Handheld Learning - learning with mobile and ubiquitous technologies

Here's the first batch of slides that have been sent in from speakers that participated in this years conference. Many thanks for being so prompt - it certainly helps a lot at HHL Towers (Basement?  ).

If you were a speaker or were involved in the Pecha Kucha session and would like your contribution to be immortalised in this years digital proceedings please send your presentation to me - graham (at) handheldlearning.co.uk in ppt or pdf format using yousendit.com or mailbigfile.com

Thanks!

G

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Dawn Hallybone - Oakdale Junior School

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Dr Alan Beecham, Serco, Education Bradford

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Jill Attewell, LSN, MoLeNET

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Yishay Mor, London Knowledge Lab

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Rhodri Thomas, Open University

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George Plakke & Jan Lepentak

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Ron Edwards, Ambient Performance

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Myron Agyiri

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Lillian Soon, xLearn

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Jon Trinder

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Marco Minoli, Marketing Director, Slitherine

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Raja Habib, South Thames College

http://blip.tv/file/get/Grahambm-HandheldLearning2008IndustryAnnouncements316.flv

Industry Announcements

http://blip.tv/file/get/Grahambm-HandheldLearning2008Welcome468.flv

Welcome & Introduction

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Andrew Pinder CBE, Chairman, Becta

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Steven Johnson, Author

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danah boyd, social media scientist

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Laurie O'Donnell, Director of Learning & Technology, Learning & Teaching Scotland

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Lord David Puttnum of Queensgate

More films from the main room are here

If you have video clips from any of the breakout streams please post in new thread.

 

Props go to James Clay for this lovely (& funny) video capturing some of the HHL 08 spirit:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jnbMe_SiNsk

Cheers James!


 

There appears to be an awful lot of good information, reflection, pictures and videos about various sessions from this years Handheld Learning Conference.

For latest hits on Google Blog Search see here

Please help us and the rest of the community by posting any links you find (including your own) in this thread.

Thanks!

 

I'm so pleased this session worked out and thanks for everyone who got into the spirit of it!

Special thanks goes, of course, to Dan Sutch who agreed to host it

We are collecting presentation material for inclusion in the HHL 08 conference archive that provides an invaluable resource to the rest of the community. Anybody who presented at HHL 08 in this or other sessions please feel welcome (and thanked) for sending in their presentation to me  - graham (at) handheldlearning.co.uk using either http://www.yousendit.com or http://www.mailbigfile.com

Thanks to all again!

 

What a party!

I hope everybody who came had a great time, Mrs Handheld and I certainly enjoyed cutting the rug 

Here are the winners:

Special Achievement Award

Derek Robertson, Learning & Teaching Scotland

Primary Practitioner Award – Sponsored by Slitherine

Chris Young, Headteacher, Dean Bank Primary School

Primary Innovation Award - Sponsored by Slitherine

Wilsden School e-Learning Project

Secondary Practitioner Award - Sponsored by Lanway

Cindy Hunt, Head of Mathematics, Davison CE School for Girls

Secondary Innovation Award – Sponsored by Lanway

Studywiz Mobile, Etech Group

Tertiary, FE, HE and Adult Practitioner Award – Sponsored by Edutxt

Raja Habib, Project Manager, South Thames College

Tertiary, FE, HE and Adult Innovation Award – Sponsored by Edutxt

Hairdressing Training for Mobiles, University of Manchester

Special Needs Practitioner Award – Sponsored by RedHalo

Christopher Tansey, Foundation Course Leader, Wyke College, Hull

Special Needs Innovation Award – Sponsored by RedHalo

Enabling Remote Activity (ERA), The Open University

For more information about individual projects and finalists see here (voting now closed)

This is looking set to be great fun!

Dan Sutch from Futurelab has kindly agreed to facilitate and disorganise  so please support this excursion from the traditional pre-organised "sage on the stage' approach to conferencing.

Sessions starts at 14:00 and is being held in the Smeaton Queen Vault (lower ground floor)

Just turn up with your 20 slides presentation with each slide advancing automatically after 20 seconds giving you a presentation slot of 6'40.

There's a laptop in the room running Vista and Powerpoint 2007, so bring your presentation on a memory stick if possible. Mac users please bring your own including VGA adaptor.

Each slot may then precipitate a discussion with fellow delegates and attendees.

This is free to attend session so please get involved.

 

Word to the wise...

Make sure you get a front row seat for the Industry Announcements at the HHL Conference on Tuesday morning at 09:30

 

You are invited to join the new Game Based Learning Community that we are forming at:

http://www.gamebasedlearning.org.uk

It's currently in it's Alpha stage of development but we'd very much like members of the Handheld Learning Community to help us develop this community leading to a one day symposium on March 20th.

Our intention is to form an archipelago of communities that explore new learning and teaching practices from different perspectives. Being online means that each community can feed into the other and share knowledge and experiences in much the way that the HHL community has built steadily over the past 5 years with the help and support of its members.

Please get involved if this area of learning and teaching tickles your fancy.

Thanks!

Graham
 

Another story in one of the UK local papers. This time it is from The Northern Echo regarding Dean Bank Primary School 

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/3739295.Vote_for_school_in_national_awards_scheme/

Interesting article in the New York Times about how children are learning to read motivated by using video games:



More info:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/books/06games.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Tonight at midnight (UK time) is the last opportunity to make your votes for winners for this years Handheld Learning Awards for Innovation. We have already received a large number of  votes and they are coming in fast so please make yours count if you haven't yet done so.

More info at:
http://www.handheldlearning2008.com/awards

It's great to see that many of the finalists are promoting themselves both here and through platforms such as Facebook to canvas votes. There have also been a couple of examples where local press have picked up on their local hero innovators. Take Steve Pritchard in Nottingham for example:

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/teacher-uses-mobile-phones-lessons/article-381347-detail/article.html

Lot's more about Handheld Learning 2008 here.

An additional list of delegates maybe downloaded here

People are still still registering so we expect these lists to expand.

Please note that registration closes at 17:00 (GMT) on Friday 10th October and we can not accept registrations at the venue.

We still have a small number of full 3 day conference passes available and a slightly larger number available for Wednesday only (register using the code: wednesday)

 

A partial delegate list for this years Handheld Learning 2008 can be downloaded here.

It's looking pretty busy!

 

All you early birds that registered for the conference and got yourself a free Nintendo DS, please don't forget to bring it with you fully charged and raring to go.

One of the things you'll be doing with it during the conference sessions is chattingand sharing your thoughts with each other. You may even find yourself in groups where you'll be asked to present some of your thinking to the wider audience.

The technology you'll be using to do this is already built-in to your DS and it's called Pictochat. If you haven't used Pictochat yet don't worry because you'll soon get the hang of it.

Steve Bunce of Northumberland County Council has very graciously produced both a video and downloadable how-to guide that will get you started. If you're still a bit stuck find a 5 year old who will be more than happy to help out. Ideally you should try this out with another DS owning friend before you come to the conference but there will also be plenty of opportunities on the first day.

http://blip.tv/file/get/Grahambm-PictochatForDummiesBySteveBunce728.flv

Download the guide here

Thanks once again to Steve Bunce!! 

Also for those fancying a bit of mobile phone action then make sure you're ready to tweet with twitter by following Tony Vincent's guide here.

We will also be using Txttools "question by txt" system in the main auditorium where you simply send a txt with your question preceded by HHL to 88020

It's all mobiletastic!