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Connecting Student Cell Phones to Classroom Instruction

Liz KolbUniversity of Michigan & Madonna

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http://cellphonesinlearning.comTwitter: lkolb

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http://cellphonesinlearning.com/

Meet Liz… Taught 7th-12th Grade Social Studies in

Cincinnati, Ohio

Taught High School Technology Courses in Columbus, OH.

Former High School Technology Coordinator and Integration Specialist in Columbus OH.

Currently Adjunct Assistant Professor at Madonna University-Teaches Ed Tech Courses to in-service Teachers in the Master’s program.

Currently Finishing Doctorate at University of Michigan. Teaches Ed Tech Courses to preservice teachers.

Author: “Toy to Tool: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education”

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/kolb_504



Why BASIC cell phones?

Why Cell Phones?• Accessibility

• 71% of U.S. population have Internet access at home• 55% have broadband

• 84% of U.S. population own cell phones

• Low Cost• End of 2012 education technology spending will

reach 56.2 billion dollars.

• How Students’ View Cell Phones• 3 Generations of Cell Phone Users (NPR)

• How Students View Learning• Free Agent Learners

• Anywhere, anytime, any place at any pace

• 1-800-2chacha

• The 21st Century Professional World• Future jobs require mobile skill

• % of U.S. Adults believe that schools are not preparing students for 21st Century workforce?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17603266

http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE2OTM1MDE1MDg




How many U.S. students in grades

6-12 have a cell phone?

76%

By 2010 it is estimated …

54% of 8 year olds will have their own cell phone!

Over 90% of 9-12th Graders will have

cell phones

The 21st Century student’s view on their professional future

ONLY “23% of advanced technology students K-12” believe that schools are preparing them for the 21st Century Job Force.

Speak Up 2007 Report. Retrieved: http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_your_data.html

http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_your_data.html

Mobile Job Opportunities for Students

Companies Go MobileMobile Coupons

• SMS & MMS

• http://mobileposse.com

Mobile Advertising

• Latest News on Mobile Marketing

• SMS & QRcodes & Call Ins

• http://mobilemarketer.com

http://mobileposse.com/

http://www.mobilemarketer.com/

Search for “cell phone skills” on Monster.com

Text message one reason why cell phones should NOT be

integrated in learning.


Cheating is a problem…

• 26% of teenagers admitted to using their cell phone to store information to look at during a test or a quiz.

• 25% have text messaged their friends about answers during a test or quiz.

• 20% have searched the Internet via their mobile phone during a test or quiz.

• 17% have taken pictures of a test or quiz with the cell phone in order to send the pictures to their friends.

Even MORE of a problem

Most students do not envision these activities as cheating.

More than half of the students surveyed did not think these acts were serious offenses of cheating, rather they think of it as just “helping out a friend.”

70% of U.S. schools completely ban cell phones from campus

63% of students admitted to sneaking in cell phones and using them during class anyway.

In a seven class a day, five day school week, the average student sends at least three text messages per class.

Life Consequences

• A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl who refused to stop texting during a high school math class was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

• Six teens face child porn (13 to 15) charges after being caught "sexting" each other. Criminal Charge!

Current Banning and Structures are NOT working

• Students still “cheating”, “Off-task”, or “inappropriately” using cell phones in schools

• Students still bring them to schools and use them when told not to.

• Students still do not understand consequences of their use

• Students have no idea how to use them in future job force!

How do we change?

Craik School in Canada:Using Cell Phones in Middle

School8th Grade40% have cell phones

Using them for…•Organization/Scheduling

•Projects: Text Messaging Activities

•Recording Group Conversations

•Sending assignments to the teacher

5 Rules for Cell Phones in Schools

Set rules based on business regulations for cell phone use (look at business contracts)

Social contract with students

Must be on vibrate at all times

Keep them in the front of the room until you are going to use them.

All messages/media sent or published must be related to lesson.

If you are referencing someone else in class, you must have their approval before posting or publishing.

Create a permission form (in addition to the School’s AUP)

Inclusive Cell Phone Policy

Discuss Mobile Safety & Appropriate Use

• Part of digital footprint

• Your digital dossier that includes Internet activity such as social networking, email, chat rooms,

• YOU can’t erase this!!! Permanent record

• EVERYTHING you send via text message (pictures, videos, text, audio…etc) is PUBLIC!!!

