using mobile technology at Fannin

1. ENGAGING THE 21ST
CENTURY LEARNER
Presented by:
Jessica Bentz

2. WHAT DOES LEARNING
LOOK LIKE AT FANNIN?

3. Students and teachers are overloaded with
stacks of heavy textbooks and mounds of
ending paperwork and worksheets to complete.

4. Don’t get me wrong! Our students are
educated by some of Corsicana’s best
teachers. But are we giving it our all?
Education in America is not designed for the
21st century. As a country, we “rank 16th among
developed nations” (West, 2013, p. 2).

5. WHAT COULD LEARNING
LOOK LIKE AT FANNIN?

6. According to West (2013), “Wireless technology
is a way to provide new content and facilitate
information access… It enables, empowers,
and engages learning in ways that transform
the learning environment for students inside
and outside of school” (p. 1).

7. Differentiation has always been at the
forefront of education. That’s because “pupils
come from different backgrounds, have
divergent interests, and learn in unique ways”
(West, 2013, p. 6).
Why shouldn’t their education allow for
personalization, spike their interest, and
engage their mind?

8. HOW ARE WE GOING TO
MAKE THIS HAPPEN?

9. Students have the ability to learn technology
very quickly and efficiently. Teachers on the
other hand often learn new technology slower
and less effectively than our students.
The problem won’t be training the students on
how to use devices. It will be training the
teachers on how to use the devices in a way
that is pedagogically effective for learning.

10. Teachers “are not effectively prepared to
investigate the advantages or make informed
decisions” when it comes to mobile learning (Baran,
2014, p. 1). Baran’s 2014 study of mobile learning in
the area of teacher education across the world
found had a positive and valuable impact on student
learning. “Mobile tools were found to have potential
for helping teachers understand and develop new
literacies, explore mathematics in the real world,
conduct scientific investigations, engage in rich
language contexts, and explore real world physical
education” (p. 24).

11. Teacher training with mobile learning should
look like this:
■ hands-on exploration of mobile devices
■ developing mobile lesson plans
■ micro-teaching mobile lessons
■ planning mobilized curriculum
■ collaborating with peers
■ accessing teacher education content
■ reflecting with teaching
■ sharing classroom practice
■ using peer feedback
■ assessing performance

12. Using online webinars and lessons through
iTunes U, EdTechTeacher, and a number of other
online sources, we can make mobile learning a
reality at our school.

13. “…THE BOTTOM LINE IS
THAT AMERICA HAS WORK
TO DO IN THE EDUCATION
AREA” (WEST, 2013, P.4).

14. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Baran, Evrim. 2014. A Review of Research on Mobile Learning in Teacher Education. Retrieved from
http://www.ifets.info/journals/17_4/2.pdf
Nagel, David. 2013, May 8. Report: Students Use Smart Phones and Tablets for School, Want More.
Retrieved from https://thejournal.com/articles/2013/05/08/report-students-use-smart-phones-
and-tablets-for-school-want-more.aspx
West, Darrell. 2013, September 17. Mobile Learning: Transforming Education, Engaging Students, and
Improving Outcomes. Retrieved from http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/09/17-
mobile-learning-education-engaging-students-west
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