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Using mobile phones in the classroom

Using mobile phones in the classroom Alasdair Bauld PT Modern Languages & ICT Dornoch Academy You must be joking! Mobiles to Help Learning? High School in UK says OK

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Using mobile phones in the classroom

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  1. Using mobile phones in the classroom Alasdair Bauld PT Modern Languages & ICT Dornoch Academy

  2. You must be joking! Mobiles to Help Learning? High School in UK says OK Looks like Notre Dame high school in the UK is taking the bull by the horns and moving forward with an initiative to allow the use of mobile phones for educational purposes during class time. Assistant headteacher Paul Haigh said mobiles, MP3 players and gaming devices were “untapped resources” for teaching and learning. “We realise as a comprehensive state school we could never afford to buy every student all the IT and mobile devices we would like them to have. He added: “But most students own many of these devices anyway – they’re just hidden in their schoolbags. What’s more they’re experts in using them, knowing all the short cuts and characteristics of their own equipment as they use it every day.” Mr Haigh said there was little logic in allowing pupils to use a netbook in school while banning mobile phones, many of which could access the internet, record sound and take digital photographs.

  3. “…untapped resources for teaching and learning.” “We realise as a comprehensive state school we could never afford to buy every student all the IT and mobile devices we would like them to have.” “…most students own many of these devices anyway – they’re just hidden in their schoolbags. What’s more they’re experts in using them, knowing all the short cuts and characteristics of their own equipment as they use it every day.”

  4. What for? • How? • Why? • Problems? • Hands on!

  5. What for? • paired speaking • solo talks • trio discussions • speaking homework • audio versions of things to be learnt by rote • science experiment reports for those who have difficulty writing? • audio diary of things learnt?

  6. How? • voice recorder • video camera • bluetooth • dictaphones for those without • time limit: • Rehearse • Record • Rename • Remit

  7. Why? • time saved in class • it’s free! • pupils engaged, keen to show their gadgets, often keen to show teacher how things work • ease of marking all on one device • ease of transfer to school network • peer and self assessment possibilities (later on network or by bluetoothing files to each other and comparing on phones) • files open with Apple Quicktime • personal record of achievements • later use for revision • can be added to pupils’ blogs, never lost

  8. Problems/limitations? • iPhone trouble • occasional compatibility issues • sound quality

  9. Practical example – in any language you prefer!! • discuss in trios: • How did you travel here today? • Did you have trouble parking? • How long is it until the Christmas holidays?

  10. Summary • What for? • Any more ideas? • How? • Get to know your own mobile! • Why? • CfE, collaborative learning, engagement, help reduce misuse?

  11. Alasdair Bauld PT Modern Languages / ICT Dornoch Academy alasdair.bauld@highland.gov.uk or through First Class Notes on http://mlsupport.edublogs.org

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