This blog is intended to show ways to integrate mobile devices in school. Mobile devices are for example smart phones, readers, GPS, flip cameras, MP3 players, consoles and many more.
This time I had a group of 12 students between 17 and 22, 11 males and one female. Level A2. The target was to review writing (simple past) We played Samorost 1 amanita-design.net
I introduced the verb wheel 4foot30.com and the online dictionary leo.org first. I then showed the beginning of the game on the big screen until the gnome flies to the other planet, later students had to turn their computers on and finish the game.
I went round giving handouts and helping with questions. The handouts consisted of screenshots of the game with seven pictures and three questions to each picture in simple past and simple present.
Read more...Many schools have been using mobile devices to teach. Some schools even have their own apps. Universities rely on Mobile Learning because of the advantages. Primary schools use mobile devices because they have proved to be useful in many ways, for example for disabled kids. Many schools talk about their experiences with Mobile Learning and their positive results. But what do students think? Do they have a different view of Mobile Learning or even further ideas on how can Mobile Learning help us in future? One student explains why Mobile Learning should be standard learning. All in all, we can summarize: Mobile Learning is the future.