Digital Giant ? Martha Lane Fox on mobile web
Martha Lane Fox drawing the links between mobile + web + social networks + mobile-entrepreneurship
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/digital_giants/8551890.stm
It is a 3:40 minute micro-interview from the current BBC series ?Digital Giants?. She isn?t saying anything new, but makes the same point that keeps popping up everywhere at the moment ?
- mobile is everywhere!
- it is about inclusion, as much as about trendy gadgets
- ignore it at your peril
These points apply to teachers, and teaching too!
I am surprised how often I still get into conversations that start ?but do you think mobile learning might work??.
Of course it works!
In Africa. In Europe. In America. In India. In Australia. For young. For old. For rich. For poor. It may take different shapes, but mobile learning is working well, and is coming whether you like it or not.
Surely it is far better to learn how to make it work well, now, than be a victim and be overtaken by it in 3 years time!
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