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

manuelgd@termo.uva.es

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

manuelgd@termo.uva.es

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