A plan with students to use cell phones for learning http://bit.ly/wU2GMo Creating a plan with students to use cell phones for learning
Want to integrate cell phones into learning? You can involve your students with this planning lesson where students will focus on cell phones as learning tools. With an overview of the educational uses of cell phones (the Gr8 8, below), students will determine how they will choose to use their cell phones for educational purposes. Contracts for tools will be developed by students and the result will be a plan for educational uses of cell phones.
Cell Phones in the Classroom http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/howtoarticles/cell-phones-in-the-classroom Cell Phones in the Classroom
Cell phones have become a ubiquitous accessory of high school students since the late 1990s. Initially banned by schools as an unnecessary distraction, events such as the Columbine tragedy and the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 have made most districts reconsider the place of cell phones in middle and high schools.
Many schools are refining their use policies to include a ban on camera and video phone use, at least for now. Because these hold the greatest potential for inappropriate use and abuse of access to lockers rooms, rest rooms, etc, the ban may actually stick.
Although many teachers will be able to avoid making policies regarding cell phone use, they will not avoid having to cope with their persistent appearance in purses, desks, and backpacks. Teachers can help set the tone by explaining to students early in the year class and school policies regarding their use.
Harassment via a Mobile Phone http://www.teachtoday.eu/en/Case-studies/Harassment-via-a-mobile.aspx Harassment via a Mobile Phone
A secondary school student got hold of a female teacher's mobile number and passed it on to some former students. The teacher received more than 60 malicious phone calls over a period of three weeks with the callers threatening to harm her and another family member, which she reported to the police. As a result, she experienced feelings of severe anxiety and stress and began looking for alternative employment.
From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning
A conversation about integrating student cell phones into classroom curricula.
How the World Is Using Cellphones [INFOGRAPHIC] http://mashable.com/2010/12/03/cell-phone-mobile-infographic/ How the World Is Using Cellphones [INFOGRAPHIC]
The infographic illustrates, among other things, the number of cellphones per capita in various countries, the rate of cellphone adoption in the U.S. during the past decade and the acceptability of certain behaviors regarding cellphone use.
Cell Phones in Education : Workshop for Parents http://bit.ly/cPpAPd Cell Phones in Education : Workshop for Parents
Parents can stop fighting and start embracing cell phones and the many benefits they have to offer. With proper boundaries and example, families can enjoy closer relationships, better communication, and provide educational support. The following workshop is designed to empower parents with a means for establishing a structure and providing guidance, so cell phones are an enhancement to their family.
Harnessing the Power of Cell Phones in Educ http://bit.ly/cAveQH Teaching Generation Text: Harnessing the Power of Cell Phones in Educ : Lisa Nielsen
Archive of one of the weekly Classroom 2.0 Saturday webinar series .. to be recommended
5 Steps for Harnessing the Power of Cells in Ed http://bit.ly/bMJ9CR 5 Steps for Harnessing the Power of Cells in Education
Steps include:
Teacher Use of Cell Phones for Professional Purposes
Teacher Models Appropriate Use for Learning
Strengthen the Home-School Connection
Students Use Cell Phones for Homework
Students Use Cell Phones for Classwork
Mobile Learning for Education http://bit.ly/aN7cun Mobile Learning for Education
This document introduces the subject of mobile learning for education purposes. It examines what impact mobile devices have had on teaching and learning practices and goes on to look at the opportunities presented by the use of digital media on mobile devices.
Making the Case for Cell Phones in Schools http://bit.ly/aPW1BX Making the Case for Cell Phones in Schools
39 Open Source iPhone App Store Apps http://bit.ly/asH7ye 39 Open Source iPhone App Store Apps
How the iPhone Can Help You Be a Better Teacher http://bit.ly/b0y5iE How the iPhone Can Help You Be a Better Teacher
A teacher equipped with an iPhone and the right applications is an educational force to be reckoned with.
The Importance Of Mobile Phones In Education http://bit.ly/bEGx05 The Importance Of Mobile Phones In Education
From listening to music, to taking and editing pictures of teachers, the young community have found various ways to misuse the new technology being made available to them in such small and compact mobile phones.
Obviously, anything that can disrupt learning, or teaching, cannot be accepted in a classroom environment and should be dealt with accordingly.
It is my opinion that as technology advances at such a blistering pace, policies such as ‘mobile phones should be switched off and in your bag’, can be modified to benefit not only students, but teachers and schools alike.
