New ways of interacting with scientific content N20 MOBILE TASK SOLVING FOR STUDENTS 02062007 16:00

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New ways of interacting with scientific
content N20 MOBILE TASK SOLVING FOR
STUDENTS02-06-20071600

• Sampo Puoskari
• Oulu, Finland

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Tietomaa Science Centre

• First science centre in Finland
• Opened 1988
• Hands-on sc
• 9 theme exhibitions
• 150-200 interactive exhibits
• Large format movie theatre (8/70 mm)
• Exhibition area 2000 m²

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Backround

• Teachers want to deepen the science centre visit
• Free educational material for school groups from
  theme exhibitions and movies
• Material in .pdf-format in web site
• Pen and paper methode ok, but laborious for
  groups
• Updating difficult and time consuming
• Exhibits may broke down reaction time!

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Mobile Task Solving

• Why
• New technologies interesting for students
• More challenging
• Easy to update
• Teachers and students can process the data later
  in the class room after-visit aspect

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Preparation

• Password to the teacher
• Selection of the activities
• Passwords and profiles to pairs/small groups
• Printing and placing the 2D-codes or tags
• Instructions to students
• Delivery of the mobile phones

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Procedure

• Students follow a fixed map (when outside GPS can
  be used)
• Must take a picture of a 2D-code
• The task or question is transmitted to the phone
  through local network Octopus

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Answering

• Answers by written notes, photos, video clips
  or/and dictations
• To the next target exhibit
• Information when all the tasks have been
  completed
• Handover the phones

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Follow-up processing

• In own class room
• Whenever it suits best for the teacher (within 6
  months)
• Comparison of the collected data
• Right answers
• Discussion
• Other imaginable uses

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Hardware software

• 12 Nokia N70 mobile phones
• Octopus network
• Brieftec Ltd.
• Brieftec Binder software
• Also in use in some local pilot schools
• First science centre user Tietomaa

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Future extensions

• Helps to develop educational material
• Helps to make operating instructions of exhibits
  better
• Enables to observe the true behavior of sc
  visitors which are the most interesting
  exhibits and exhibitions

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Thank you for your attention!

• CONTACT INFORMATION
• sampo.puoskari_at_ouka.fiwww.tietomaa.fi