tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61543157907423630322009-07-08T03:02:24.435-07:00Updates based on my m-learning journey while working on the MoLeNET project.liliannoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-88318121860748982552009-07-05T17:00:00.001-07:002009-07-05T17:04:49.420-07:00

Video captured by PSP by Ron Mitchell and myself at a recent (MoLeNET) Sheffield College event about the use of PSPs in education.Audio is a bit quiet, so turn up the volume.http://tinypic.com/m/4syw75/2

liliannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-56990330013561976342009-06-21T13:42:00.000-07:002009-06-21T13:59:12.352-07:00

Went along to a friend's bbq last night and the little girl that was there had a DSi, so of course I pinched it and sat in a corner by myself to explore the new toy. Well, actually, I asked the 8 year old to show me how to work the camera etc because it was much faster to learn it that way. I had a blast with the photo editing functions - you could really have fun with it. And I can see the

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Thanks to various colleagues who have shown me these great tools recently:http://splashurl.net This takes the tinyurl concept and goes one further - it generates a large qr code on a web page as well so that at a presentation, people can simply point their phones at the screen to capture the is.gd url! For a recent workshop, I uploaded content onto my web space, created qr codes for them and at

liliannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-38500668814289633732009-03-02T14:44:00.000-08:002009-03-05T14:13:49.279-08:00

For some reason, I made these videos and never blogged about them. Luckily, Dave Foord has so it saves me having to say anymore: http://tinyurl.com/dfjpegquiz A tutor came across Dave's blog and ran with the idea to produce a set of 92 quiz cards. Superb!http://tinyurl.com/tesljpegquizHope to gather more resources like this in future. Regarding transfer of these files to a learner's mobile phone

liliannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-13398069485203449822009-02-08T14:49:00.001-08:002009-02-08T15:50:09.629-08:00

At the risk of being the only person in the world not enamoured with the iPhone, I'd like to share my thoughts on my recent trial of it.A bit of background first: I've been using a Windows-based touchscreen mobile phone since 2006 and have had mobile Internet access all this time. I am also very into Apple-based products so am not out to 'diss' it for the sake of it. I am merely making a

liliannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-687749616641452732008-10-23T05:16:00.000-07:002008-10-23T06:02:19.070-07:00

My current favourite m-toy is the Nintendo DS Lite. I received mine after signing up early for the 2008 Handheld Learning conference (what will they give away next year? PSP?), proceeded to buy a few games for it to get to know its functionality. Games like My Word Coach include opportunities for you to write the letters to fill in blanks, which is a great bit of interactivity. I also have My

liliannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-18658276957883002602008-09-09T15:07:00.000-07:002008-09-09T15:10:46.376-07:00

Ok, this must be the weirdest technology fix I have come across to date that works. It's almost like asking someone to sneeze three times and the thing that wasn't working, will work again!Basically, my HTC Touch on Windows Mobile 6 was refusing to let me install anything on it, either by download or via Activesync. I was getting very frustrated and had this problem for months. I finally came

liliannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-44032217712472416702008-07-23T04:54:00.001-07:002008-07-23T05:06:15.445-07:00

Having heard about QR codes from James Clay, Carl Smith of London Met etc, I thought I'd have a go at it myself.I couldn't Bluetooth the software to my phone, no matter how I tried (the .jar file went across but not the .jad file), but with my Sony Ericsson, I managed to transfer the .jad and the .jar file on to the memory card via a card reader and install the software on the phone that way. I

liliannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-65330590459203144222008-07-17T07:03:00.000-07:002008-07-23T04:51:10.014-07:00

Two blog posts in one day! Blimey!I decided to try out my idea of using cut and paste on the Wii (instead of doing some proper work) and here's the video of my result.Some of the features I really like about this is the way you can zoom out to see all the photos on your SD card. You will see me choosing the Road Signs picture on the Wii, then cutting the text from the right and pasting it under

liliannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-51638616827861138142008-07-17T06:00:00.000-07:002008-07-17T06:17:28.596-07:00

Here are some reasons for using the Wii for educational purposes that I have witnessed in various colleges:1. The games encourage hand-eye coordination2. The learners enjoy the interactivity and for under £200 compared to a £3000 Smartboard, it buys a lot of engagement.3. The games can allow people with disabilities to join in an activity that would not be easy to do in real life: bowling,

liliannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-34990962571483996882008-07-10T14:44:00.000-07:002008-07-10T14:56:14.135-07:00

I have a Samsung Q1 Ultra which is a nice ultra-portable PC. However, it does not have mic input and relies on the built-in mic, which records too much surrounding noise to be effective. Having used Dave Foord's USB headphones and mic at the RSC YH summer conference (and suffering the Princess Leia effect), I thought I'd buy some for myself. A little bit of research later, I bought these from

liliannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-34209336767967134362008-06-27T09:39:00.001-07:002008-06-27T09:45:12.723-07:00

Set up a channel for the first time in Jaiku yesterday. Did this for Techdis, so if you use Jaiku and want to follow the news from Techdis, join the channel by starting a post with #techdis.To start your own channel, you click on the channels tab at the top of the Jaiku page.Some ideas for using channels:Say you're a tutor and you have 3 classes that you want to use Jaiku with. Rather than having

liliannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-72307801579343553942008-06-20T02:31:00.000-07:002008-06-20T03:26:12.674-07:00