• Example: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick

• Mobile “bullying” and “sexting” is public

• Students should know their plans

• Bring in their cell phone plan and a bill

• Discuss what is charged and how much

• Give Students a Survey

What can students do with a basic cell phone?

• Phone Call

• Send a Text Message (SMS)

• Take a Picture

• Ringtones

• Wallpaper

12 Project Samples: Basic Cell Phones Become Learning Tools

1. Podcasting/Live Radio

2. Cell phone Avatars

3. CPS-Brainstorming-Polling

4. Mobile Note Taking/Organization

5. Instant Media Sharing and Mobile Blogging

6. Instant Location Blogging

7. Text Message Alert Projects

8. Blast Audio Message Quizzes/Surveys

9. Phonecasting

10. Review Ringtones

11. Mobile eBooks

12. Voicemail Greetings

Questions…

• Do ALL students need their own phone?• NO! Groups, Web Options, Landlines

• What if my school does not allow cell phones on campus?• Activities work very well off-campus for homework

• Can I use a BASIC phone?• YES! Phone call, text message, take a picture…

• Does it costs money?• The resources are FREE, students should know their plans

• Students with disabilities?• Speech to Text & Text to Speech Options

The Projects!Classroom Examples and Ideas

#1 Mobile Podcasting/Live Radio

Using a cell phone to record and then posting the recording to a public or private website that has an RSS feed and can be downloaded as an MP3 file.

#1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Radio Theater

Elementary School 3rd-6th graders

Used: http://hipcast.com

Web link:

http://stjosephschooltrenton.com/blog/

#1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Author Study

Middle School 6th-7th Grade

Used: http://gabcast.com

Web link:

http://541sparkes.blogspot.com/2007/07/author-blog-6.html

#1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Science Inquiry

QuestionsHigh School Earth Science

Used http://gabcast.com

Web link:

http://mrsleeswebblog.blogspot.com/

#1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Connecting Algebra to Real

WorldHigh School Algebra

Used http://yodio.com

Web link:

http://www.yodio.com/yo.aspx?cardId=LvAhgDUPZd6UbBgsTMN2aC

#1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Spanish Poetry

High School Foreign Language Students

Used http://gcast.com

Web link:

http://outoftheordinarywithrosemary.blogspot.com/

#1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Live Radio

BroadcastsHigh School Students

Community Live Radio Show in Maine

Used http://blogtalkradio.com

Web link:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lobstertalk

Podcast Activity: NPR “This I Believe…”

10th Grade English

Wrote their own This I Believe

Recorded for HW via Cell Phone

Submitted BEST to NPR

Focus: Speaking Skills, Persuasive Writing Skills, Editing Skills

This I Believe Podcasting Project…

• Find a Partner

• Create a 1 minute “This I Believe…” Podcast• Podcast should begin & end with “This I

believe…”• Topic of your choice• Can be humorous, series, sad, inquisitive

• Call in to our Drop #

• Record your podcast

#2 Avatar Project: Spanish Oral Exams

High School Spanish 2 & 3 Students

Developed an Avatar to take oral exams

Used http://voki.com

Focus: Engagement in oral speaking, oral speaking exams, culture representation with images

Avatar Project: Celebrity in Your

FieldCreate an Avatar of a famous person in your field of

interest.

Celebrity in Your Field

• Log in to http://voki.com

• Click on Create

• Create Your Avatar

• Give Your Avatar a Voice via Cell Phone.

• Post your Avatar to our Wikipage at

• http://fortrecoverykolb.wikispaces.com

• Place under “post projects here”

#3 Classroom Performance Systems (CPS)

Using a cell phone to post text or take polls where results are instantly reported on a website.

#3 Mobile Poll or Survey: American Literature Survey

10th grade American Literature reading Catcher in the Rye

Created polls to start each class connecting reading to students’ everyday lives

Used: http://polleverywhere.com

Web link:

http://leclaire6english2008.blogspot.com/2008/11/quiet-desperation-or-barbaric-yawping.html

Polling Project: Together we will create a poll for

“This I Believe…”http://polleverywhere.com

#4 Mobile Note taking and Organization

Using your cell phone to create speech to text reminders, emails, twitters, scheduled items on web-based calendars, get translations, and more!

