PLANNING FOR SUCCESS FOR OUR MOBILE LEARNING INITIATIVEBY: EDGAR FLORES

Transformation In Education Is All Over The World

• Your school has effectively integrated technology in the classrooms?

• If yes, how does it improve student learning?

Ask yourself whether:

Let’s Embrace Mobile Learning

• Bring mobile learning into the classroom• Promote collaboration• Enhance student learning

Our Mobile Learning Initiative

• The plan is there; it is actually for embracing change• We need to get on the same page with the rest of the world• Otherwise, change will get rid of us!• Our students are our future, for a long time, learning has

been boring and it’s time to make it entertaining

The Stage Is Set

Innovation In The Classroom

• Mobile learning is part of smart education that is student-centered

• There is need to crossover from traditional methodologies• There will be more improved student attention

How Do We Plan The Road to Success?

• Simply look at other experiences from global initiativesDetermine:• What worked?• What didn’t work?• How can the process be improved?• How do we incorporate the experience in our program?

Success Requires Vision and Leadership

Lesson From The L.A’s iPad Debacle

• Vision: This is the preview of where we want to be?• Leadership: The element that guides the process of

achieving that vision.• Therefore:• Our vision should be clear to everybody, we should have

that clear picture of where we want to be in 10 years.• The leaders should focus on the best practices that will

deliver us to our vision.

The European Approach

• Use mobile devices for blending and not replacements of the other devices like computers.

• Use mobiles to support the already existing systems.

North America’s Policy Device Use In Classrooms

• The common conception is that mobile devices are distractive.

• The truth is that they increase attention.• Promote privacy and security.• Encourage digital citizenship.

Create A Robust Professional Development Program

• Make clear strategies for implementing mobile learning.• Train teachers.• Use pedagogical approaches.• Create PLC.• Provide technical support.• Give enough period for training.• Develop a success model.

Schools As Learning Communities

• Improve schools by developing professional learning communities.

• From a grade-level teaching team, to the school committee, to high school department, entire school district, a state department of education, a national professional organization and so on.

• PLC is all the people who have interest in improved education.

Monitoring, Auditing and Evaluation

• For process improvement and sustainability, monitoring and auditing is necessary.

• The different groups should meet regularly, share their reviews about program progress.

• Recommend changes and opportunities for improvements.• Feedback through reviews.

The Need For Mobile Learning

• Easy to access primary sources.• Collaboration• It is a paradigm shift from old things and ways to new and

better things.• Learning can be done anywhere anytime.• Education should be continuous and mobile learning will

make it smooth and enjoyable.

The Bottom Line

• It all about aligning our education with the dynamic world.• We cannot live in a new world and continue to practice the

old things.• Therefore, mobile learning is a new platform, which will

improve learning and make education smart.

Our Commitment

• All the learned experiences will be very useful in implementing the new mobile learning initiative.

• Our commitment will determine how far this project will go.• We know where we want to be.• We understand that, we need to equip our students and

help them thrive in this challenging environment by giving them smart education and empowering them with technological skills that they will use throughout their life-time.

References

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