Teachers must capitalize on the potential of mobile learning to personalize the education experience for their students. A pedagogical shift occurs when teachers tap into the potential to differentiate learning by harnessing the devices possibilities. The more an individual is involved in their own learning, the more value they will place on it.
Among the greatest potentials for mobile learning is the impact it can have on communication between teachers and their parents and students. There are a plethora of tools today that capitalize on mobile technologies. Students may well lose a binder or forget to check their email or your classroom Blackboard (or other LMS) site. However, when their phone lights up with a text, you can bet they will check it. They are not nearly as likely to “lose” their cell phones as they are to “lose” their binders. Capitalizing on this affinity for the mobile phone, teachers can send reminders and encouragement via texts and social media that reach students where they are and utilize the technology students already possess for good in the classroom.ISTE (the International Society forTechnology in Education) has published a set of standard for students and technology here.
Among the greatest potentials for mobile learning is the impact it can have on communication between teachers and their parents and students. There are a plethora of tools today that capitalize on mobile technologies. Students may well lose a binder or forget to check their email or your classroom Blackboard (or other LMS) site. However, when their phone lights up with a text, you can bet they will check it. They are not nearly as likely to “lose” their cell phones as they are to “lose” their binders. Capitalizing on this affinity for the mobile phone, teachers can send reminders and encouragement via texts and social media that reach students where they are and utilize the technology students already possess for good in the classroom.ISTE (the International Society forTechnology in Education) has published a set of standard for students and technology here.