Mel Norman
In an effort to borrow some GPS equipment for my PGCE geography students to use, I discovered that the university owned 10 iPhones that students could borrow. I was told by the Learning Technologies Manager 'the iPhones are equipped with GPS facilities and numerous programs that support those features'. In order to borrow the iPhones, as the 'project leader' I had to commit to the following:
- Write a short project proposal outlining the main aims of the project. (See below)
- Write a short report at the end of the project highlighting issues, benefits, conclusions and possible next steps etc. (This paper constitutes part two of the commitment)
Outline of project with outputs: The project will engage PGCE geography students using the iPhones to devise fieldwork activities suitable for secondary age pupils. Having devised activities, the plan is to work with some A-level geography students from a local school to trial some of the activities. The activity is experimental and may not be successful (the school has already queried the compatibility of software) but the use of mobile phones in school work, particularly fieldwork, is something which is developing at a pace and student teachers need the opportunity to experiment in their PGCE year.
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