Taking Literacy Beyond The Classroom

: We report on a project that demonstrates how fieldtrips can be structured and delivered in novel ways, and how they can extend the range of curricula that can be addressed – in this case to literacy. After describing a fieldtrip to support creative writing, which employed UbiComp technologies, we focus on how outcome and process were affected, and how working with a mobile device was perceived in comparison to working with worksheets on traditional fieldtrips.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: GI
• Authors: Eva Hornecker, John Halloran, Geraldine Fitzpatrick
• Keywords: Creative Writing, Fieldtrip, GI 2007, Theoretical Computer Science, UbiComp Technologies