Annotation, mLearning, and Geocaching Part #3: Annotating Maps

In Part #3 of this series of blog posts on annotation and mLearning, David Fox and I explore map annotation. For easier reference, links to the first few posts from this series are provided below. Annotation, mLearning, and Geocaching Part #1: Scenarios and Technical Requirements Annotation, mLearning, and Geocaching Part #2: The Use Case In […]

Mobile History in London: online resources for mobile field activities in history

This will be a short post designed to relay a few resources that I have used recently in writing my ebook on mobile learning field activities. The resources are London specific, but I suspect there are other resources for those wanting to do a few of their own mobile field activities. I am gearing these […]

Digital Media: Subway Maps as Tools for Teaching History

You can file this post more under ‘teaching ideas’ than anything particularly original. If I were to wait for something truly original to conjure itself in my head, then I would have approximately two posts over the last five years. Regardless, this is an idea still in its gestation period. Please feel free to run […]

Twinverse: Precursor to Google Waves or IMing for the Google Maps generation?

I have been playing around a bit with Twinverse and I do see some possibility here. As per usual, I am going to don my teaching cap and think of an educational use. I am thinking along the lines of virtual pen-pals illustrated in a geographical context. Learn geography and a culture at once in […]