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A workshop at AECT 2011 led by Drs. Michael M. Grant & Joanne Gikas.
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Strategies for MOBILE TEACHING & LEARNING Michael M. Grant, PhD Joanne Gikas, EdD November 9, 2011
Michael M. Grant 2011
Michael M. Grant The University of Memphis
@michaelmgrant
http://viral-notebook.com
Joanne Gikas The University of Memphis
@ecampusUM
http://ecampus.memphis.edu
http://viral-notebook.com
http://bit.ly/aectworkshop
Don’t know what to do with that square thingy?
Just wait.
Download the
slides & resources from
this URL.
What’s our goal?
Agenda
1. Introductions & goals
2. Polling & text messaging
3. Phonecasting & Phlogging
4. QR codes
5. Mobile apps war
6. Capturing student artifacts
7. Twitter
8. Building ebooks
9. Demos
Polls, Phones & SMS
40 Responses
for free now.
Solve for X http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MjEzMjYyNzIyNw
TextTheMob & polltogo
remind101
JG: We need two images for Celly and ClassParrot
Celly & classParrot
Definitions with Google SMS
SMS Send a text to 466453 (Google)
Define (word)
Phonecasting with iPadio
http://ipad.io/UCR
Slidecasting with iPadio & Slideshare
Screenshot Image needed if we go with this
http://slidesha.re/siqqJs
Using Google Voice
Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7PoWsFlsKU&feature=player_embedded
Using QR Codes
To scan, you need a QR code reader.
Android iOS
Not one of these? Check your app store/online for a reader for your phone. Blackberry, I’m told, has one built into the system.
QR codes every day
Let’s try it out!
Links to Slideshows
This diagram displays which plate boundary?
This diagram displays which plate boundary?
Calculate.
9 127
Calculate.
9 127
Anyone tweeting?
To create, you need a QR code generator.
Goo.gl
Bit.ly
QRjumps.com
GoQR.me
QRstuff.com
URL
Shorteners Sites
In Bitly.com
In Bitly.com
GoQR.me, QRstuff.com & QRjumps.com options for encoding, sizes & output
GoQR.me, QRstuff.com & QRjumps.com options for encoding, sizes & output
GoQR.me, QRstuff.com & QRjumps.com options for encoding, sizes & output
Fantastic ideas for QR codes. from Tom Barrett & Paul Simbeck-Hampson
http://bit.ly/i9JO59
Poe in the Pit | Interactive Comic http://poeinthepit.com
The Pit and the Pendulum | Interactive Comic http://poeinthepit.com
No smartphone? Try Snapmyinfo.com
On laptops or netbooks? Try QR Reader
http://www.dansl.net/blog/?p=256
Unitag.fr
Image needed
Unitag.fr
Last one. Try this.
Mobile App War!
h:p://bit.ly/aectworkshop
Capturing Student Artifacts
Posterous Spaces
Make a statement (text, photo, video) about mobile teaching & learning.
Put your name in the Subject Line.
SMS Send a text to 901-451-9321
MMS Send an email to [email protected]
Email Send an email to [email protected]
Normal. • Email post in with [email protected]
• Posterous recognizes the address & posts it to
your site.
• Other email addresses can be added as
contributors. Posterous will recognize these
addresses then post automatically.
Ways to post in Posterous.
Normal. • A single cellphone number can be entered to
post.
• SMS to 41411
• Format: POST Message.
• Posterous does not accept MMS. (It will accept
MMS with an email.)
Ways to post in Posterous.
Allowing others to post without adding emails. • Under Settings >> Commenting & Posting
• Set to “Anyone can post, I will moderate.”
Ways to post in Posterous.
Allowing others to post without adding emails. • Under Settings >> Commenting & Posting
• Set to “Anyone can post, I will moderate.”
• Others can email to
• Others can MMS to
Ways to post in Posterous.
Bypassing Posterous' Limit to One Cell Number • Directions at http://bit.ly/mobileteach
Note: Google Voice does not support MMS.
Ways to post in Posterous.
Google Voice Gmail Posterous
“Anyone can post.” • I don’t recommend keeping this setting 24/7.
• Just for security & piece of mind.
Consider a private site. • I have not tried these posting options with a
private site. Please let me know what works.
Consider a Posterous site as an add-on.
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Tweeting? @michaelmgrant
Building eBooks
Sigil converts HTML to ePub.
Image from h:p://betanews.com/wp-‐content/uploads/media/74/7482.jpg
ePub works for iBooks, Nook & Adobe Digital Editions.
Word
HTML
Sigil
ePub
To Device
eBoo
k Ap
p
Using Sigil to Create an eBook
- Webpage - Dropbox
- Email - Sync
http://bit.ly/sigiltut
Using Calibre to Create eBooks
http://calibre-ebook.com
Great How-To Text
http://www.elizabethcastro.com/epub/
Demos
Cybraryman’s Cellphones in Class http://cybraryman.com/cellphones.html
http://bit.ly/byodevice
Download slides & resources
from this URL.
Michael M. Grant 2011
