Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and
Sensors
Manuel Á. González Miguel Á. González César Llamas M. Esther MartínJesús Vegas Óscar Martínez Carmen Hernández Mar Herguedas
http://apprendiendo�sica.blogspot.com.es
EI Informática & EI IndustrialesUniversity of Valladolid (Spain)
TEEM'14 Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing MulticulturalitySalamanca (Spain), October 1 � 3 2014
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Some questions on developing the apps
Mobile Apps: Supplying contents for you to learn anytime,anywhere.
But as teachers+designers+programmers we've faced di�erentimplementation issues:
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Some questions on developing the apps
Mobile Apps: Supplying contents for you to learn anytime,anywhere.
But as teachers+designers+programmers we've faced di�erentimplementation issues:
• What contents and how to organize them?
• How do we deal with the very di�erent students' devices?
• What about the costs?
• Probably needs some improvement: How to include communicationsto enhance the learning?
• Still thinking on it: How can we assess the students' work?
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Some questions on developing the apps
Mobile Apps: Supplying contents for you to learn anytime,anywhere.
But as teachers+designers+programmers we've faced di�erentimplementation issues:
• One physical concept per app. Tasks ful�lled in short time.
• Android devices. Compromise between demands and interest.
• Take into account less favored students/environments.
• Probably needs some improvement: How to include communicationsto enhance the learning?
• Still thinking on it: How can we assess the students' work?
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Several examples of the developed apps
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Thomson experiment:measurement q/m
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Several examples of the developed apps
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Electromagneticinduction
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Several examples of the developed apps
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Capacitors
DC circuits
AC circuits
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Where do we want to go?
Framework of shared apps to build di�erent courses
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Using the smartphones sensors
Smartphones have a large set of built-in sensors
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Developing apps for the laboratory
Applications also permit the students to do experimentalmeasurements
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Developing apps for the laboratory
Applications also permit the students to do experimentalmeasurements
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Smartphones in the laboratory
Applications also permit the students to do experimentalmeasurements
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Smartphones in the laboratory (or not)
Applications also permit the students to do experimentalmeasurements
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Interferences
Stationary wavesDoppler e�ect
Apps for Learning Physics Low Cost Laboratories
Smartphones in the laboratory (or not)
Applications also permit the students to do experimentalmeasurements
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Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and Sensors
Mobile Phones for Teaching Physics: Using Applications and
Sensors
Manuel Á. González Miguel Á. González César Llamas M. Esther MartínJesús Vegas Óscar Martínez Carmen Hernández Mar Herguedas
http://apprendiendo�sica.blogspot.com.es
EI Informática & EI IndustrialesUniversity of Valladolid (Spain)
TEEM'14 Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing MulticulturalitySalamanca (Spain), October 1 � 3 2014