Please have your mobile phoneturned ON and on the table

1. Introduction2. Student

participation3.Tools used for project4. Team members

share ideas5.Questions/discussion

NOTESound times refer to podcasts on our wiki: txtme07.wikispaces.com

1. Introduction

Initial Survey of NSW AMEP students at one center1. Do you own a mobile phone?2. Do you use SMS? over 80% students responded yes to both started an initial trial of SMS with 100 students

Our Learnscope project widened the trial to include: all NSW AMES Sydney centers, classroom teachers and students Distance Learning - OTEN rural and remote teachers and students

Stephen

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2. Project AIM - to include our students

Project manager

Highlight of project

Adult learners Week event

84 students using English and exploring their mobile phones.

Evaluation of Adult learners’ Week Event

Dot, Toni and Louis discuss the 2 m-learning sessions. 6 mins

Moblogging – what fun!!

3. Tools used during project

telstra sms programhttp://onlinesms.telstra.com sms can be sent and read on any computer sms can be sent to individual mobiles or bulk sends to many at

once sms can be sent automatically and include mail merge

information

Wikis www.wikispaces.com – free, easy to set up and use used for student and teacher collaboration, communication and

resources storage and access

Moblogwww.tumblr.com used to instantly capture excursions, events, procedures, proof

of skills can be edited and added to

4. Team members share ideas

Admin team members

Started year having never used SMS

Now updating personal mobile to be able to use with SMS and MMS

Can see use and potential for SMS for AMEP Admin staff

Advice:

Important to plan managing the use of SMS carefully to be effective

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Admin team members

Adviceuser friendly messagesshort, friendly languagenot threatening demanding

languageneed to clearly specify at the

top of the message who is sending it

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Distance Learning Team

Started year with borrowed mobile Project Focus:to enhance contact with rural and isolated students found that most students have mobile phones although coverage might be an issue for some

Next:Start to include rural and remote teachers using

mobiles and a wiki http://rnr.wikispaces.com for PD, sharing ideas

Advice: keep sms message succinct important info should be at beginning of message message should fit on one screen - no scrolling

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Distance Learning Team

Keen to learn more about moblogging

Advice follow up on sms messages sent out respond quickly like an email

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Distance Learning Team

As well as using sms for admin purposes: we have run a PD session for our

teachers in using both mobile technology and our new wiki

NextEncourage active use of these for PD

planning and knowledge and resources sharing

Classroom teachers

Very experienced with personal use of SMS

Project goal was to use SMS with low level students - CSWE 1 and 2 23 students in evening class age range 20 - 40 most working all had mobile phones most had used sms in own languages, 2 hadn't sent sms all wanted to participate in this project survey and permission note discussed – see handout

First activity students sent a one word sms - 'Bankstown' to sms program they all received an instant sms with the address of the center

Advice text sms to a collegue to trial it before sending to students check that wording says what you want it to say make sure sms identifies sender clearly

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Classroom teachers

Project goal

Use sms and wiki with with a range of students

AMEP Jobseekers TAFE ABE and Disabilities

students1 min

To Do NOW !!!!!

Pls txt or ringDot on

0418640086to meet and discuss

the project

5. Questions/discussion

You can also write to us on our wiki:

txtme07.wikispaces.com

Stephen