Session7: Mobile technology in school or workplace

Group activity: Consider uses of mobile technology in your school or workplace. Upload to Group blog and present in class.

Responses from Never too Late:

Possible application:

I) Workplace : Project / employee management system
- Mobility: staff members are not confined to physical space (like staying in the same office)
- Providing a communication channel and common working platform to share idea and synchronize data

II) School: Individual teaching and learning tool
- Allow instant feedback on both answering, marking and reporting processes
>>> imagine if the teacher could post questions, quizzes etc, students could text their answers to a server which could a) mark it, b) record their marks in a student’s file, c) tell the teacher of that mark and d) provide feedback to both teacher and students. The would eliminate many repetitive and time-consuming tasks for teachers. The teachers can never need to spend further time to mark homework and quizzes.

Issues to concern
- Education purpose (before: social communication only)
- Critical thinking on the use of technologies
- Saving time and cost
- Compatibility of hardware and software, technical ability or knowledge to handle the machines or software