Whole group extended writing on the Activboard
Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activprimary, Activstudio, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Mark Robinson, Mobile Learning, Personalised Learning, Secondary Education | Comments (2) »I have used low cost, portable student devices like the Alphasmart™ with students for years and it is likely there may be some in your school or class. Generally I has used them for independent writing activities, but the problem of ...
Don’t let distance bother you in your Activclassroom
Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson, Mobile Learning, Web 2.0, Your Stories | Comments (0) »It is great to hear how you can help all the children in your care, but this story from Laura Smith from Avon Lake City Schools is really heart-warming. One of her students has dialysis 3 days a week but instead ...
21st Century Students Deserve a 21st Century Education
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Creativity in the classroom, Game Based Learning, Mark Robinson, Mobile Learning, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Policy and Funding, Professional Development and Training, Research and Evidence | Comments (0) »What do hundreds of thousands of students and tens of thousands of teachers have to say about the state of education in the 21st Century? The "Speak Up" project set out to find out: "Since fall 2003, the annual Speak Up online ...
Handheld Learning 2007
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Early Years and Primary, Mark Robinson, Mobile Learning, Personalised Learning, Policy and Funding, Secondary Education | Comments (0) »One of the key events of recent years has been the Handheld Learning event. Focusing on mobile learning with devices and the opportunities presented by ubiquitous access to the internet, it raises and explores many issues that educators will have ...
Flipcharting on a Samsung Q1 UMPC
Saturday, October 6th, 2007 Posted in Activprimary, Activstudio, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Mark Robinson, Mobile Learning, OneClass, Personalised Learning, Secondary Education | Comment (1) »A Q1 is an 'ultra mobile PC' - basically a tablet PC that is slightly smaller and that runs a full version of Windows XP... With a battery life of around 2 hours it has not quite got the stamina for ...
EDAs and ‘Beaming’ files in class… blending personalised and group learning
Saturday, September 15th, 2007 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Geek Corner, Mark Robinson, Mobile Learning, Personalised Learning | Comments (0) »I have been having a great few weeks since my last post... We have immersed ourselves in the 'mobile learning' agenda over the Summer break - and armed with two Fujitsu-Siemens EDAs, and a mobile phone with a camera we set ...
Mobile Phones - multimedia power in every student’s hand!
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Geek Corner, Mobile Learning, Personalised Learning | Comments (0) »I got a new Nokia mobile phone recently - nothing fancy - just a standard model. After years of owning one I had simply got in the habit of thinking that its only pupose was for making calls and the very ...
