KEYS TO MULTILITERACY

Mobile Learning Devices in English Language ArtsCynthia Shelton,

Doctoral Student Walden University

2009

NEED “The future belongs to the nation that best educated its citizens.”

President Barack Obama, quoted in U.S. News, JANUARY, 2010.

MOBILE LEARNING DEVICES

iPods MP3 Players Cameras Recording devices

=Cell Phones

RESEARCH Cell phones

began in 1983—130 million sold in ten years in the U.S. (Rogers, 2003, p. 259).

have “almost ideal set of perceived attributes” for rapid adoption (p. 261).

have created a life style including: social networking retrieval of data from the cloud www:

whenever, where ever, whatever

“In the future, materials and models delivered by powerful technologies are likely to be among the chief educating agents” –Howard Gardner

(Gardner, 2000, p. 101).

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“Lead thinkers” for this innovation?One is Frank Nuovo of Nokia“ the Henry Ford, or the Calvin Klein, of cellular phones” (Rogers, 2003, p. 261)

DEVELOPMENTFirst users :businesses

Now everyone is using them!

COMMERCIALIZATION There are prices, plans, and personalization

for everyone. As for the future, an all-paper, 2x3 inch cell

phone that can be produced for less than a dollar is already patented and manufactured. (Prensky, 2005)

Inventor, Randice-Lisa Altschul created the

world's first disposable cell phone, patented in

1999 (Bellis).

TIMELINE THE EVOLUTION OF CELL PHONE

Click on this phone and open a YouTube video.

WHY SHOULD WE CARE?

Our students have:

Shouldn’t we use them?

Right click on this phone and open a

YouTube video.

WHAT IS MULTILITERACY? Originated with New London Group Cope and

Kalanstzis (2000)

The six design elements are: Linguistic Meaning - language in cultural

contexts Visual Meaning - seeing and viewing Audio Meaning - hearing and sound Gestural Meaning - movement Spacial Meaning - space and place

WHAT IS MULTILITERACY?

Also, critical literacy (Collins et al. 1997)“…to develop and awareness of where

information has come from, who put it there and why” (Hennessey, Deaney, & Ruthven, p. 269)

CONSTRUCTIVISM

Computers and other ICT are tools to mediate social interaction

MOBILE LEARNING DEVICES

For Linguistic Meaning

MOBILE LEARNING DEVICES

For Visual Meaning

MOBILE LEARNING DEVICES

For Audio Meaning Digital Voices podcasts “This I Believe”

MOBILE LEARNING DEVICES

For Gestural Meaning

MOBILE LEARNING DEVICES

For Spacial Meaning

BEFORE YOU START:IT TAKES A VILLAGE.

Check standards in subject and tech Work together with others who have

complementary competencies Look for student-centered activities Assess hardscape and softscape Assess capabilities of students

REFERENCES: Bellis, M. (n.d.) Disposable cell phones—

phone-card-phone. Retrieved from http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa022801a.htm

Clark, K. (2010) The extreme school makeover. U.S. News and World Report 147(1) pp. 25-31.

Hennessy, S., Deaney, R., & Ruthven, K. (2005). Emerging teacher strategies for mediating ‘Technology-integrated Instructional Conversations’: A socio-cultural

Gardner, H. (2000). The disciplined mind: Beyond facts and standardized tests, the k-12 education that every child deserves. New York: Penguin Books.

REFERENCES:

Prensky, M. (2005). What can you learn from a cell phone? Almost anything! Innovate Journal of Online Education 1(5). Retrieved from http://www.innovateonline.info/

Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed). New York: Free Press.