Session 3: Mobile Technologies and Assessment October 17, 2013
Posted by Sarah in : Computing and Technology , trackbackTuesday 18th October 2013
Mobile technologies is the use of equipment that is easily transportable, this includes mobile phones, iPads, handheld video recorders, tablets and a notebook.
The use of iPads was heavily discussed within the lesson as over recent years it has been shown to be a vital resource with educational Apps being available on them. One of the major advantages of using an iPad is that it becomes more interactive for children. It can help them to be more engaged in learning, to explore more things freely and be more creative this links with Papert’s idea that computational technology can open new possibilities for children’s learning and thinking (1993, p.4) . For teachers it is a good resource as it can be used demonstrate a point or aid an activity.
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The Lesson Task:
We were given the objective to create an activity which can be used by children on the iPad that would then be put on the Resource Bank. Our group looked at the app ‘Spellosaur’ which helps children in spelling, this was useful as it gave different methods to spell and children could work on this independently. To see our final product click on the link Spellosaur. However, as this app was free we were only able to use 5 words at a time to add more words you could of bought the app.
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- Dependence on technology working correctly e.g. internet connection, devices turned on.
- Affordability, some schools might not be able to afford technology.
- Access, some children may not be able to practice at home because they do not have an iPad or video recorder. This might affect their confidence in the lessons.
- Easy to make a records that can be changed in presentation e.g. bar chart, pie chart and scores.
- Being able to easily assess children as marking could be done automatically if there was only one correct answer. Example of this is Google Form
- Could possible make it easier for children to type on computers rather than writing their answer and it allow teachers to be able to read the answers easily, rather than having to work out what the child has wrote.
- If results are online they are easily accessible anytime, everywhere.
- Other points can be found on Mindmeister
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