Find Your talent in Bolton
Bolton Council are using OOKL to help young people to find their talent through culture and sport. The programme will start in Bolton Museum and the Reebok Football Stadium.
Posted by: deepwaterthinking | February 6, 2009
Find your talent in Bolton
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Posted by: deepwaterthinking | December 10, 2008
Are you ready for next generation learning?
BECTA have created a new web resource to transform the UK’s education and training system for the better. Mobile technologies are one of the key tools to support ‘anywhere, anytime’ learning, although we like to call it ‘where you are, who you’re with and what you’re doing’ learning. Next Generation Learning has used OOKL to illustrate the power of truly joined up social learning.
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Posted by: deepwaterthinking | December 1, 2008
OOKL goes bilingual
In a double first, OOKL has found a new home at Wix Primary school in Wandsworth, South London. Wix is not only the first OOKL school in Wandsworth, but also the first state funded bilingual school in England. The students can use OOKL in english, but they can also change predictive text to francais (and Deutsch, Italiano, Portugues and Espanol) so they can practice blogging in french or interview their classmates in Spanish.
With OOKL’s new audio function students will be able to listen to foreign phrases and translate them when they are on field trips too. How are you?
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Posted by: deepwaterthinking | December 1, 2008
Learning through treasure hunting
The good folks at the Universities of Sussex and Nottingham and the London Knowledge lab used OOKL to test a range of mobile learning theories. In the experiment, they used OOKL and other mobile learning tools to help students to learn about eco-friendly and sustainability issues within an informal setting at a summer camp. OOKL was used both to capture evidence in the field and create online presentations. While it was primarily used for photo and note taking, OOKL can also be used to deliver clues and help students to record interviews with each other. Read the paper here.
Integrated mobile devices during the treasure hunt activity.
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Posted by: deepwaterthinking | August 5, 2008
If you go down to the woods today…be sure to bring your phone!
Learning in the woods
Heaton Primary school has joined OOKL to help transform their local woodland into a learning space for all of the primary schools in Bradford. The two year project will help children to interact creatively with the flora and fauna of the forest.
Posted by: deepwaterthinking | April 4, 2008
OOKL returns to do battle at D-Day
War! What is it good for?
The D-Day museum in Portsmouth was one of our three partner venues during our first year trial. They have now received a heritage lottery fund grant and will use OOKL in association with the local education department to increase access for young people.
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Posted by: deepwaterthinking | March 13, 2008
OOKL sails into the maritime museum
The slave ship Brookes
OOKL has recently launched at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. They will use OOKL for both primary and secondary learning within the venue and in the grounds. The Museum chose OOKL after a three month review of all the mobile learning platforms available in the UK.
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Posted by: deepwaterthinking | October 17, 2007
OOKL at Sheffield
Collecting and learning about the streets and galleries of Sheffield
Sheffield East CLC and Sheffield Museums and Galleries have formed a partnership to bring OOKL to the students of South Yorkshire. They will be using OOKL to learn about metal work and public art.
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Posted by: deepwaterthinking | October 3, 2007
OOKL at handheld learning 2007
This conference is taking place on October 10 – 12 in central London. It is the leading event of the year for educationalists interested in mobile learning. You can meet with the OOKL team for a demo on the T-Mobile stand. For more information visit handheldlearning2007
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Posted by: deepwaterthinking | September 28, 2007
why use OOKL?
Do you want your teachers to say ‘Fantastic’, ‘It made everyone feel really special‘, ‘It helped the boys show what they could do without being limited by language’, ‘They felt trusted‘?
These are a few of the quotes that Sue Johnson, from the Institute of Education at London University, recorded in her interviews with teachers and students who used OOKL to study botany at Kew.
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