Sunday 7 December 2014

What is your experience of mobile technology and learning

My experience of mobile technology start in last year of school in 2000 where I had my first brick of a Nokia mobile phone, which by the way was indestructible and still works to this day and still to be found in the draw as the emergency "back up" phone. This was the extent of my mobile technology really with the exception of a few mobile updates until I returned to Uni in 2009, where my learning on mobile devices really began, getting a brand new 7" Dell note book, which fitted nicely to to my man bag.



From there I didn't look back and I was always on it for uni research, producing my assignments which gave me the freedom not to be stuck in the library or on a PC for hours on end and often did research on the train, in the uni canteen and just on my lap while sitting on the sofa watching TV (exactly what I'm doing now). That little Dell did me proud and got me though my Uni studies until the sad day in 2012 when it took it's last breathe and is no longer with us.

I am now always on a mobile device having a MacBook Pro, where I do all my assignments, lesson plans, lessons and research, but this is supported by my Smartphone and tablet which are always close by if I ever need to "google it" or check Moodle or my student emails. From a learning perceptive I could not be with my mobile technology and do a lot of research online to support my textbooks, so easy just to check a assignment brief or submission date just on your phone no Matter where you are.

I also have a kindle on my bedside table, witch is great for a late night read or laying by the pool on hols as a lot light that carrying a tonne of books, and this provides a bit of learning and reading just for yourself learning and enjoyment.




1 comment:

  1. A good selection of mobile devices in all areas of your life, and really this is reflected in lots of homes all over the country. It is good to see that it is also reflected in education at last! Although it really must not be about the technology, but about the learner, that can be a problem for some teachers to gage. The balance between using ICT to satisfy the tick box and using to actually make a difference to the learning.

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