Slides from a presentation for K-12 students, teachers, and student teachers at the Mobile Learning Technology Conference at the University College of the North in The Pas, Manitoba, March 22, 2010: an exploration of the possibilities offered by modern mobile technology for k12 students.

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Mobile Learning
Technology Conference
Master Deck
Rob Fisher, Darren Kuropatwa, John Evans
Literacy with ICT Consultants
Manitoba Education
The Pas, 22 March 2010

2. http://www.arcamax.com/newspics/11/1142/114280.gif

3. a warning

4. a warning
FWOOOM by flickr user Joseph Robertson
http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephrobertson/127758523/

5. What’s the best question you ever asked?

6. What’s the best question you ever asked?
think about that, we’ll wait ...

7. What’s the best question you ever asked?
think about that, we’ll wait ...
5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

8. What’s the best question you were ever asked?

9. What’s the best question you were ever asked?
think about that too, we’re patient ...

10. What’s the best question you were ever asked?
think about that too, we’re patient ...
5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

11. good teaching = good questions

12. good learning = good questions

13. “learning is a
conversation”

14. Mobile Learning
es:
pac ere
g s wh
rnin , any
lea e
anytim

15. pictures

16. video

17. audio

18. txt

19. Lord of the Rings
The Ring of Power by flickr user kugel
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kugelfisch/2433989050/

20. or lord of the rings
B&W - Classic Telephone by flickr user lioliz
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lioliz/4287531335/

24. Mobile Learning
ital ip
dig sh
citi zen

25. "We shape our tools and then our tools shape us."
Marshal McLuhan
Cell Phones Everywhere
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ableman/1884813924/

26. Polleverywhere

27. Polleverywhere
Who do you txt? Friends? Parents? Both?

28. Polleverywhere
Who do you txt? Friends? Parents? Both?
sms message to 32075
in body of message
cast 23194
and your message
ie. dk: <your answer>

29. iPod
Touch
sunset by flickr user Gonzalo Baeza Hernández
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gonzalobaeza/4087279375/

30. http://poll4.com

31. pictures
pictures
take a picture

32. Developing Your
Photographic Eye

34. rule of thirds

47. fill
the frame

51. i n g
am
f r

55. lines

59. test
yourself

68. Photographic Eye Credits
DSP 55: Mech Eye 2007-07-11 by flickr user vernhart Light Lines by flickr user BottleLeaf
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vernhart/784617854/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bottleleaf/2684002442/
Goldener Bilderrahmen - gold picture frame by flickr user eriwst Rocks lead the eye by flickr user digitalsadhu
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eriwst/2303608353/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalsadhu/2408491675/
P365 Day 184 - Converging Lines by flickr user Paolo G I’m waiting for my man by flickr user onkel_wart
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paolo_g2005/3685662178/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/onkel_wart/2038421770/
Sail Boat by flickr user MarkKelley Framed! by flickr user freebird4
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markkelley/157662318/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/freebird4/143459063/
Rule of Thirds? By flickr user G a r r y you’ve been framed by flickr user Yersinia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garry61/3697553554/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/yersinia/2439823650/
Rule of thirds by flickr user fd Framed golden tiger by flickr user Tambako the Jaguar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/john/144190539/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/2528329481/
Wheat View by flickr user herrolm perspective by flickr user littlenelly
http://www.flickr.com/photos/herrolm/3628078741/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlenelly/1428439851/
stone pier rule of thirds by flickr user petervanallen Buffy Baird by flickr user mikebaird
http://www.flickr.com/photos/petervanallen/3220860090/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/1388416458/
Jake by flickr user Shea 10photo05 by flickr user PhotopediaPhotos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9457586@N06/1035068624/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/12150723@N06/1607914728/
Lines by flickr user Martin Deutsch at the end of the day by flickr user g.originals
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teflon/133554502/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/g_originals/421093184/
Off Line by flickr user h.koppdelaney frame filling leaf by flickr user Leo Reynolds
http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/2559449536/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/55258454/
The curve in the middle … by flickr user 1Happysnapper fill the frame by flickr user l e a h | r a c h e l l e
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/3547128317/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/leahrachelle/1469949925/

69. take a picture
send your picture to
demo

70. make a video
send your video to
demo

72. how’d you do?
problem solve any pictures not yet sent to

73. ipadio

74. ipadio
Dial 1-866-488-3415

75. ipadio
Dial 1-866-488-3415
our phone number is 204-945-4999#

76. ipadio
Dial 1-866-488-3415
our phone number is 204-945-4999#
our pin number is 3305
demo

77. Agree? or Disagree?
Kids txt.
Adults don’t ... they
reply to their kids.

80. Posterous

81. u have now?
s yo
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id
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p ro
a ny

82. Branding
and
Tagging

83. brand new brands by flickr user Will Lion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2637681692/

84. e foot prints
leav
Josh and Footprints by flickr user Vu Bui
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vubui/47617247/

90. Project
Brand

91. http://www.google.com/alerts

92. putting the
pieces together

93. google.ca/gmail
Text

94. your project name

96. wait for confirmation email

97. wait for confirmation email 

99. yourprojectname

100. your account is still not confirmed

101. your account is still not confirmed 

104. ipadio.com

105. record your pin

106. record your pin 

107. polleverywhere.com

109. change United States to Canada

110. change United States to Canada 

111. questions
“learning is a
conversation”

112. mobilelearning2010.wikispaces.com

113. thanks

114. Credits
Cell Phone by flickr user JonJon2k8
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonjon_2k8/340305918/
MOTOKRZR by flickr user 96dpi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96dpi/817415030/
Mouth by flickr user timbobee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbobee/112621668/
"My phone lightens my load" by flickr user Bah Humbug
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gibbons/343384475/
Video Camera by flickr user miffdesigner
http://www.flickr.com/photos/miffdesigner/2312683960/
Crappiest Cell Phone In The World by flickr user AMERICANVIRUS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/americanvirus/3688768361/
Looking Into the Past: Home by flickr user S!nky
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s1nky/3428388793/
Question mark by flickr user Marco Bellucci
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcobellucci/3534516458/
Released to Public: Earth, Image by Reto Stöckli (NASA)
http://flickr.com/photos/pingnews/263570357/
Pieces of me by flickr user Heliøs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/helios89/1373343153/

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John Evans
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on twitter
@joevans
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john.evans@gov.mb.ca
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Rob C Fisher
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on twitter
@robcfisher
rob.fisher@gov.mb.ca
contact us
Darren Kuropatwa
on twitter
@dkuropatwa
darren.kuropatwa@gov.mb.ca