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**A Connected Life - A look at mobile strategies for school** //(2008) Center for Digital Education)//

Millennials are first generation that has not known life without a mobile phone Think and Work differently Social Interconnections such as texting, Facebook etc are their reality We as a different generation, and as educators MUST NOT dismiss the importance of social networking. Unfamiliarity is NOT an excuse "You have to go where the troops are" P3 Smartphones and Pedagogy: IM and blogs with online problems, lifts the interaction rate of students who may shy from leadership or involvement Calendering as push technology Audio, RSS, to revise or reinforce educational content and information...always there when you need to refer. || Very much the same as death and taxes. A realisation that chn have so much to contribute. Chn have been banned from facebook/bebo because of innappropriate web behaviour that can occur, but use of wikis/blogs have the same idea. Alot of risk at the moment with unknown internet sites. (last filter). || We have a lot of wiki/blogs working in the school at the moment. It would be really neat to see classroom discussion on IM- like we did with Lenva when writing a story at PD time. It can be printed out? and put in to books- so it is a record for assessment- who contributes? who is asking questions? did they participate at all? || A realisation that a student can contribute...Student's own input and contribution to the greater pool of knowledge...I am part of the World Wide Web of Knowledge!!!! Educators to consider possibilities, but also to be mindful of how our students are learning and interacting.
 * ==**Bucklands Beach Intermediate School - Professional Reading Discussion.**== ||
 * 1. Summary of the important points in the reading.
 * 2. Summary of the discussion that took place in your group after completing the reading.
 * 3. How do the ideas in this reading affect or impact on what you do in the classroom?
 * 4. Possible future directions influenced by this reading.

‘A Connected Life’

• ‘Millenials’ have all the digital gizmos • 94% of college students own a mobile phone • Social networking and ‘always-on’ communication such as Facebook, Myspace…etc • 76% use instant messaging • 15% are logged on 24/7 • 75-90% of college students have a Facebook account • Use of Facebook for political campaigns, eg. Obama, Clinton, McCain. • ‘2nd Life’ is now used for meetings, test concepts, training employees and recruitment. • Computing platform of choice is now pocket sized • Mobile phones now can do everything: photos, internet, text messages, music players…etc. • ‘Millenials’ demand mobile pocket sized mobile ICT. • In 2005 Kogold School of Business recognised the connection between mobile phones and students – during their programme they provided every student with a smartphone. • The intent is to push content to students, not wait for the students to log onto the website or email. • Use of RSS (known as rich site summaries), instead of mass emails or websites. • Users have access (on their smartphones) to real-time trading, bonds equities and funds, providing difficult to understand info in a familiar format to students. • The 2007 Horizon Report states there is a growing expectation for higher education to deliver services to mobile and personal devices. • One early result is it changed the interactions of students. Students too shy to speak out in class joined the conversations more often. • Lots of universities are creating their own programmes or plans as they recognise the need. • “Cell phones and other wireless devices…are the communication appliances of our faculty and students” says Doyle Friskney (University of Kentucky). • Consider the advantages to both students and instructors having easy-to-read calendars delivered directly to their smartphone. • Some classrooms are taking advantage of mobile phones to record data, take pictures…etc • Students can create mini-documentaries easily and cheaply with their phones. • Smartphone is the preferred computer platform. • The University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto created an education programme to integrate smartphones into the computer science coursework. Students were provided with smartphones and given specific assignments. ||