Introducting teachers to the usage of technology within their classroom. Getting aquanted with social technology, using twitter and facebook.

2. Mobile Technology for learning
1. Getting on your bicycle
2. Choosing your destination

3. TECHNOLOGY SELECTION
Media
Audio
• Voice calls
• Podcast
• Teleconferencing
Video
• Vodcast
• Video conferencing
Delivery
• Email,
• SMS, MMS
• WAP, FTP
• Wiki’s, Blogs
• Discussion fora
Transport
• WiFi
• 3G/HSDPA/LTE
• Bluetooth
• Infrared
Development
Language
• Java, Java Script
• C, C#, C++
• PHP, Perl, Python
Operating
System
• Android
• IOS
• Windows Mobile
• Blackberry OS
• Mobile phone
• Tablet -PC
• PDA
• E-Readers
Platform

4. Why use technology?
“Teacher knowledge can be defined as the
evolving combination of professional,
pedagogical and content knowledge
implemented through personal experience and
influenced by society, students and technology”.

6. Mobile Phone Classifications

7. Social Media for Teachers
Use social networking to stay on top of your teaching game.

8. Surveys and Polls

9. Video/Audio

10. Images

11. Presentations

12. • Getting started:
– 1 photo/image
– E-mail address
– www.twitter.com

13. • Verify information and Sign in

15. Tweet
Twitterverse
Tweeple
Twitteratie
@
Mention
Use @username to
respond to someone
directly or get their
attention
RT
Re-Tweet
Tweet someone else’s tweet,
giving them credit by using
“RT” before their @username
DM
Direct Message
Send someone
who follows you a
private message
#
Hashtag
Connects a
certain topic or
conversation
together.
People who
tweet about a
topic or person
People who
follow you
The twitter
world
What you do
when you post
on twitter

16. Now let’s tweet!
#UnisaScience

17. Sharing Information and
Resources
Showing how it can be used

18. Short learning programmes offered by
CENSE
Technology in Education
Mobile Technology in Education
January 2014
http://cs-cert.unisa.ac.za/