Colleges may have a problem getting the Wii on the Internet because it only accepts WPA or WEP security.Try http://tinyurl.com/58amla for a network connection via the LAN.I've managed to get my Wii on the Internet using a USB wifi connector (http://tinyurl.com/5q7hvm) on my Q1 Ultra. I wanted to be able to take the Wii around to demonstrate it's capability once connected to the Internet, but

liliannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-62780782043398211662008-06-09T15:08:00.001-07:002008-06-09T15:12:44.769-07:00

In the last few days, I've tried to connect the Wii at Selby College and tried to connect it at Bradford University. After hours of trying and searching on the web, I've realised that for colleges to connect the Wii to the internet, they will need to purchase the Nintendo Wifi usb connector:http://wii.nintendo.co.uk/424.htmlI'm going to try it out and will report back if it works! Fingers crossed!

liliannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-75035615807697704192008-05-22T15:00:00.000-07:002008-05-22T15:10:41.044-07:00

I filmed Bill Jones, Asst Principal of Rotherham College talking about his MoLeNET project on 3rd April 2008 when I went for my visit as a Mentor. As you can see, he's a very enthusiastic person and very supportive of using technology in the classroom and beyond. Link to video.This video needed an airing but didn't feel varied enough as I didn't have the chance to film other people or to film

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I find that the video function of my stills camera (Fujifilm Finepix F30) is sufficient for capturing small videos (like above) for blogs or podcasting. No need to buy another cheap video camera if you already have a digital camera that will do the job! My Finepix records in AVI which makes it easy to edit in Windows Movie Maker. Many cheap little video cameras record mp4 files that are easier

liliannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-85121858521197436072008-03-10T13:17:00.000-07:002008-03-10T13:36:55.130-07:00

I thought I'd collate some useful links on how to get your Wii on the net for any colleagues in colleges who have just purchased them to use with learners. (This is applicable for some Learning for Living and Work projects in the Yorkshire and Humber region. May not apply to the MoLeNET projects but maybe another project in future? )(For those who are just unpacking their recently purchased Wiis,

liliannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-61494936857070954372008-03-10T05:54:00.000-07:002008-03-10T06:48:44.967-07:00

I've finally got round to buying some points and downloading Opera on my Wii. I'm excited by quite a few possibilities in its use for education, especially since some colleges I know have bought them to support learners in their Entry Level courses for the Learning for Living and Work projects.First off, I had to work out how to scroll as there was no scroll bar down the right side of the screen.

liliannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-83010656368084405142008-03-06T03:31:00.001-08:002008-03-06T03:36:55.333-08:00

This is a really neat idea. When I was in Hitchin with Jill and Beth, we were looking at ways for learners to access feeds easily within college. I suggested that Jaiku could be used in this way. So Jill added a couple of feeds, one from the BBC (an Asian soap) and one from her Gabcast and voila! The learners have a one-stop shop for accessing the latest episodes of podcasts. Love it. James Clay,

liliannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-91535427304103083302008-03-03T14:06:00.000-08:002008-03-03T14:33:22.946-08:00

It's not been easy. I've explored it before, but now I've come back to try to show colleagues how easy it is, and it's not.Let me explain: every free site that I've been to has been plagued with issues.Mypodcast.com won't display my site, although it has a nice little free application that you can download on your PC to record mp3 files. (http://www.mypodcast.com/) REMEMBER TO PRESS SAVE AFTER

liliannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-50022223365877166392008-02-21T09:09:00.000-08:002008-02-21T09:23:08.430-08:00

Quick blog: I tried sending an mp3 file to some colleagues in colleges recently and in some instances, the email was blocked due to mp3s being filtered.So I put the file into Movie Maker, stuck on a picture and saved it as a wmv.This was received without a hitch. Hmmm...

liliannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-24633237498960107012008-02-20T02:38:00.000-08:002008-02-20T02:46:28.086-08:00

Hurray! Managed to get a few things going on the Asus eeepc:1. I can use my t-mobile usb modem with my eee:Plugged it in, clicked on Network connections, created a new account and it pretty much detected everything itself.2. Install WINE on eee:"Wine is an implementation of the Windows API designed to run in Linux."Read my wiki to find out more on this: http://tinyurl.com/2trwyw3. Record directly

liliannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-67204914358743619912008-02-08T01:39:00.000-08:002008-02-08T01:44:49.951-08:00

There are lots of things to watch out for if you are going to implement 2-way texting and I'll try to write a full post another time, but very quickly, if learners are to text back to the college:1. How much does it cost the college to implement 2-way texting? Janet (PageOne) charges extra for incoming accounts. Does anyone know what the charges are and can let me know?2. Check that you do not

liliannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-78166577101839804182008-02-05T14:18:00.000-08:002008-02-05T15:08:36.297-08:00

I love the little Asus. I've taken it with me everywhere in the house - it's become like a pet. The reason why the Q1ultra never achieved this status is partly to do with the following:It's awkward to hold when you are sitting on your sofa (you can't just have it on your lap - you need to prop it up somehow)It got heavy quickly when used as a handheld (with the 6 hour battery attached)It couldn't

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