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Hi fellow e-learners!. After enjoying ‘meeting’ Alice in round one, I thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself too. M-learning with tablets: Enriching Primary Literacy. M-Learning for literacy in a primary context.
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Hi fellow e-learners! After enjoying ‘meeting’ Alice in round one, I thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself too...
M-learning with tablets: Enriching Primary Literacy
M-Learning for literacy in a primary context “Can enhance and enrich the concept and activity of learning, with learning experiences that are more personalised, authentic, situated and context-aware than ever before...Increases motivation, especially those considered distant, disengaged or disenfranchised”(Traxler, 2010) • Hutchison(2012) Research: 3wk period with aim to simultaneously teach print-based and digital literacy goals • Digital interactive books and Apps - new literacies • Lankshear & Knoel (2003, cited in Hutchison, 2012) different affordances of e-books "To become fully literate in today's world, students must become proficient in the new literacies of 21st Century technology“ International Reading Association
Benefits of Tablets versus Other Technology The specifications of a tablet that make it appropriate for classroom teaching and learning : • light-weight compared to a laptop • easy to hold and work on size compared to a cell phone • 10hr battery life exceeds other handheld tech • touch screen operation • Limited multi-task operation • motion sensor • can use wireless keyboard • No disruptive texting/calling (Madan, 2011)
Another benefit:Apps to enrich learning The Apps that enrich activities for teaching and learning • e-books • 30,000 'educational' apps (Murray & Olcese, 2011) Apps to fit Blooms Taxonomy Link
Limitations and Weaknesses Debunked As with all developing classroom tools, there are issues that include, but are not limited to; • wireless network access, speed and reliability • physical environment issues such as personal security (Park, 2011) • 'disruptive' communication aspects (although considerably less than a cell phone with text capability) • Kukulska-Hulme (2007, cited in Park, 2011) identification of physical attributes such as small screen size, heavy weight and short battery life are no longer relevant
Activity One • ReadExploring the use of iPad for literacy learning (Hutchison, 2012) Note comments on curricula integration over technology integration, and the discussion that apps provided room for creativity in not confining students to set boxes to fill that would normally be provided on paper. • Discuss whether you think this research illustrates enrichment of a literacy program through m-learning, and comment on any changes you would make
Activity Two • Watch this YouTube video on iPads in Literacy • Discuss "Are teacher's implementing tablets to enrich the classroom, or are they limited in creativity to things that could be done otherwise?
References Hutchison, A. (2012). Exploring the Use of the iPad for Literacy Learning. Retrieved 1st August from http://iastate.academia.edu/AmyHutchison/Papers/1269466/Exploring_the_Use_of_the_iPad_for_Literacy_Learning Madan, V. (2011). 6 Reasons Tablets are Ready for the Classroom. Retrieved 1st August, 2012 from http://mashable.com/2011/05/16/tablets-education/ Murray, O. & Olcese, N. (2011). Teaching and Learning with iPads, Ready or Not? Techtrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 55(6), 42-48. Retrieved 6th August, 2012 from http://ehis.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.massey.ac.nz/eds/detail?vid=9&hid=124&sid=601141e5-ba3c-4806-97cc-a97d96787fb5@sessionmgr110&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU=#db=aph&AN=67447355
References Ctd... Park, Y. (2011).A pedagogical framework for mobile Learning: Categorizing educational applications of mobile technologies into four types. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 12(2), 78-102 h. Retrieved 10th August, 2012 from ttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/791 Traxler, J. (2010). Mobile Learning: Starting in the Right Place, Going in the Right Direction? International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 3(2), 57-67. Retrieved 7th August, 2012 from http://ehis.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.massey.ac.nz/eds/detail?sid=03900393-6e0f-48f1-b437-5c19b8592109%40sessionmgr113&vid=1&hid=109&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=edsbl&AN=RN293272450