Tom Murray
JANUARY 12, 2019
In the spring of 2002, I was teaching 4th grade in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. That’s right, in 2002, 17 years ago, we were 1:1. Image Credit: The Morning Call, 2002 “I’d love to see these units become standard equipment for all students in five to ten years.” Murray, 2002 (HAHA!!) Palm Pilots.
Learning with 'e's
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Smart mobile phones continue to disrupt our society. For everyone of us who own them, mobile phones are changing our lives, influencing our decisions about how we interact with each other, how we access and consume information, how we work, entertain ourselves and purchase our goods. Thirdly, mobile technology is powerfully social.
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Learning with 'e's
MARCH 1, 2014
What would Illich have made of the social web? It is unclear, because he died in 2002, just as Web 2.0 In so many ways, the social web mirrors Illich''s ideas for ''information exchanges'', and ''peer matching'' services, especially where facilitated through mobile, internet enabled personal devices. was emerging.
eSchool News
MARCH 2, 2015
Apps and well-known social media sites can be used creatively to share more with parents. Way back in 2002, the High School Journal wrote that “School practices for contacting parents should be modernized because they lack reliability and are often ineffective.” Instead, I was expected to bring notices home to my parents.
Learning with 'e's
MAY 31, 2019
Most of us are connected to each other through numerous social media platforms. Global social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter support various forms of communication and sharing actions that were previously unavailable. 2002) Smartmobs: The Next Social Revolution. 2008) Tribes. London: Piatkus.
Learning with 'e's
JULY 9, 2013
Today''s book recommendation is the fifth in the series: Howard Rheingold (2002) Smart Mobs: The next social revolution. I first read it whilst a new academic and still finding my way, and I read it in a time that pre-dated what we now know as social media. Cambridge, MA: Basic Books. Smart Mobs is one of those books.
Learning with 'e's
MAY 28, 2012
It was nice to be invited to present a session for Sheffield Hallam University on mobile learning earlier today. Mobile learning is going to be very big indeed. One report suggests that as many as 8 out of every 10 people now having access to some form of mobile communication device.
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