Summary of TPACK-related journal (2)

Title                            : Creating a Content Strategy for Mobile Devices in the Classroom

Author                        : Karen Mahon

Year                            : 2014

Publisher                    : Center on Innovations in Learning, Temple University

Source                        : www.eric.com

Students’ massive expenditure on mobile phone grow vastly. This causes the question and challenge whether the administrators and stakeholders of school or institution is ready or not to welcome such students. After conducting the research, the Writer tries to compose a suggestions and recommendations which are able to be used by practioners at school to manage the usage of mobile devices for learning. There are four main content strategies which should be considered in managing mobile devices in the classroom. Those are instructions, creativities, tools, and books.

Instructions on mobile devices can be seen in the game DragonBox Algebra 5+, Learn with Homer, and Letter School. This feature teaches new instruction skill for the students. And for creativities, it can be found in game Explain Everything, Toontastic, and Story Creator. Meanwhile tools are the apps which students can refer to for more information relevant to the topic of their studying. There are many useful apps such as dictionaries, calculators, and periodic tables. And the second one is the books. The phenomenon of digibook and e-book has been popular. This can be utilized as example in the classroom to discuss a story in language teaching.