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Julius Makama posted an update in the group
7.3 3 – new things and old ways – will old tactics work with mobile technologies? 9 years, 5 months ago Hello memebers , Julius and Patricia this is what we have highlighted about new things and old ways.
Straight away to answer the question will old tactics work with mobole technologies, the truth is no. New things will work best when the approaches are also changed.As also Elliot Soloway states “I’am petrified that we’ll apply new technology to old pedagogy” In fact today you find mobile devices like in phones , tablets laptops in schools but still thier usage is confined to the four walls of the classrooms. And students are not allowed to use them any where , anytime to learn. Having these devices being used only in classrooms is having new t3chnologies with the same old tactics.
We need to shift and apply new pedagogies with these new mobile technologies to make more meaning to learning. These mobile technologies have their beauty they add to learning in that they cause personalised learning , learning is entirely in the hands of the learners, control is easy since they are each engaged and many more.
We need to apply , like online learning , flipped classes, online collaboration on tasks to engage them even when at home.

Thanks Julius and Patricia for these highlight, its very true the inadequate of web enabled devices is the cause for technology failure
Thanks Julius.
I agree with you Julius that the old pedagogy can not work with the new technologies. Over 2000 years ago Jesus Christ said “new wine can not be put in old wine skin; but new wine is for new wine skin” The mobile revolution in schools poses a potential for learning only if we can use the devices not to mechanize and standardize learning, but to bring back the human , personal element to teaching and learning: where kids learn from each other in a collaborative manner, and where the devices enable the learners to learn at their own pace.
Take about breaking the walls project,mobile devices if planned for and integrated in our teaching /learning activities can go along way demystifying the myth of the classroom as being the only place where learning takes place
there is a lot of wasted learning space in schools
phones are even prohibited in most schools is not all schools, apart from tertiary institutes and universities.