Mobile Phone Blogs in the Language Classroom

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Mobile Phone Blogsin the Language Classroom

• Paul Daniels

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Todays Outline

• Classroom MoBlog Activities
• MoBlog Software Services
• MoBlog Setup
• MoBlog LMS

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Mobile Blogs

• Web Email publishing tool
• Quickly and easily self-publish text, images
  from your mobile device

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Benefits

• Easily create professional websites
• No html editor needed
• No html code needed
• No image software needed
• No computer needed

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Classroom Activities

• Introductions
• Lifestyles
• Sequence
• Travel

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Introductions
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Lifestyles
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Sequence
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Travel
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Teacher / Student Examples
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Mobile Blog Activities

• Self Introduction
• Interactive Story
• Culture Capsule
• Campus Introduction
• Hometown Introduction
• Documentary

• Picture Dictionary
• Online Mystery
• Family Album
• Demonstration
• Newsletter
• Reporting

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How it works
POP Mail Server
Browser
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Web Server BlogSoftware
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4
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PHPScript
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Classroom Blogging Hints

• Test system with various mobile devices
• Email instructions to students phones
• Scan information with phone
• CC messages to a 2nd backup address
• Provide users feedback (script)

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Blog Services

• Blogger ltwww.blogger.comgt
• Flicker ltwww.flickr.comgt
• LiveJournal ltwww.livejournal.comgt
• TypePad ltwww.typepad.comgt
• Clicky ltwww.clicky.comgt
• Mfop2 ltwww.bastish.net/mfop/gt

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Blog Software

• Expression Engine ltwww.pmachine.comgt
• Movable Type ltwww.sixapart.com/gt
• Gallery ltgallery.menalto.comgt
• WordPress ltwordpress.orggt
• Easymoblog ltwww.easymoblog.orggt

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Mail to Blog Scripts

• Mail2entry
• lthttp//www.gweep.net/aron/mail2entry/gt
• Mymail
• lthttp//www.zonageek.com/software/files/mt/mtmail-
  0.5/mtmail.htmlnamegt
• Mphoto2mt
• lthttp//www.larryhalff.com/misc/mphoto2mt.txtgt
• Pop32mt
• lthttp//www.scottfallin.com/hacks/gt

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Pauls Mail to Blog Scripts

• Mail to Gallery
• lthokulele.us/downloads/mail.php.txtgt
• Gallery Module for Moodle
• lthokulele.us/downloads/gallery-moodle.rargt

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Integrating with LMS
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Moodle New Course
When a new course is created..
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Gallery New Course Album
An empty course album is created.
Course teacher is owner of album
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Moodle New Student Account
When a new student is added
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Gallery New Sub-album
their sub-album is created.
Student is owner of album
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How it works
POP Mail Server
Browser
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Web Server BlogSoftware
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4
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PHPScript
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Php Script

• lt?php
• username'gallery_admin_username'
• gallerypassword'gallery_admin_password'
• PHP_AUTH_USERpop_account
• PHP_AUTH_PWpop_password
• MAILSERVER"mail_server/pop3/novalidate-cert"
  header("Location http//path_to_gallery_remote2.p
  hp

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More Information

• Joi Ito's Site
• ltjoi.ito.com/moblog/gt
• Radio Weblogs
• ltradio.weblogs.com/0001161/stories/2003/02/26/
  mobileBloggingHowtoGuide.htmlgt
• Engadget
• ltengadget.com/entry/1234000623022432/gt

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Custom Scripts
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Bids
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Benefits of Mobile Learning

• Productive use of downtime
• self-directed learning
• helps students learn to learn
• Planning organization skills
• Computer as a learning tool
• Unobtrusive

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Thank You

• paul at hokulele.us
• http//hokulele.us/downloads/