Taken from www.blogger.com/mobile-start.g
After I had considered all the tools available currently in m-learning, I really liked the idea of trying Mobile blogging, often refered to as 'moblogging'. Mobile blogging is about updating content (text or photos) via sms or email from a mobile device and seems to lend itself ideally to collaborative constuctivist frameworks.
http://www.moblogging.org/ and https://www.21classes.com/help/mobile are two great places to start with the basic FAQ's about moblogging.
Currently, my students create individual blogs which are linked to my blog, therefore they can view each other's content and post comments. Mostly they don't do this though. They wait for me to comment on their posts and then reply to me. I've noticed also that a few of them are posting photos and videos from their social lives and updating their diaries on these events. I'd like to harness these skills for an educational purpose and to get them working collaboratively, sharing information and working towards a common goal. The great advantage of m-learning is that is doesn't need to happen in a classroom, so this is also an important aspect to explore.
Current uses of 'moblogging' in education:
- Many schools and education groups use moblogging to create a collaborative wiki of information.
- They can be used instead of paper note-taking on field trips.
- Students can also create individual diaries or journals, updating them as and when they see examples of their current topic.
However, there are a few concerns with moblogging, primarily whether the mobile number of the user will be visible in the post. Safeguarding the students is essential and so I will test out moblogging first my posting my first mobile blog post to this blog in the next few days. I will also research more about the Internet safety aspects on moblogging.
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