Nature lessons in the palm of your hand
Smartphones let Radin Mas Primary pupils have fun learning about Sungei Buloh
Radin Mas Primary School pupils (from left) Joey Ong (with cap), Shameen Fathimd, Kamaleeshwan, Leow Qi Qi and Felicia Loh Yi Qin using their smartphones in Sungei Buloh yesterday to learn about the flora and fauna there. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
SMARTPHONES have changed the way schools run nature trips for their students.
Armed with such phones, students can now roam Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve's 'intelligent' wireless trails and learn about the flora and fauna there.
Yesterday, about 100 Primary 6 pupils from Radin Mas Primary School worked in pairs, using hand-held smart technology to receive photos of plant and animal life, sound clips and to answer quizzes on the go.
Their partner in this: the mobile network coverage in the wetlands.
No more lugging around of laptops. No more jostling to peer at the screen with each laptop being shared by five students. No more being confined to the wetlands' visitor centre, beyond which Wi-Fi coverage does not extend.
And definitely no more carrying of workbooks that get sodden on the go.
When Radin Mas' pupils hit the trail yesterday, they had with them their phones and a sheet of paper containing a series of 'colour codes'.
All they had to do was use the smartphone's camera to snap a picture of a code, which triggered a download and display of multimedia content - say of a particular tree - into their phones. They then went in search of such trees in the wetlands. They also answered quizzes sent to their phones by their teachers.
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