Investigating The Pedagogical Affordances Of Smart Phone And Web 2.0

Phones are easy to use and very accessible by both students and teachers. “Smartphones allow us to take down notes any time, any place.” “smartphones allows you to access resources and material quickly before an exam.” “not only can we make videos, but we can also edit them, add text, filters, effects and more.” This is true because smartphones really do work in a way that is helpful to students and teachers. This evidence is supporting it by just stating that there are many cool and useful ways to use them.

iPads and tablets have become a popular choice of teachers in many classrooms worldwide due to the positive impact it has on the students. Tablets offer a wide variety of educational applications that have the ability to be downloaded onto the tablet for the students to use. The use of tablets in the classroom, “offer a unique home-school connection by providing students with a classroom experience that relates to the technology-saturated real world” (Blackwell, 2013, pg. 233) The use of iPads and tablets in the classroom provides students with a hands on learning approach to any

Mobile Learning: It is very important for students to be in a position to learn from anywhere at any time. The education world is changing and many scholars are attending virtual classrooms. Online education is now becoming more popular than before, mobile phones have also helped in the growth of M-Learning (mobile learning). Unlike a computer, cell phones are light and easy to carry.

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Technology is everywhere, attached to us in almost every part of our daily lives. Places like café shops, home and as well at schools have technology. Nowadays, schools have technology devices like laptops or tablets that they use as a learning tool for students. Teachers and students use these devices in class for every subject. Text books have been replaced by the laptops or tablets, which are lend to each students in school and can take home. The devices have the apps for each of their subjects and students can read their text book in an e-book format. Additionally, students can do their homework on it, send messages to classmates or teacher, or play educational games that involves their current subjects. Although, these are convenient reasons to use devices in and after school, I must say I don’t agree. Technology devices should not be the primary way for students to learn in school. It has taken away the traditional passive learning pattern, some teacher are not helping or not teaching at all, and students are exposed to danger while walking towards school or home.

Mobile has revolutionized the education sector, if you get an iPod for free how will it? But first you have need to learn how to use it. Many Institutes in America have introduced programs for students that use these electronic gadgets for the purpose of learning which according to the author is called M-learning. Author states many students are now using these smartphones and other PDA’s containing different applications which are easily accessed to the Web-based services in different area of education like geology etc. Many Teachers and instructors have become familiar of it, so they are improvising such modules that

Mobile devices have become the gateway to personal working and learning environments that facilitate the exploration of new subjects and ideas at a pace that is suitable to each learner (Johnson et al, 2014). They allow the learners to take ownership of their learning. Education researchers have highlighted BYOD as the best practice to accommodate personalised learning as it provides the conditions to foster student-centred learning. Studies that have looked at one to one technology use in have shown that students’ performances are improved; students felt a sense of ownership and had a positive influence on the students, subject knowledge (Johnson et al, 2014).

As a student, I think that if lessons were like these we probably wouldn't even want to look at our phone. Although, that is my opinion. Personally i think that these lessons are different and engaging unlike some digital lessons on the smartboard at school. And in a final way as to why having face to face ongoing lessons are better, they actually help us more. And as shown They help us more with coordination and skills we will need. One student Finn Heilig from this Silicon VAlley school tells about how he actually also prefers paper and pencil lesson, ‘Finn Heilig, 10, whose father works at google, says he liked learning with pen and paper - rather than on a computer - because he he could monitor his progress over the years” . And personally I really agree with this because in my class a lot of tools are digital, not only are our writing lessons, but its seem to start that math and reading had become really digital too now. And if we t0ok away technology we could value these skills more. And that is why I think that we really should not lift the cell phone

Cell phones have advanced in technology tremendously over the years. There has also been some contradiction as whether or not cell phones should be banned in schools. Some people, such as the author(s) of “Schools Review Cell Phone Bans,” (2009) say that cell phones are a distraction to students while trying to learn; while other authors, such as the author of “Cell Phones in the Classroom,” (2010) Marie Bjerede, say that cell phones offer students the ability to branch out of text books and retrieve information from the internet right from a smartphone. When interviewed, Hunter Khaleghi, a student

Also, the sophomore Harshini Rampersaud says that “cell phones can definitely be used as an educational tool.” this statement is logical because there are many ways cell phones are fantastic learning tools. One way it can be a decent learning tool is that there are great apps that are only available for cell phones to download. For example,“Brain Tuner” and “Formulas” are apps only available on cell phones and are great for studying math. Also, cell phones are great for assignments outside of school. Many students can use their cell phones for their homework, studying, and checking emails put out by the teacher (or emailing the teacher) every day. In addition, a

All students were able to fully use the system and teachers agreed it provided easy access to information. Students welcomed the help ALEX offered with homework and some students showed finding a place to purchase the device used. After prolonged use it was discovered that ALEX eased participants fear, facilitated the users experience with technology, garnered the feeling of independence and confidence in users and motivated users to learn more. The study clearly showed the substantial benefits from the use of Mobile applications.

Mobile phones are the communication device that can connect people with others in any places. Students nowadays rely on mobile phones as their communication devices with friends and parents. Some of them think mobile phones as a learning tool. Are they really essential as a learning tool? This essay will argue that mobile phones are a necessary tool for education but also they are not necessary tool for education. Firstly, it will explain why mobile phones are a necessary tool for education. Then it will explain why they are not.

The last two decades has witnessed the rapid evolvement of mobile technologies. The penetration of portable devices (smartphones and tablets) and the expansion of potential learners has made the mobile assisted language learning (MALL) possible. Although there is no explicit definition to the concept of MALL, it can be interpreted as learning languages with aids of mobile technologies such as mobile phones, media players, PDAs, smart phones, and tablet computers, which are potentially available anytime and anywhere (Duman et al., 2015). The concept of MALL has evolved from using of such on-the-go devices only to learning

In the 21st century, technology is becoming an essential to our everyday life. Even kids these days as young as three to four years old knows how to use an ipad or an iphone. So society has made use of the technology we have today for learning. It has moved on from the traditional classroom and whiteboard style to online learning with the supplementation of the mobile phone. There are various benefits of online and mobile learning however there are benefits that the traditional method of learning that technology cannot overcome.

As the quantity of information available increases exponentially and the general pace of life accelerates, the ability to navigate, access, validate and share information will be a pivotal skill in an increasingly complex environment. This skill will affect every part of a person’s existence, including everything from their ability to remain competitive in the workplace, to their ability to make personal choices about holidays, social activities and personal development projects. This article proposes four fundamental learning advantages that are gained more easily, or to a greater degree, through the use of mLearning than through traditional face to face instruction,