RE Presentation-How smart phones can be used as educational tools

1. RE Presentation-How smart phones can be used as educational tools 1J Group 1 Benjamin Chan (1) (Group Leader) Joshua Chan (2) Daniel Tan (3) Darrell koh (4) Darryl Shya (5)

2. Contents • Objective • Methodology • Demographics of Respondents • Survey Results and Analysis • Interview Analysis • Discussion • Application • Limitations and Extensions • Conclusion

3. Objective • To find out how smartphones can be used as educational tools

4. Methodology We used the following methods of gathering data: • Online articles • Survey questionnaire with 20 students • Interview with Mr. Jerome Lo and Ms Jane Tan of the Raffles Institution Education Technology Department • We choose Mr. Lo as he had experience in both education and technology, which were the two main areas we were focusing on.

5. Demographics of respondents In terms of year In terms of age

6. Survey Questionnaire – Results and Analysis • We will take a look at some important questions: • Question 7 • Question 8 • Question 10

7. Question 5 Which function do you use the most in smart phones? From these results, we can see that many students use their smart phone for gaming. This may affect the way which students think of smart phones being used as educational tools as most of them would not use the educative functions of the smart phone but rather play games.

8. Question 7 Do you think the use of smart phones as educational tools will affect your performance in tests negatively? From these results, we can see that people have mixed reactions if smart phones were used as educational tools. This may cause smart phones to be unpopular as many respondents feel that the use of smart phones as educational tools will affect their performance in tests negatively.

9. Question 10 Overall, smartphones have benefitted you as a student From these results, we can see that smart phones have not really affected students in any way. However, a third of the respondents agree that smart phones have benefitted them. By thinking of a smart phone positively, people are likely to accept them as education tools.

10. Interview Analysis - accessibility • Can be used across the globe • Overseas learning trips • Flip through lesson note/ watch the lesson.

11. Interview Analysis - content • Smartphone only enhances content • More fun • More exciting • More engaging • Therefore requires good content.

12. Interview Analysis – educational apps • Can be used to show models of molecules from all sides • Can show what cannot be done in real life • Lets students try more different combination • Difficult to invent a one size fits all app • Each student is different

13. Interview Analysis - gaming • Distraction/ addiction • Less focused on “educational tool” • Uses the smartphone for wrong reasons

14. Interview Analysis • Not that easy to implement • Can have problems • Very effective if used correctly

15. Application • Smart phones have the potential to be educational tools, but it is limited • Students must put their trust into smart phones in order for it to be used as educational tools • Students must treat smart phones as educational tools in order for it to be fully utilized as educational • This information may be used in the future • Help create educational smart phone or game for students

16. Discussion and analysis • The results of the research showed that most people view smartphones as gaming tools and platforms and not sources of education. • Educative games more likely for masses • Our research shows that most people think a smart phone would help them focus during lessons. • Contradiction with people finding that smart phones would affect them negatively • Could be due to stereotyping of smart phones

17. Discussion and analysis(cont.) • Audience has to be surveyed first. • Cannot be a general educational app, due to the diversity of the population of students in schools. • A teacher is still the most important element in education. • Smart phones acts as a tool, therefore, should not be held as the be-all and end-all of education but as enrichment.

18. Limitations and Extensions Limitations : • Sec 1s did not know how to incorporate smart phones into their education and thought of them as mobile arcades. • Most of survey respondents were Sec 1 • Survey results could be skewed • Students could have been confused whether smart phones were affecting them negatively • Other factors could be involved.

19. Limitations and Extensions (Cont.) Extensions : • Interviewed a bigger group of students • Get a bigger variety of survey results • Use the information gathered to develop educative smart phone or application

20. Conclusions • Smart phones can be used as educational tools • However, their use is not direct, but rather as a vehicle to present content in a fun and exciting manner that attracts people to it. • It does not matter how good the smart phone is at the end, it is about the quality of the content. The smart phone just acts as a way to convey the content to an audience.