- mobile app to support vocabulary learning
- flash-cards and vocabulary lists are not the best way to teach vocabulary; provide context and meaning, make it social, use the body
- most children now have mobile phones; look for words in natural environment
- teacher can set up game with online app; kids use app on phone, during or after school
- get a grid of words, take pictures to try and get five in a row; on web app, teams review and approve boards to make sure photos match the words
- current status: trials in lab and feedback from teachers; teachers want to do more than vocabulary; like the social aspect; fits curriculum and teaching practices; adaptability is important
- limitations: works best with concrete words; technology access and logistics
- mobile app vs mobile web: native = higher quality, hardware access, harder to write and port; chose hybrid approach, wrote own container (many now using PhoneGap)
#hcil BingoHunt: Mobile ubiquitous vocabulary learning (Ben Bederson)
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