teaching with mobile technologies: mobilizing teachers through anunderstanding of workflow
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Teaching With Mobile Technologies: Mobilizing Teachers Through an Understanding of Workflow-Dr. Susan Crichton and Karen Pegler's presentation at Destination Innovation 2012TRANSCRIPT
Teaching With Mobile Technologies: Mobilizing Teachers Through an
Understanding of Workflow
Banff, Alberta August 21, 2012
Susan Crichton & Karen Pegler
NANCY GIBBS | August 16, 2012 – Time Techland
Like any romance moving from infatuation to commitment, the connection between people and their mobile devices reflects what they brought into the relationship in the first place.
It’s all about your stuff technology …
1. How many mobile and / or handheld devices do you have or have you owned in the last 4 years?
2. How many were the same brand?3. What causes you to change or
upgrade a device?4. What criteria do you honestly use to
make a decision about the device?5. What’s your next device purchase?
Considering hype
“Hyped technology artifacts are distinct from other innovations and product launches because
they are surrounded by extravagant publicity.”
Hedman & Gimpel, 2010, p. 161
… and it’s values that make us succumb
• functional value - how an item meets a need• social value - the image connected with the
item• epistemic value – the curiosity about the item• emotional value - wanting the item for its
aesthetics; and • conditional value - a specific context or need.
… so back to your technology purchases …
• What values prompted your decisions?
… so back to your technology purchases …
• What values prompted your decisions?
• Hedman & Gipel tell us functional values has the least impact on decision making …
Our findings …
• Hype surrounds mobile / handheld devices• Educators, students & students are not
immune
• Manage hype through– Thoughtful adoption– Systemic integration & support– Professional development grounded in workflow
Workflow – Some thoughts … • Technology is a tool to enable a human
capability• Digital tools should enrich the core work
rather than hijack it to accommodate the technology
• The actual task and the technology to support it must be in synch
• Workflow links a task, tool, and process – a holistic approach …
How Do We Define Workflow?
• Workflow is defined as a sequence of connected steps that best represent the process of an actual optimal lesson (Crichton, 2011).
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