Welcome to Class! Please Take Out Your Cell Phones!
Mark FrydenbergBentley University
http://cis.bentley.edu/mfrydenberg [email protected]
@checkmark
Polling (PollEverywhere)
Polling (mClkOnLine.com)
• Mclkonline.com
What do teens do with their phones? (Pew)
Task 2010 2009
Take Pictures 76% 66%
Send or receive text messages 72% 65%
Access the Internet 38% 25%
Play Games 34% 27%
Send or receive email 34% 25%
Play music 33% 21%
Send or receive instant messages
30% 20%
Prensky, 2004Computer in your pocketListen to podcasts
Do Smart Phones Make Smart Students?
Does your school have a cell phone policy?
Problems
• Texting during class• Cheating on exams• Bullying• Sending photos
Broadcast PowerPoint
Stream or Record Video
• Qik.com
Interviews
Blackboard / Campus Apps
myhomeworkapp.com
Note Taking Apps
• Synch notes with Dropbox or the cloud
• Posterous easily posts text or photos to the web
Other ideas• Time experiments with
stopwatch• Take photos of results of
experiments for lab reports• Take photos of whiteboards
for future review• Use bluetooth to transfer
project materials between group members
• Receive SMS & email reminders from teachers
• Record yourself giving a presentation
• Download and listen to podcasts
• Using GPS to identify locations
App Development
Native Apps• Build an app compiled for a
specific phone platform.• Requires coding /
programming skills• Uses SDK from phone
vendor.• Requires dev license from
vendor to publish on App Store / Marketplace
Web Apps• Built on HTML5, CSS3,
JavaScript• Work on multiple phone
platforms• Avoid the “app store”
Software Tools• Often web-based, drag n
drop environments• No or minimal coding• Limited functionality?• May produce an app (to
publish on an app store) or a mobile web site
• Create apps for multiple phone platforms
• PhoneGap.com• MobileNationHQ.com• AppMakr.com
MySchoolApp: Native App for Windows Phone 7
• Modify the template and recompile to make an app for your school
• Implemented in Visual Basic, C#• Code available on CodePlex• Free to post on Marketplace with
edu account from DreamSpark
Dev Tool Example: AppMakr
• Create an account on AppMakr • Need an iOS Developer Account ($99)• Developer.apple.com/iphone• iOS Provisioning Portal –allows testing apps
on other devices (ad hoc distrib) or on App Store
Thanks!
Mark FrydenbergBentley University
http://cis.bentley.edu/mfrydenberg [email protected]
@checkmark
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