Here the term “Disruptive” is in reference to a challenge to traditional thinking in order to bring about positive change (or transformation from instructivist to social constructivist) in learning.
“Why has classroom training taken such a hold in corporate training and development? To answer this question, we need to look at its origins and its history. The modern classroom is a learning technology that was first developed in Prussia in the 1700s, and then spread throughout the world. Sitting in rows, raising hands, short recesses, detentions, and other disciplinary practices all emerged over relatively short period as part of modern classroom technology.
The use of classrooms for corporate training is a recent phenomenon, rising sharply after World War II. Dr. Gary Woodill, Director of Research and Analysis at Brandon Hall Research, argues that the purposes of the modern classroom include the need to immobilize the bodies of learners, have them pay attention to the instructor, and instill a self-discipline that comes from sitting still for a long period of time. He also notes that the aim of social, networked and mobile learning is to break that pattern, which is why these new learning technologies are so disruptive of classroom based instructor led training.”
Every Auckland Kindergarten Teacher is now suppied with a wireless Mac laptop and digital camera. Kindys also have WiFi access to facilitate authentic learning anywhere!
There’s a nice tutorial at nokiausers.com on how to configure Nokia’s Shareonline service to add Youtube, Facebook, Picasa and Twitter (as well as the default Ovi, Vox and Flickr services).
First – signup online for the sites you want to add (YouTube, Picasa, Twitter etc…). If you already have logins to these you are good to go to setup Shareonline:
On your Nokia mobile phone web browser go to http://furtiv.mobi/beta_instructions.html, or scan the following QR Code to take you direct to download the Shareonline config files for YouTube, Picasa, etc…
Now click on each of the links you want to setup on Shareonline
After download, switch to Shareonline on your phone, select the new ‘ready for activation’ services, login to each and they will be activated
Mobile cellular has been the most rapidly adopted technology in history. Today it is the most popular and widespread personal technology on the planet, with an estimated 4.6 billion subscriptions globally by the end of 2009
Mobile broadband subscriptions overtook fixed broadband subscribers in 2008, highlighting the huge potential for the mobile Internet
In 2009, more than a quarter of the world’s population are using the Internet
Sony Ericsson have formally announced their first Android-based smartphone, the Xperia X10. Looks promising:Find more info and specs at the website:http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/xperiax10?lc=en&cc=nz
WooHoo - the beginnings of FREE GPS based navigation via Google Maps - not yet available for NZ however :-(Thanks Martin Boult for the heads-up on this!Read more at http://www.voxy.co.nz/technology/google-maps-and-takes-over-world/893/28865
