Handheld Learning Conference

Down to London today for the Handheld Learning Conference 09, held at the Brewery, the Barbican. It was a free open day, and a chance to meet with a few people, and work on the train on the journey there and back.

Wild Knowledge, who the Geographical Association have worked with on a number of projects were there exhibiting, and talked about their browser based interface which works well with a number of devices, including a nice touch screen mini tablet which they were demonstrating. With the introduction of 'GEARS', this also means that student work can be collected offline, and then uploaded on return to the school or college or learning base.

Wild Knowledge website is worth a visit to see how this technology might be used in your mobile learning projects.

It was also a good chance to meet up with a few old friends and meet some new ones, including a few Twitter contacts. There were others I unfortunately didn't get a chance to meet with as they were embroiled in presenting or participating in sessions. How did I know where they were ? Because the Twitter hashtag #hhl09 was being used by those at the event, and this allowed me to follow the

Ollie has posted a range of blog posts since the event, and during the event, which bring the area of new technology in the classroom. I'll mention them in a later post...