My  Experience of Mobile Technology

When I initially asked myself the question ‘how  much do I know of,  or use mobile technology? ‘, my initial thought was, very little.  However during the lesson with Mandy it soon became apparent that I was, in fact, utilising a number of mobile technologies for work and teaching purposes, as well as in my personal life.

For example, I use my mobile phone, a Blackberry Bold 9900 smart phone, in a variety of ways. The smart phone is able to send and receive emails relating to both my work and personal accounts.  I can also access Facebook and I use this for both work and social purposes.   In addition, the Blackberry messaging service, BBM, allows me to  keep in touch with family and work colleagues on the Blackberry network.

I am able to access the internet and open and download documents directly to the phone.  Word, Excel and PowerPoint can all be viewed on the phone’s touch screen.

I utilise the diary and notes application on the phone and I am able to store contact details.  My Blackberry is an important tool and I use it in all aspects of my day-to-day life.

When teaching, I utilise a number of mobile technologies. Many of the training venues I teach at do not have either, a laptop or projector.  To support my teaching I use an ACER laptop and ACER K330 projector.   The projector is compact and easily portable and provides excellent viewing of slides or video, greatly enhancing the learning experience.

 One section of the Autism Awareness training that I run, requires learners to complete an online programme and for this particular task we utilise Ipads.   These have proved extremely successful and  are very popular with the learners.  It is an area of the learning we plan to expand upon.

In summary, my use of mobile technology is far greater than initially thought and as my knowledge of available mobile technology increases, I am certain I will start to utilise even more.