I found this video clip on someone's blog. It is different perspectives from the UK on mobile devices. I think the clip is from 2007, but it's interesting to see what the different viewpoints are from teachers, students, parents, etc. Caution...heavy British accents!
http://www.phework.com/2007/10/mobile-devices-in-education.html
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This video is very good! They bring up interesting topics for discussion. The UK seems to be one of the countries leading the way in research of mobile devices and learning.
ReplyDeleteI found this website from the UK with many articles related to research conducted on mobile devices and learning. Check it out: http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/pdf/1440.pdf
Thanks for sharing this vid!!!
Raul
I enjoyed the video. Funny thing. I read a paper by Yong Zhao from Michigan. "Factors Affecting Technology Uses in Schools: An Ecological Perspective" It is an interesting read. It was neat to but a face to a paper. Although is was sort of a non sequitur.
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Oh the video on the blog would not play for some reason so I found the original:
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Jason Buchanan
I haven't watched the entire video but from the first ten minutes I had these reactions. One of the things brought up was the fact that these children and the ones to follow them have been reared in a digital world a very different one than I or even my children were raised in which makes we wonder why we as educators insist on believing that they will learn the same way we did. My grandchildren rarely talk on their phones but they text almost constantly even during classes sometimes. The policeman's concern that they make students a target for criminals is only an indication of the changing times not the fault of the phone. I'm sure no one imagined that students would die because of the shoes they were wearing. Does that mean we should not buy expensive shoes or name brands? The only phones or electronics stolen at my school were when they were hidden in backpacks and not being used for lessons by the students. Could they be used to cheat on tests? Of course, but a student who is going to cheat will find a way with or without a phone. The real problem that I see for the use of phones is that in some areas not all students have them or may not have unlimited texting, therefore, teachers would have to come up with alternative solutions for group communication and collaboration for those students. I seriously think schools need to rethink the cell phone policies to enable them to be used in class.
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