#4 Mobile Note taking and Organization

• http://dial2do.com Create an account

• Send Emails

• Transcription

• Translation

• Post to your Google Calendar, get SMS reminders of your events.

• Create reminders

• Listen to any website or news feed

#4 Mobile Note taking and Organization Project: Student’s

Mobile Scheduling

High School Technology Students

Created a Google Calendar where all assignments are posted and sent via cell phones

Also use Remember the Milk to set up “To Do lists” for students via cell phone

Used http://jott.com

http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/08/kicking-off-school-year-web-20-style-w.html

Scheduling Project: Google Cal to Cell Phone via Dial2do

How to…

Liz Kolb http://cellphonesinlearning.com

Step 1: Set up a Google Calendar (you can import your iCal or Outlook Calendar right in).

Login to http://google.com

Click on CALENDAR


Create an account if you do not have a Google Account. If you do, Sign In.


Click on ADD

CREATE A NEW CALENDAR


Add Details

Click on CREATE CALENDAR


Click on SETTINGS


Click on MOBILE SETUP


ADD a SMS Reminder

Click on SAVE


Log in to Dial2do.com

Click on DO MORE


Click on ORGANIZE

Click on MORE next to Calendar


Change provider to GOOGLE

Click on SAVE


Grant Access to your Google account


TRY IT: Cal Dial2do 1-213-325-2615

and say “Calendar” then schedule something!

You can also “Listen to Calendar”

#5 Mobile Photo and Video blogging or Posting

Posting an image, video, or text message to a web blog or private photo place on the web directly from your cell phone.

#5 Mobile Photo and Video blogging or Posting

Take a Picture or Video

• Send it to [email protected]

• You will receive a message with your URL of your blog!

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Documenting Lab Activities

Mathematics teacher has students document their mathematical steps and lab activities, then put them into a slideshow along with process explanation.

Web link: http://mathematicslearning.blogspot.com/2008/04/mobile-has-changed-my-way.html

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Cell Phones & Facebook to

Document Everyday Culture

Psychology teacher in Michigan has students document everyday cultural experiences with cell phone and sends them to class Facebook account.

Web link:

Protected in Facebook

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Field Trips

High School Chemistry Students on a field trip at Cranbrook Science Museum in MI.

Cell Phones pictures documented chemical elements.

Used: Camera on cell phone and sent to teacher’s phone.

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Field Trip Documentation

Physical Education teacher has students’ document their field trip experiences.

Used:

http://Utterli.com

Web link:

http://vceoes.wordpress.com/pictures/

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Send Videos of Homework to Cells

Physical Education Teacher in Australia

Used:

http://Utterli.com

Web link:

http://mrobbo.com

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Documenting Australian

Environment

9th Grade Geography students in Australia

Used:

http://Utterli.com

Web link:

http://australianenvironment.wordpress.com/

#5 Photoblogging Project: iReporting

Mobile Citizen Journalism

[email protected]

#5 Photoblogging Project: iReporting

Mobile Journalism

High School Students Document Inauguration

Tools: Flickr, Twitter, YouTube

http://wainauguration.org/

Biology of Fort Recovery Project

Biology of Fort Recovery

Step 1: Create an account in Flickr.com

Step 2: Login to Flickr

Step 3: Click on Uploading Tools (next to Upload Photos)

Step 4: Click on Upload by Email. You will be given an email address where you can send pictures and/or videos from your cell phone directly into Flickr.

Step 5: Go Outside and Find an interesting biological phenomena (leafs, grass, animals...etc).

Step 6: Take a picture or video of the phenomena, send a text message of what you believe the phenomena to be (take a guess if needed). Send it to our Flickr Mobile Account.

Step 7: Login to Flickr.com

Step 8: Place your image on the Flickr Map in the EXACT location where you found the item (Organize--My Map).

#6 Location Mobile Blogging

Posting an image, audio file, or text message to a specific location on a map directly from your cell phone.

#6 Location Mobile Blogging

http://flagr.com

“Where were you born?”

• Send name of location to [email protected]

• Example:

Text Message: liz@Ypsilanti, Michigan

http://www.flagr.com/maps/3539#

#6 Location Mobile Blogging Project: North American

Lighthouses

http://flagr.com

#6 Location Mobile Blogging Project: Oral

HistoriesMurmer Project

Oral Histories

http://murmurtoronto.ca/

#7 Text Message Alerts!

