical and efficient means of delivering books.  Ebooks can be bought, shipped, and shared in a matter of seconds.  Mobile devices can (and in some ways already have) revolutionized how we acquire and read text.  That's just the beginning.  Check the link for more...

Also, in his full blog, he has a list of apps he uses on his iPad.  If you have one you may one to check some of them out.


http://quality-instruction.blogspot.com/2011/02/three-trends-for-now-in-technology.html

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