Onto the next topic, mobile
technology. According
to Price (2007) mobile technology is ‘the use of handheld technologies enabling
the learner to be ‘on the move’, providing anytime anywhere access for
learning’.
The question is, will these
‘on the move’ technologies replace teachers? I believe that teachers will not
necessarily be replaced by computing devices, but will not be needed to teach
the children, more to support and guide how they use mobile technology to
self-educate. Today there are such a variety of mobile learning, such as voki, tellagami and massive open online courses (MOOCS), that if used by children to support learning at home, they stand a better chance of doing well at school (Next Generation Learning, 2009). However, if these
technologies are not used sufficiently to educate children then they should not
be used at all. Technology should enhance the process of an exercise, not be a
substitute for when the educator cannot decide how to fulfil the end of the lesson. This idea of substitution relates to the SAMR
model, although I think the model is
a good strategy, there is not any constructive evidence that it does work.
I have attached a video below
which I believe to be informative about this topic, I can also relate
personally to some of the points expressed, such as ‘having a memorable teacher,
who had an impact on my life’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gePW63HtV40
References
Hall, D. (2010). the ICT handbook for primary teachers a guide for students and professionals. 1st ed. Oxon: Routledge
.
Higgins, S. Beauchamp, G, and Miller, D. (2007) 'Reviewing
the literature on interactive whiteboards', Learning, Media and Technology.
London: Routledge.