Sending out mass text messages to large or small groups of people.

#7 Text Message Project: Text politicians, ask

questions Canadian Election

http://atomiq.org/archives/2004/04/the_youth_text_2004_challenge.html

#7 Alerts Project: Film on the Fly

http://www.koce.org/filmonthefly

#7 Text Alert Project: Text-An-Expert

9th Grade High School Social Studies

“Who was the first man to walk on the moon”

Power of Networks in Digital World

#8 Mobile novelsUse a cell phone to write a private or collaborative novel, poem, chapter

review, or short story to “publish” on a cell phone.

#8 Mobile Novel Project: Cell Phone Bestseller

Popular in Asia to Read Novels Via Cell.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/world/asia/20japan.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

9th Graders Text Messaging Romeo and

Juliet• 9th Grade English in

Michigan

• Translating Romeo and Juliet to “text speak”

• Start in class with translating a few lines to a wiffiti board.

• Voting on best “translations”

• Move to Homework

• Create a whole text message novel of Romeo and Juliet

Text Message Shakespeare

As You Like It

Text Message Activity…

Subscribe to our text mark

Read the expert from Shakespeare's "As You Like It”

In 120 Characters or less, send a text message that summarizes Orlando's speech to:

#9 Survey or Quiz Audio Blast!

• Send an audio quiz or survey to multiple cell phones at once.

• Receive instant feedback as they take quiz/survey

• Results all compiled in private account.

• Hey Cosmos: Blaster

#10 Phonecasting: Listen to

Books/Webpages/Blogs/Radio via Cell PhoneListen to books, webpages, blogs, and radio on-

demand via cell phone. Anytime from anywhere!

#9 Listen to Books/Webpages/Blogs/Radio via Cell

Phone

On Demand Radio Shorts

Dial: 415-692-4933

http://www.lexy.com

Listen to Any Podcast or RSS Feed Via Phone

http://podlinez.com/Get a phone number for

ANY Internet podcast

Call and Listen to MOMA’s latest galleries

1 (801) 349-3832

#11 Create your own Mobile Review!

Create ringtones, which can be used for reviews of content.

#11 Create your own Ringtone Review!

1. Login to http://Phonezoo.com

2. Create an Account

3. Click on Ringtones

4. Click on Record from Voice

5. Select the Ringtone (Private)

6. Save and Send to Phone

#12 Web 2.0 Voicemail

A cell phone that couples with a website in order to create MP3 files of voicemails, transcripts of voicemails, smart greeting for individual or groups of callers, and stores all calling information.

Oral Quiz with Google Voice

• Call Liz’s Google Voice Number• (734) 408-4495

• Listen to Instructions

• Answer the question

• Publish it

Geo-Blogging Project: Orienteering

http://kaywa.com

Getting Started

• DO NOT attempt to change policy (yet)

• Survey Students on Cell Phones• Who has one? What is their plan? Preference for

Communication?

• Talk with students about cell phone safety & etiquette• Create a social contract for cell phone use with school

assignments

• Start with OPTIONAL homework/EC projects outside of classroom.

• Start with what YOU are comfortable with (such as phone call resources like Drop.io)

Video Tutorials

• Drop.io (Podcast, videos, and pictures to private or public drop)

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cjXZXVnTx

TextMarks (Text Message Alerts)

• http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cjXZXBnTa

Flickr Mobile (Pictures and Videos)

• http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cQenX0eio

Video Tutorials

Polleverywhere (Cell phone polling and brainstorming, CPS-clickers)

• http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=22246&title=Poll_Everywhere_Tutorial&ref=elikeren

Dial2Do (Speech to Text; Listen to webpages; Listen to email/cal….etc)

• http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cjXZlcnTz

Flagr (Location Blogging with Photos and text directly to a map)

• http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=22248&title=Flagr_tutorial&ref=elikeren

Video Tutorials

Wiffiti Tutorial

• http://www.screenjelly.com/watch/2VnbOOYBnYg

Google Voice Tutorial

• http://screenjel.ly/jaHY84F46v8

Blaster Tutorial

• http://screenjel.ly/JmsN9MnbdG8