Mobile in Education

Mobile technology is on the minds of education professionals now more than ever before. More and more schools K-12 and in higher education are increasingly embracing the technology as a teaching tool, as a way to communicate with students for classroom projects, as a means of insuring student safety, and as a way of accessing resources. Educators are learning to use mobile tools, and students are happily engaging in using a tool they’d be using anyway – and experiencing substantial increases in their testing as a result.

It’s no mystery why the use of mobile technology is on the rise in the classroom: Studies indicate that 40% of teens plan on buying a mobile device within the next three months, and in the last three years, the smartphone penetration rate among the 18-24 age demographic has risen by nearly a fifth. It’s expected that nearly all of the Class of 2015 will have smartphones by the time they graduate. Meanwhile, studies indicate that nearly half of all college students are using their phones to access the mobile web.

In Michigan, we’re making progress on bringing mobile technology into the education environment on a variety of fronts. We’ll explore some of those initiatives in our March 12th Mobile Monday Detroit event. Joining us to present will be:

John Sowash, High School Teacher / Director of Online Learning, Southfield Christian School Dr. Mary L. Waker, Director of Technology for Teaching & Learning, College of Education, Wayne State University Alar Elken, CEO, XanEdu Ted Stebbins, Business Systems Analyst, University of Michigan Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:

The potential that can be achieved by the utilization of mobile learning, and transitioning the educational community’s thought of the technology from “nuisance” or “distraction” to “necessary” and “valuable”. How mobile learning in the classroom impacts teacher preparation Utilization of mobile devices to access a wide variety of published content; higher education's digital transformation In-classroom and out-of-classroom uses for mobile technology in an educational environment Once again Mobile Monday Detroit will take place at Compuware headquarters in downtown Detroit, and as always, attendance is FREE, but advance registration is required for security purposes. Free parking is available (with ticket validation at sign-in) in Compuware’s parking deck directly behind the headquarters building, and refreshments will be served.

Don't forget to sign up on CrowdJuice.com to arrange in advance to network with others who will be at the event @ http://www.crowdjuice.com/momom/events/204 .

Mobile Monday Detroit is sponsored by Mobile Monday Michigan (http://mobilemondaymichigan.org/), Compuware (http://compuware.com/) and the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan (http://gomobilemichigan.org/).