Workshop on Integrating Mobile Technology into the Learning Environment
Setting:
With the implementation of 1-to-1 iPad program in the middle school at Jakarta International School (JIS) in Jakarta Indonesia, the following workshop could be conducted at one of the Professional Development (PD) sessions that are regularly scheduled during the year, to provide learning opportunities for teachers in designing lesson plans that can integrate the use of mobile technology effectively in their classrooms.
I plan to put this document describing the workshop details on Google docs and use video to deliver much of my instructions so that teachers who participate in the workshop can view again at their convenience and for others who do not get the chance to participate to learn in their own time.
Estimated hours: 2.5 hours.
Maximum participants per workshop: 20.
Target audience:
Middle school teachers, all subject areas.
Goal:
Describe the key principles and practices in using mobile technology in teaching and learning.
Objectives:
- Describe the 21st century learning environment.
- Describe the roles of learners and teachers in the 21st century learning environment.
- Describe the 21st century skills.
- Briefly describe the relevant educational technology research for using mobile technology in the 21st century teaching and learning environment.
- As a group, offer examples of when and how to integrate existing commercial mobile apps and/or social media to support learning and thinking in the classroom.
- Individually, relate the learning from this workshop to specific applications in your classroom.
Activities:
- Introductions: Names, grade and subject area taught, hopes/expectations from this workshop.
- Provide Goal and Objectives for the workshop (adjust the above Goal and Objectives based on participants’ input of their hopes/expectations).
- Use your JIS ID and password to access Google drive and open the file that I have shared with workshop participants.
- Click on this link for an introduction video about the learning environment then and now and about the direction that education is taking now in the 21st
- 5-minute group discussions on the takeaway from the video.
- Click on this link for video on the learners and teachers’ roles in the 21st century learning environment.
- 5-minute group discussions on the takeaway from the video.
- Click on the link for video on the 21st century skills.
- 5-minute group discussions on the takeaway from the video.
- Click on this link for video on the role of mobile technology in teaching and learning in the 21st
- 5-minute group discussions on the takeaway from the video.
- Individually, read through the case study on virtual museum visit (15 minutes).
- At your tables, discuss examples of how similar cases or situations could be applied in your classrooms. Also discuss the practicality and challenges of implementing such scenarios (10 minutes).
- Have one person from each table share with the class what they have discussed (3-4 minutes each).
- Individually, read through the reflective essay and principle chart on pollution unit for 8th grade science students (15 minutes).
- At your tables, discuss examples of how similar cases or situations could be applied in your classrooms. Also discuss the practicality and challenges of implementing such scenarios (10 minutes).
- Class discussions on key principles and practices in using mobile technology in teaching and learning (10 minutes).
- Individually, reflect on the learning from this workshop and use Google docs to write bullet points about your plans to integrate mobile technology in your classroom. Share your note with all the participants of this workshop.
- Conclusion: How useful was this workshop? Has this workshop met your expectations? How can it be improved going forward?
Thank you! Hope this has been productive and worthwhile. Please contact me if you have further questions or want to explore some ideas together.
Maura Kwik