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=**__Mobl21 - Classrooms Without Walls__**= //by Lacy Krell, Sarah Norman, and Chris Jones//

**Introduction**
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Looks pretty intense??? YOU can make this happen!

Mobl21 is a WEB 2.0 site designed to share information with your students through popular social media tools and sites.

I sat with my laptop in my backyard on a gorgeous, 80 degree summer day, with my children splashing nearby. My 6 year old approached and asked what I was doing. I explained to him that I was going to school. I was, in fact, working through my current class module and preparing for the next assignment due. He looked baffled. I further explained that my class was online and that it was nice because I didnt have to leave home and I could finish my work without leaving his sight. Everything I needed was provided for me on the laptop. His eyes grew large and it became clear to me that I had set a new expectation in his mind. Learning is instant but lifelong. Learning is work, but it can be fun. Learning is individual and social. Mobl21 speaks to all these paradigms.

There are thousands of available tools out there to provide support for your students, why choose Mobl21? Mobl21 allows the teacher to create learning materials that can be accessed through desktop, laptop, iphone or itouch, with more tools being added all the time. Our digital natives are never far from their cell phones and we need to find a way to reach them through the jam packed schedules they carry. Mobl21 allows the student the ability to review, explore and examine subject material in the palm of their hand when the time is best for them; 10 minutes in the car with mom on the way to dance class, 20 minutes at soccer practice waiting on big brother, etc. Imagine a bus stop full of //iStudents// frantically studying for the day's assessment on Mobl21 Flashcards, or a bus full of students watching a quick tutorial on "how to" do the problem of the day before they get home to complete the assignment. While the possibilities are limitless, we first must establish a common language.

Objectives for this mini-module

