Handheld Learning

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Game Changer: Is it iPad? (Articles/Latest)

...ll we really be worrying about a lack of keyboard? If so then maybe a Remington typewriter is for you.My point is this.From around the 1950’s most people had two options in life that the education sys &

11 May, 2010

Preview: Handheld Learning 2009 (Articles/Latest)

...ter 5 years this may be the most important Handheld Learning Conference to date. A crossroad or tipping point has been reached where the pervasiveness of inexpensive devices, that can provide access &

23 September, 2009

Should a 4-year-old have an iPhone? (Articles/Latest)

...self for doing it. Internet?  He’s explored, but the absence of Flash is so far the biggest disappointment, as he can’t play Curious George and his other favorite games. But according to Gear &

24 August, 2009

Is the 21st Century here yet? (Articles/Latest)

...autifully connected. The connected DNA of text and twitter messages rather than the dinosaur application points the way to the future and helps us knit together our own personal maps of what might be &

12 January, 2009

Andrew Pinder on Handheld Learning (Articles/Latest)

...ractitioners and organisations. The winners were selected by public vote with SMS messaging. Another key point made at the conference was the universal acknowledgement of how important is to close the &

04 December, 2008

Home Access - Who Benefits? (Articles/Latest)

In January 2007, the Rt Hon Jim Knight, Minister of State for Schools announced ‘The Home Access Taskforce’, charged to consider and advise on the ways in which home access to technology can be deli &

28 September, 2008

Mike Sharples - Hero Innovator (Articles/Latest)

...e interest and developments in the field of mobile learning has grown exponentially and Mike is quick to point out these developments and the achievements of others:While talking with Mike and thinkin &

11 July, 2008

The New Apple Core (Articles/Latest)

...car devices such as Tom Tom.Some whimpers about voice mail and Bluetooth persistBut they are missing the point. Here's why: the terms TV and PC will sound as outdated as "8 Track" tape &

11 July, 2008

Derek Robertson - Hero Innovator (Articles/Latest)

...challenged. But no, the session was completed in less than 90 minutes, the only upset were teachers disappointed that their schools hadn’t been selected for the first wave of trials in their area. I a &

23 March, 2008

It's the Learning, Stupid! (Articles/Latest)

...erienced by today’s young people has already raised their expectation level; it would be a shame to disappoint them. There’s so much more affordable technology around now than there was when we starte &

01 March, 2008

Identity, Ownership and Mobility (Articles/Latest)

...ssuming that it was I who, as the subject, was the owner of the aforementioned documentation. Until that point it had struck me as obvious that the ability to easily transfer my data from one practiti &

21 January, 2008

Back and Forward (Articles/Latest)

... school or university systems while ICT mavens maintain their empires by building ever more complex sharepoint systems which mean that learners can’t remotely access their data easily but more importa &

21 December, 2007

Handheld Learning 2007: And the Winner Is … (Articles/Latest)

... same time being able to get some hands-on experiences. It definitely beats the proverbial Death by PowerPoint sessions.  Best New Device I Saw: Samsung’s Q1 (closely followed by Graham’s “mobile &

20 November, 2007

Handheld Learning 2007 - Review (Articles/Latest)

... Click To Play Twitters agreed that Graham Brown-Martin's electric blue suit was a high point of the conference. GillClough replied to kathtrinder's update that Graham' &

26 October, 2007

The Steering Committee Speaks (Articles/Latest)

...laboration is our preferred way of working it just makes sense for us to join forces,” Valerie makes the point that the event marks a sign post to a future direction “The event will provide a showcase &

17 September, 2007

Learning in the Air (Articles/Latest)

...e. I pulled a hot pink USB out of my handbag and started my usability test. I had a conference Powerpoint that I needed to check, so I wanted to see if the system would allow me to edit it. The &

17 March, 2007

Handhelds in Feltham - An Evaluation (Articles/Latest)

...he mobile phone technology familiar to pupils and parents and easier to carry undetected.  The last point is important.  An evaluation by the author of a laptop introduction programme in Ire &

17 March, 2007

Handheld Learning 2006 - Review (Articles/Latest)

...anding the use of handheld devices, not so much supporting those already using them. At first I was disappointed that the conference did not contain many concrete examples and activities for students. &

31 October, 2006

Ubiquitous Computing: More than Handhelds (Articles/Latest)

...ogether. This is especially the case for the children (and adults) we teach today. We are getting to the point where the students we teach do not know an environment without technology, it was already &

28 April, 2006

What is Handheld? Does size matter? (Articles/Latest)

Point of Debate. The definitions of mobile learning and mobile and portable devices are varied. Different people have different perspectives and opinions. Is it a mobile phone? A PDA? An MP3 player? U &

28 April, 2006

Observing Children’s Mathematical Problem Solving with 21st C Technology (Articles/Latest)

... use. This took about two minutes.Children were asked to play the Two Emeralds game until they came to a point where they felt they could “play as well as possible.” This took from five to fifteen min &

10 March, 2006

Mobile Technologies vs New Victorian Architecture (Articles/Latest)

... whole estate of an area”No one could argue against these laudable objectives but as many a cynic might point out the devil is in the execution. Once the management fees have been taken, the archite &

10 March, 2006

Adding value through podcasting (Articles/Latest)

...ch can be used to deliver the product of the collaborative process. The following example illustrates my point and is based on my experiences of lecturing a 2nd year undergraduate course. I’d also sug &

03 March, 2006

Lightweight gadget with a Heavyweight effect (Articles/Latest)

...has been promised (hopefully before I retire again), so that I can prepare visuals (for example, on PowerPoint) of the lessons’ topics and then beam them to an infra-red equipped data-projector.I’m lo &

03 May, 2005

BIG CHANGE for $mall ¢hange (Articles/Latest)

...it’s fun. So, why fight them? Give them eBooks on low-cost, affordable, sublaptop computers. There was a point in time, when there was 1 pencil in a classroom shared by 30 children. However, when penc &

03 May, 2005

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