In recent years, there has been a strong swell in the number of mobile learning devices in local Hong Kong schools. As a platform have many things going for them. The devices usually come equipped with a large high-resolution monitor, a camera capable of capturing still images and video, a microphone and a touch screen. Best yet, it can be held in two hands and taken around the classroom and beyond.
Many of the challenges that teachers have when adopting a new technology into the classroom is looking for ways to make use of the technology in the first place.
This problem is two-fold: 1) many teachers are not aware of the technology or apps that exist out in the wild; 2) how can we find ways to use apps in the classroom, if we don't know how to use them ourselves?
In this lesson, we will explore some distinct ways in which apps have been used.
1) Get an idea of what's out there
2) See how people make use of them
3) Identify an app that you are interested in and figure out how it works
4) Share with the rest of the class what you've found
1. What's out there?
In this section, I will also model the use of my three favourite apps
- Book Creator
- Adobe Spark
- Explain Everything
Alternately, you can take a look at some other sites to see apps that are out there:
2. How people make use of apps:
3) Identify an app that you are interested in and figure out how it works
- The first slide has a list of app names for you to choose from.
- Each slide after the first has a template on it.
- With your group choose an app that you've never used before and 'cut' and 'paste' the title of the app on a slide without an app name on it.
- Research what the app is and how to use it and save the information on that template
4) Share with the rest of the class what you've found
At the end of class, we will present the information that we've found, explain what the app does, and how to use it. An iPad with all the apps is available for you to do a quick demonstration.
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