1. Less is More M-Learning with Cell Phones Lucy Haagen, Program in Education CIT Showcase Apr i l 24, 2009

2. Today’s Workshop  Introduction to M-Learning with Mobile Phones: Rationale and Resources  Mobile Phones and Civic Engagement: Local and Global Examples  From Margin to Mainstream: Future Possibilities

3. What is M-Learning? Use of mobile devices to produce an anytime, anywhere learning experience

4. M-Learning in Context

5. Why Mobile Phones?  Ubiquitous  Web 2.0 compatible  Platform of choice for under 30s  Compatibility  Portability  Eco-friendly  Promotes multiple modes of interaction

6. Rationale and Resources (USA)  Horizon Report (http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2009- Horizon-Report.pdf)http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2009- Horizon-Report.pdf  “New interfaces, the ability to run third-party applications, and location-awareness have all come to the mobile device in the past year, making it an ever more versatile tool that can be easily adapted to a host of tasks for learning, productivity, and social networking.”

7. Mobile Phone Use Explosion Source: l TU World Communications Database, 2009

8. China: Mobile Phone Use Outstrips Web Use (000’S)

9. Millennials Use of Cell Phones SMS text messaging outstrips phone calls,

10. Source: Harris interactive, January, 2009

11. What functions do you currently use?  Phone Call  SMS  Email  Web Browsing  Camera for images  Camera for video  Voice recorder  Video player  Text Reader  Music/Audio Player  Games

12. Free/Affordable Mobile Phone Applications  Polling (ex: polleverywhere.com)  Google Maps  Speaking Dictionaries China2goChina2go  Adobe Reader  MP3 file translator  Gcast (podcasting)  Jott (audio to print memo)  Free SMS Messaging  Twitter!

13. Mobile Phones and Civic Engagement : Southern High School, Durham NC Spring, 2008  Service Learning Seminar: Teaching ESL  Ranked bottom 10 percent of NC High Schools  End of Course Test Passage Rate for LEP (Limited English Proficient): 16.7 percent  Cooperating English and World History Teachers

14. M-Learning Goals 1.Increase oral presentation skills 2.Write personal essay 3.Research world-historical figure (One of history’s “troublemakers”) 4.Develop multimedia Powerpoint Presentation

15. Project Activities  Voice Message Board: Duke Student Response Duke Student Response  “Ask an Expert” link between Southern students and Duke professors  Old Fashioned “Call your Coach” link between Southern Students and Duke learning coaches.  Voice Recording: Audio Narration  Podcasting: This I Believe (Sample Podcast)Sample Podcast)  Incentives: Extra Cellphone Minutes for productivity

16. What Didn’t Work  Southern Students and Duke Students did not talk by phone  Southern Students did not make productive use of phones outside of school  I ncentives didn't work as motivators

17. What Did Work  Audio Recording  Ask the Expert Message Board  Personalized Podcasting  Project-Based Learning in Small Groups  Team-Teaching

18. Indicators of Success  Project Completion Rate  Student Attendance During Project Period  LEP Student Test Results (16.7 percent to 30.1 percent passage rate)  Student and Teacher Satisfaction

19. Mobile Phones and Civic Engagement North Vietnam Summer, 2008

20. Mobile Applications and Purposes Maximize Mobility and Safety of Students in Foreign Environment  Group Text Messaging  Free English-Vietnamese Dictionary  Photo Images of Key Locations  Photo Log of Students

21. Community Building & Documentation Audio Diaries Photo-journalism

22. SMS Poetry When I v I sted the orphanage, I went with balloons, hard candies, Old National Geographics The children grabbed for everything. I gave one a candy, others screamed Until seven or eight were clawing at my legs. They popped the balloons, Choked on the candies Shredded the magazines I looked over to the nun for help. She stopped ladling gruel into the communal trough “Next time, if you come, Bring enough for everyone, or bring nothing.” Wendy Wilder Larson

23. Direct Service  Oral English Assessment  Electronic Alphabet Book  Personal Audio Dictionary  Literacy through Photography

24. Project Documentaton

25. In the Works M’Ubuntu: Mobile Phones Empowering Primary School Teachers to Address South Africa’s Literacy Crisis

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