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Mobile Composition Tech Mentoring ENGL 505

Mobile Composition Tech Mentoring ENGL 505. Common mobile devices Smartphones PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant) Tablets Handheld game consoles

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Mobile Composition

Tech MentoringENGL 505

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Common mobile devices

SmartphonesPDAs (Personal Digital Assistant)TabletsHandheld game consolesFeature-cellphones

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Purdue Policy

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The key is to negotiate rules early on

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• Communication (phone, email, social media)• Digital recording (image, text, audio, video)• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities• A variety of applications that enhance or add

to these features

Mobile Device Features

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How is writing going mobile?Growing device capabilities for both analyzing and

producing texts across a variety of locationsAs well as:Rise in device ownershipGreater wifi and bluetooth accessibilitySocial media apps“Always connected” online

Mobile devices are less a tool used for a specific purpose and more a constant fixture of a person's interaction with the world

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Possibilities in-class• Conduct lab work outside of lab days• Sharing of media or content• Online references• Discussions of access, usability,

technology, • Note-taking or translations• Research using device capabilities

(photos, recording, communicating)• GPS or location-based writing/research

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Possible Problems

• Accessibility• Classroom distraction or disruption• Too much focus on tools and not enough

focus on how we can use these tools

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Other ideas?

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Sample assignments• Research collection• Discuss how students view the

classroom alongside (or through) their mobile device

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• Layar and other Augmented reality browsers–http://www.layar.com/

• QR codes and “physical linking”

Current discussions

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Where to go next• Further discussions of electronic research methods• Gaming or play in the classroom• Usability and device use/analysis• Application analysis or production