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Cell Phones in the Classroom

Cell Phones in the Classroom. I’m on my Cell Phone

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Cell Phones in the Classroom

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I’m on my Cell Phone

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Cell Phones as “Clickers

• Using Poll Anywhere (www.pollanywhere.com), teachers can quiz students and determine their mastery of concepts during teaching, students can conduct “surveys” on research topics, administrators can get feedback from staff.

• Feedback is instant, no account sign up required

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Cell Phones as Cameras

• Students can create the following using their cell phones for still or video images:– Documentaries– Digital Image Storybooks– Claymation– Interviews– Skits or Dramatic Readings– News Broadcasts

• All of these support writing across the curriculum, as students can be required to submit a written (or typed) storyboard or narrative for their project. Another idea is to enhance a blog with photos or video.

• Pictures and videos can be easily uploaded to Blogger, Photobucket, Flickr or Youtube for teacher/class review.

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Brainstorming Sessions

• Using Wiffiti (http://wiffiti.com), students can text ideas to a live online screen that has continuous updates.

• Teachers have controls, including “approving” posts and filtering inappropriate words.

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Note Taking and Organization

• Remember the Milk (http://rememberthemilk.com) online planner that will send assignment reminders to your phone via text. Teachers can create groups of students or parents, and then send out reminders for the entire class.

• Braincast (http://braincast.viatalk.com) allows students to record audio with their cell phone and retrieve it later.

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Use what you’ve got!

• Cell phones come with tools kids can use!– Memopad – for taking notes or writing reminders.– Task lists – use instead of paper planners.– Calculators– Audio recorders – to record assignments, lectures,

audio reminders or messages to share with parents– “To Go” apps like Word, Excel and Powerpoint– GPS/Maps for geocaching activities– Alarm clocks to remind students when to move from

one activity to another– Internet for research and accessing information

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What about lower grades?• Give “homework” assignments that get parents involved:

– Taking pictures of content related plants or animals they encounter in their environment, or others they visit.

– Taking pictures of meals and submitting to “My Food Phone” (www.myfoodphone.com)

– Use teacher’s cell phone for whole class or group activities

• Field Trips• Geocaching or Photomapping• Photo identification of plant, animal or insect

species or types of rocks found at school • Creating video or photo projects for presentation to

class or parents

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So….

Do This, Not This