Moblogs Create

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Moblogs!Create Share,Anytime Anywhere!

• Leonard Low
• Canberra Institute of Technology
• http//mlearning.edublogs.org
• leonard.low_at_cit.act.edu.au

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Um.. Whatblogs?

• A moblog is a mobile web log
• A website you own, control, and customise,
• Where you can post stuff you create,
• From your cellphone, PDA, or other connected
  mobile device anytime and anywhere!

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In other words

• A moblog is your log, or journal, on the web,
  that you can update from your mobile device
  (usually a mobile phone).
• A moblog can also have more than one contributor
  for example, a whole class of students or
  E-lluminate users
• Lets have a look at one!

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http//moblog.co.uk/blog/mobilelearning

• My testing and demonstration moblog

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Wanna Try It?
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips
Yaay, of course you do!

• Email a photo, video, or sound file (as an
  attachment) to
• mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net
• And youll see it appear here
• http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips
• You can add a text comment and a title in your
  message
• You can email from your mobile phone or your
  computer
• Ill put this information on the rest of this
  sessions slides
• add something anytime!

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So Why Moblog?
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• Moblogging can be used as a fun and effective
• Individual learning activity
• Formative assessment activity
• Way to document ANY process over time
• Group resource-gathering and sharing activity
• Summative assessment activity
• and much more

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So Why Moblog?
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• Instead of making notes like this

Your students could moblog like this
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So Why Moblog?
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• They could share images, sounds, videos they
  create

with other learners and experts everywhere
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So Why Moblog?
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• using tools they enjoy

to get instant feedback...
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So Why Moblog?
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• any time

and anywhere.
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Heres just one example.
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• This is Darren.

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Heres just one example.
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• Darren is studying advertising marketing.

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Heres just one example.
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• This semester, hes been asked to moblog examples
  of advertising and marketing that he comes
  across.
• Its an eye opening assignment.

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Heres just one example.
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• For the first time, Darren walks down the street,
  noticing how advertising works in his own world.
  How advertising works on him.

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Heres just one example.
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• Thats just one of the many things he reflects
  on, in his moblog.

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Heres just one example.
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• His classmates have their opinions too

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Heres just one example.
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• and of course, moblogs of their own

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Heres just one example.
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• so theres plenty to talk about.

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Heres just one example.
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• (Even before industry professionals find the
  moblogs, and add even more ideas.)

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Are yougetting the picture?
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips
(and theres more than just pictures you can
also moblog with videos and sounds.)
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Create Share,Anytime Anywhere.
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips
Moblogging is a way to make students reflect on
howtheir area of study is part of their life
generally. It can also be used as a means of
documentinga specific activity, such as a
creative process or an assessment. Pedagogically
speaking, moblogging favours situatedand
exploratory learning in a social constructivist
framework.
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Perhaps thats why education everywhere is
moblogging!
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• Singapores educational moblogging community
• http//www.campusmoblog.com.sg
• 14202 users.
• 1057 (educational) groups (http//www.campusmoblo
  g.com.sg/main/group_blogger.asp).
• Wow.
• Oh, sorry only mobile-enabled for Singaporean
  residents. Sigh.
• But couldnt we replicate this for Australian
  VET???

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mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips
A group moblog http//ICJYS1.campusmoblog.com.sg
In this moblog, a class of 13-year olds is
documenting their development and production of a
video on Managing and Respecting Intellectual
Property. Wow.
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mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips
A group moblog http//ICJYS1.campusmoblog.com.sg
Each photo represents a file uploaded instantly
from a mobile phone. These posts are organised
with the most recent addition first. Videos as
well as photos are supported. On this moblogging
site, there is also a mobile-enabled chat
facility. Group members can chat using either
their web browsers or their mobile phones.
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Yes, moblogging is cool.
mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

• Everyones going mobile.
• Sites you probably already know and use sites
  that used to be web based - are now offering
  mobile services which effectively make them
  moblogs
• Sites like these

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mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips
Yes, (for example), flickr. Its a moblog.

• The picture-sharing Web 2.0 site, flickr, is a
  blogging tool. Each photo blog, collects and
  displays picture entries in reverse chronological
  order.
• Its also mobile-capable - you can upload
  pictures directly from your mobile device.

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mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips
Mobile flickr.

• You can upload photos to flickr from your mobile
  phone
• Using simple e-mail. Each account has a unique
  email address for uploading photos to it, and
  most mobile phones can send emails.
• Using the mobile web version of flickr, located
  at http//m.flickr.com
• Using a photo uploader program which can be
  installed on most phones.

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mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips
Advanced Moblogging.

• Once youve explored basic moblogging getting
  media from mobile to web to build up a record
  theres lots of other strategies to try out
• Connecting your moblog you can use some tools,
  like Flickr, to accept your images and text and
  re-post them to a more connected and customisable
  blog, such as an edublog (http//edublogs.org).
• Group moblogging you can set up moblogs for a
  whole class to contribute and discuss. This can
  be simpler and more effective than individual
  moblogs.

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mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips
Advanced Moblogging.

• Then theres Locoblogging moblogging combined
  with a record of the location that each photo,
  sound, or video was created. The media can be
  recalled chronologically (as for normal moblog)
  or by geographic position.
• This is great for subjects likeforestry,
  biology, or evenforensics (to name just a few)

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mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips
Advanced Moblogging.

• If you have a GPS device, you can try
  locoblogging at
• http//locoblog.com

• If you dont, you can still manually geotag your
  images in flickr!

Locoblogging is useful if location adds relevant
context to the media.
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mb-etoolsntips-mb_at_moblg.net gt
http//moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips
Moblogging amazing tools in the palm of your
hand
Phenomenal cosmic power! Itty bitty living
space. Genie, Aladdin (1992)
Old way
New way
Any questions?