The Anywhere Classroom

Today, we can chat with friends, do homework and broadcast our lives from the tiny screens of our smart phones. Where and how we can learn is an ever expanding location where any student can be a part of a learning environment. A study was done in New Zealand in which all the students and teachers were given mobile devices and through these devices they all had access to Web 2.0 tools and could attend class and take part in lessons while still using these mobile devices. The idea of this study comes form a student centered learning model where the students can discover and learn by their own means while still being guided by the educator. The most interesting concept of the study was that any space could become one for learning. If you have a phone and an internet connection, then the world of learning is literally at your fingertips. There other upside to this mobile world of learning is that it can become completely paper-less and is never without a direction. The students are learning within the means of their mobile device but still have a "home base" to connect to and receive instructions from. Even after the day is over and the students go home, they can be connected to the teacher and their learning environment this way.