Agriculture
February 28, 2024
Updated on March 15, 2024
·Created on October 8, 2018
Mobile Technology for Teachers (MT4T) is a teacher resource kit using mobile technology that equips teachers for personal and professional growth.
Mobile Technology for Teachers (MT4T) is a teacher resource kit that promotes the use of mobile technology in Southeast Asian educational settings.
The kit provides a basic guide in using mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets and their accompanying applications, as tools for teaching and learning in the classroom and for teachers’ personal and professional development. It also includes an introduction to the three most widely used mobile technology platforms—iOS, Android, and Windows—and how they may be used in conjunction with social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, to promote student learning and professional collaboration among teachers.
The kit also contains a special focus on how mobile devices can be used to promote the development of higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) in both students and teachers.
Target SDGs
SDG 4: Quality Education
Target Users (Target Impact Group)
Community
Distributors / Implementing Organizations
Seameo Innotech
Manufacturing/Building Method
N/A
Intellectural Property Type
Open-source
User Provision Model
The app is available on the App Store, Google Play, and Windows Store.
Distributions to Date Status
Unknown
Design Specifications
Mobile Technology for Teachers (MT4T) is a platform that seeks to equip teachers for personal and professional growth. It avails content that promotes The platform trains the teachers using videos, eBooks, and other online content. The teachers can also access a digital library of photos and graphic images to use in teaching, as well as connecting with other teachers in the South-Eastern Asia region through social media. Teachers learn how to use blogs for reflective thinking, sharing of ideas and best practices, and use YouTube resources for their own professional growth and for promoting higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) through improved teaching and learning methodologies. Users can also generate digital portfolios for themselves and their students, and also generate innovative ideas for other uses of mobile devices by Southeast Asian teachers.
Technical Support
Provided by the manufacturer.
Replacement Components
N/A
Lifecycle
N/A
Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters
The app seeks to enrich the perspectives of teachers on the many uses and possibilities of mobile technology for enhancing their own 21st-century skills.
Vetted Performance Status
Unknown
Safety
N/A
Complementary Technical Systems
An eReader was developed so teachers can access eBooks from their mobile devices without compromising format and style.
Academic Research and References
None
Compliance with regulations
Unknown
Evaluation methods
The app is evaluated for equipping teachers to use mobile technologies.
Other Information
More information about MT4T can be found in this brochure.
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Application: Use of mobile devices to promote
development of higher order thinking skills
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Use of social media to promote student
learning and professional collaboration among
teachers.