I was at outdoor education with my fifth graders this week and had no cell phone for an entire week. The computer connections were very slow and there was very little access to technology. The computers at the site were about five years old and there was no cell coverage. It was like traveling back in time, but I appreciated the naturalistic aspect of the location. Our outdoor education was at the YMCA San Mateo Outdoor Education in La Honda. The students and I had a blast, but I would have liked some of that mobile technology that Paul Kim spoke about. However, it was good for the kids to be away from video games, phones, and computers for the week. They were outside for so much time and enjoyed themselves. It was nice to see them getting exercise, hiking, and gardening. There is life without technology, but I can't wait to get back to my working phone and computer.
Paul Kim participated through elluminate and demonstrated this site: http://ldt.stanford.edu/~educ39108/paulk/SFSU.htm which was interesting. He proceeded to demonstrate further projects on mobile education that he was working on. The mobile learning solutions for African children was fascinating. Teachermate seems like a great project that would be fun to build activities. They have several different devices for game-based learning. Teachermate is not a networkable device because the places they take them to, do not have all the capabilities as we do here. They are self-sufficient devices. I would love to see those devices and "play" with them!
The design group had a great video clip and outlined the concept very well. Hung, Yana, and Miles gathered a lot of excellent information and communicated well.
I will put up some of my videos to my YouTube when I have better access to technology.
My YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/mtaylorsalvador
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