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12 ideas of ways to use cell phones in the classroom
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12 Things to do With Cell Phones in the Classroom
Presented by Patti Oakley
Kentucky Academy of Technology Education
Let’s start a conversation!
•Go to http://todaysmeet.com/cell and join us in a conversation on cell phones in the classroom!!
#1: Use them as for on-the-fly references (dictionary, thesaurus, maps, calculator, etc.)
#2: Interactive discussions
• Today’s Meet • Lync app• Wiffiti (why-fee-tee, short for 'wireless
graffiti')• Twitter (use classroom hashtag #)
• Backchannel• Anonymous discussions• Brainstorming• Quick assessment
#3: Use with QR Codes
• 1. QR Codes are easy to make• 2. Take students directly to a
designated website• 3. Use QR codes to engage students
in “digital discoveries”• Here's a link to a QR
Code Quest!• 4. Make displays interactive• 5. Link to audio book reports,
additional information on a topic, homework help, videos, and more!
#4: Use as a study tool
• StudyBoost (all platforms)• https://studyboost.com/
• Flashcards (many work with Quizlet)• iOS• Mental Case Flashcards HD • Flashcards Deluxe• Evernote Peek (works with smart
cover)• Android• Flash Card Maker Plus• StudyDroid Flashcards• gFlash+
#5: Use them with apps
Too many to list! What are your favorites?Go here to list your favorite one:
http://sdrv.ms/ZDWIjO
#6: Take pictures to capture science labs, field trips, white boards, more . . . then use them elsewhere!
What to do with the pictures . . .
• Animoto (Website and iOS)• Prezi (create on website, iOS viewer)• SonicPics (iOS app)• Fotobabble (website and iOS app)• StoryKit (iOS app) • DoddleCam (iOS app)• Doodle Camera (Android)• VoiceThread (online)• PowerPoint (can create a video with pictures in Office
2013!)
#7: Record video
• Record a classmate speaking in a foreign language. • Interview a student playing the role of a historical figure• Have student’s record themselves playing their
instrument for band• Record a science experiment to show results• Work a math problem while recording it and talking
about what you are doing as part of homework assignment to check understanding
#8: Use them to record audio
• Record students reading, allowing teachers to view later• Record a classmate speaking in a foreign language or a
conversation between 2 students. • Have student create radio advertisements and record them.• Create a podcast on a topic.• Create a VoiceThread and have students call in their audio
comment• Student records an explanation of the process used to
answer a homework question
#9: Use them to communicate with students and parents.
• Reminder 101• iPhone
• Gtext• All Phones with texting
• KikuText• Communicate with parents
• TextPlus• All SmartPhones
#10: Taking notes
• Evernote• Take notes• Record a conversation• Students email you their homework to your Evernote email!• Sort student work into folders• Students have a folder for each class• Have students read for you and send you the file.• Have everything on every device.• Clip and store things from the web.• More!!
#11: Do quick formative assessment
• Poll Everywhere• Socrative• Google Forms• Excel Survey• Today’s Meet
Go to socrative.com
• Enter class number 10231• Take the quiz• Let’s view the results!
#12: Taking it to the Cloud
• SkyDrive app• DropBox
What are some of the ways YOU use them in your classroom?
Link to presentation:
•http://sdrv.ms/X3WPUq