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Bring Your Own Cell Phone: Collaborative activities for the
classroom
Lin Muilenburg, Ph.D.St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Cell Phones + One Computer
With one classroom computer to share results, there are endless collaborative activities you can develop using:
Texting… using short message service
(SMS) is a great way to engage learners!
Cell Phones for Research
Half of the room try…
Googl SMS = text to 46645. Get a text reply to proper search queries:
Weather 02045 (4 seconds)Web mitosis (6 seconds)
ChaCha = text to 242242. Text a question. Get a text reply. Voice your question to 1-800-2-chacha and get a text reply!
Cell Phones as SRS (“clickers”)
POLL #1 1/3 of the room
Start a text message
Answer this poll
Note: Poll Everywhere free account allows 30 responses per poll, but unlimited # of polls.
Take out your cell phone…
POLL #2 – 1/3 the roomSMS to this number: 221541Type code then answer question: 37607
Name one advantage of using cell phones for education in the K12 classroom.
POLL #3 – 1/3 the roomSMS to this number: 221546Type code then answer question: 37607
Name one disadvantage of using cell phones for education in the K12 classroom.
Group Mail & Chats… send a mass message to a group
And/or conduct synchronous discussions
Tools for Group Mail and Chats
Send GM -- Subscribers choose to receive SMS, email, or voice recording. Have to sign up. Only "senders" can send messages. 30 people on free account.
Today's meet — http://today.io/2055 Online chat room. Unfortunately Twitter feed for participation by mobile is glitchy.
Tools for Group Mail and Chats
Celly (23559) — http://cel.ly/c/mLearningTo register by cell phone text @mLearning to 23559. Post at website or by SMS to 23559 (or simply reply to a Celly SMS).
Posterous — post by web or pre-registered email: http://mobilelearn.posterous.com or [email protected] Note that SMS works if you register mobile number as an email address: [email protected]
Send Email to a Mobile Number
AT&T: [email protected]
Qwest: [email protected]
T-Mobile: [email protected]
Verizon: [email protected]
Sprint: [email protected]
Virgin Mobile: [email protected]
U.S. Cellular: [email protected]
Nextel: [email protected]
Alltel: [email protected]
Metro PCS: [email protected]
Powertel: [email protected]
Suncom: [email protected]
You can send an SMS to an email address.
PIX… sending pictures via
multimedia message service (MMS)
PIX! Take out your cell phones
Choose a photo you already have or take a picture of a neighbor (with permission).
Send photo via MMS or email to: [email protected]
Text a short caption in the subject line such as “my dog Fluffy” or “Mary texting”
SEND your PIX
See the results at:
http://mlearningmorethantalk.blogspot.com/
Phone Conferencing… record conferences for later analysis;
post audio files to your blog or website
Cell Phone Conferencing
Use a conference hosting website such as www.AlwaysFreeConferencing.com or www.FreeConferencePro.com
Set up an account in advance
Provide users with the phone number, written directions, and time to call in
Provide specific discussion guidelines
Run a practice session to get the sillies out
Cell Phone Conferencing
If you plan to use your recordings in class, be sure to allow time for the files to become available on the website
Sample Discussion Question: “Are you for or against the use of cell phones for education in the K12 classroom and WHY?”
www.AlwaysFreeConferencing.com
When you set up your account they email these directions
FLIX… sending videos via
multimedia message service (MMS)
Take out your cell phonesShoot a 2 second video of a neighbor saying:
“My name is ______ and I’m from _____.”
Send the video via MMS or email to:[email protected] We can see the uploaded videos at my Flickr account
Note: Video editing/mixing can be done online with free Web 2.0 tools.
Phonecasts and Phlogs… stream live to the web or make recordings from your
cell phone and post to your blog
Using iPadio to record
Set up an account at www.ipadio.com
Call the ipadio phone number 1-866-488-3946
Enter your pin when prompted then speak
You are streaming live to the internet
You can play the recording from the website, download the MP3, or embed it in your blog
Geotag your recordings on Google Maps
See the results at:
http://mlearningmorethantalk.blogspot.com/2010/02/phlogging-with-ipadio.html
QR Codes… a 2-dimensional barcode
(mostly) for Smart Phones
Create your own QR Code
Using the QR Code generator such as RedLaser or Kaywa you can create your own QR codes http://www.redlaser.com
http://qrcode.kaywa.com
Differentiate with colored QR Codes usinghttp://www.qrstuff.com
QR Codes can containthese (and more):-URL -Event (Vcalendar)
-telephone number -Social Media
-Contact info (Vcard) -Email message
-SMS message -Google Maps location
Final check on our PIX and FLIX uploads
Call for Chapters:The Handbook of Mobile
LearningZane Berge & Lin Muilenburg, Editors
Questions?
