CSLA Education Technology Committee's workshop:

M-Learning: Learning on the GO

Presenters: Terry Lai, Lesley Farmer,Jackie Siminitus, Andrea Stephenson

Useful links:

2CoolTools blog by Jackie Siminitus (http://2cooltools.blogspot.com/)

HistoryIn Your Classroom with Calisphere Images & an iPod (http://www.ctap4.org/calisphere/resources.htm)

Learning in Hand (http://learninginhand.com): is a resource for educational technology by Tony Vincent. Tony focuses on free and inexpensive ways to engage learners. From netbooks and web applications to iPods, iPod touches and podcasting, Tony has put together information for teachers that is easy to understand, relevant, and free of charge.

• Do so much with an iPod touch (http://learninginhand.com/ipod/touch.html)

Thinking Machine (http://thinkingmachine.pbwiki.com): Many resources for mobile and handheld devices as well as podcasts, second life, social networking, cybersaftety and much more.

Civil War Music Lesson  (http://will2change.pbwiki.com/Civil-War-Music)

Outline:

• Education Technology Committee (State)
  • Purpose: facilitating educational technology as an integral part of library media service

    and to support its implementation and integration throughout the curriculum.

  • Members from both southern and northern section are recruited or appointed.
  • Meetings: CSLA in November, CUE in March, email
  • Ed Tech Resource Blog  (http://cslaedtecheresources.blogspot.com/)
• Audience Survey
• Terry Lai
  • Technology changing; online tools, Web 2.0 (http://schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com/, http://classroomlearning2.blogspot.com/), social networking and bookmarking, Calisphere & Libraries working w/ Wikipedia (Vol. 32 No. 5 — Sep/Oct 2008 FEATURE Putting the Library in Wikipedia By Lauren Pressley and Carolyn J. McCallum. Few online resources provoke as much controversy in the library community as Wikipedia. Some librarians hate it, arguing that since anyone can edit it, it can’t be trusted. Others love it, because it is fast, easy to use, and a good starting point for research.) (http://www.infotoday.com/online/sep08/Pressley_McCallum.shtml#)
  • iPod touch (some uses: listening, slide shows, online resources w/ WiFi wireless connection) 
    • Calisphere Project -

      History In Your Classroom with Calisphere Images & an iPod (http://www.ctap4.org/calisphere/resources.htm)

      • Historical Source Analysis

    • Do so much with an iPod touch (http://learninginhand.com/ipod/touch.html) 

    • Thinking Machine (http://thinkingmachine.pbwiki.com): Many resources for mobile and handheld devices as well as podcasts, second life, social networking, cybersaftety and much more.

    • Civil War Music Lesson  (http://will2change.pbwiki.com/Civil-War-Music)

• Lesley Farmer via
  •  M-Learning.ppt
• Jackie Siminitus
  • Overview: wireless market, statistics
  • 8 Categories with Library applications/stories
    • Reference, research
    • Language translation services
    • Disaster/Emergency
    • Assistive uses
    • Administrative texting/reporting
    • Production, self check
    • Outreach texting
    • Publishing- mobile bloggers