Mobile Composition
Tech Mentoring
ENGL 505
Common mobile devices
Smartphones
PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant)
Tablets
Handheld game consoles
Feature-cellphones
Purdue Policy
The key is to negotiate rules early on
Mobile Device Features
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Communication (phone, email, social media)
Digital recording (image, text, audio, video)
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities
A variety of applications that enhance or add
to these features
How is writing going mobile?
Growing device capabilities for both analyzing and
producing texts across a variety of locations
As well as:
Rise in device ownership
Greater wifi and bluetooth accessibility
Social media apps
“Always connected” online
Mobile devices are less a tool used for a specific
purpose and more a constant fixture of a person's
interaction with the world
Possibilities in-class
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Conduct lab work outside of lab days
Sharing of media or content
Online references
Discussions of access, usability,
technology,
• Note-taking or translations
• Research using device capabilities
(photos, recording, communicating)
• GPS or location-based writing/research
Possible Problems
• Accessibility
•Classroom distraction or disruption
•Too much focus on tools and not enough
focus on how we can use these tools
Other ideas?
Sample assignments
• Research collection
• Discuss how students view the
classroom alongside (or through) their
mobile device
Current discussions
• Layar and other Augmented reality browsers
– http://www.layar.com/
• QR codes and “physical linking”
Where to go next
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Further discussions of electronic research methods
Gaming or play in the classroom
Usability and device use/analysis
Application analysis or production