By Terry Freedman
MILLEE http://www.gamesforchange.org/main/gameprof/753 MILLEE: Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies Cellphone-based games that enable poor children in the developing world to acquire language and literacy in immersive, game-like environments.
These games target localized language learning needs and aim to make literacy resources more accessible to underprivileged children who face the child labor challenge.
Google App Inventor http://mashable.com/2010/07/12/google-app-inventor/ Google App Inventor: Now Anyone Can Create an Android App
Google tool that lets anyone create an app for Android phone.
Google App Inventor claims to enable non-coders to develop complete, working Android apps by connecting a series of “blocks.”
GoKnow : Cellphone Computers for the K-12 Classroom http://www.goknow.com/ GoKnow : Cellphone Computers for the K-12 Classroom
Backed by over 10 years and $20 million of classroom-based research, the GoKnow! Mobile Learning Environment (MLE) delivers the complete solution to harness the power of mobile computing.
GoKnow will continue to provide teachers and students with the most effective, compelling, easy-to-use, research-based resources for handheld computers.
Mobile Learning Technology in St. Marys City Schools http://www.smriders.net/Mobile_Learning/ St. Marys City Schools ... Mobile Learning Technology
Acceptance Use Policy | Lesson Ideas | GoManage | Mobile Friendly Websites | Helpful Hints | Mobile Graphic Organizers | Student Artifacts |
How Teens Use Cellphones [INFOGRAPHIC] http://bit.ly/bLxfVy How Teens Use Cellphones [INFOGRAPHIC]
Flowtown has posted an infographic illustrating cellphone use among teenagers. The data, which is sourced from Pew Internet Research, visually underscores something we’ve known for a long time: Teens love to text.
Teens and Mobile Phones (Pew Report) April 2010 http://bit.ly/abDGls Teens and Mobile Phones (Pew Report) 20 April 2010
Text messaging explodes as teens embrace
it as the centerpiece of their communication
strategies with friends.
Qik http://qik.com/ Qik lets you share your everyday life experiences as it happens with your family and friends — right from your mobile phone.
Supports over 140 phones — Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile and more.
# Share privately
# Access your videos anywhere
# Your friends can watch as it happens
# Post to your favorite social networks
# Share your location
Appolicious http://www.appolicious.com/ Appolicious
Appolicious Inc. was founded in 2009 with the goal of making it easy for you to find mobile applications you'll use and love. We've combined social networking, journalism and technology to help you discover the best of the tens of thousands of apps available today. Appolicious is not affiliated with any mobile device maker or carrier, and the Appolicious Advisor reporters are independent journalists without ties to the mobile industry.
Using the iPod Touch/IPhone in Administration http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=467 Using the iPod Touch/IPhone in Administration
This presentation will show you apps and success stories from administrators in the field that are using the iPod Touch/iPhone for data collection, organization, creating a mobile office, and personal professional development.
Creating your own mobile site http://learninginhand.com/mobileweb/create.html Creating your own mobile website
Creating your own mobile site can be very helpful. It could serve as a homepage for you or for students. Often it's easier to add a link to a homepage than it is to enter the address on a mobile device.
k12 cellphone projects (on a wiki) http://k12cellphoneprojects.wikispaces.com/ This is a resource to share K-12 projects that have integrated student cell phones
If you have a project then please add it to this page.
Dial2Do http://www.dial2do.com/ Dial2Do lets you do common tasks by just calling a number and speaking.
Use it to send EMAIL or TEXT messages, record REMINDERS to help you remember things, post updates to your TWITTER or JAIKU stream and LISTEN to your favourite internet content.
It's easy and handsfree... NOTE ... limited to 26 countries
Cell Phones as Classroom Learning Tools http://gl.am/BXUpW Mobile Phone Resources in Education ... a list from Classroom 2.0 LIVE (webinar) - Resources for 12-12-09 Cell Phones as Classroom Learning Tools.
MobileActive http://mobileactive.org/ MobileActive.org connects people, organizations, and resources using mobile technology for social change.
We are committed to increasing the effectiveness of NGOs around the world who recognize that the 4.5 billion mobile phones provide unprecedented opportunities for organizing, communications, and service and information delivery.
A useful website to see innovative ways of using cell phones ... some may then transfer into teaching and learning.
Cell Phones in Learning ... Blog http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/ Cell Phones in Learning ... Blog from Liz Kolb
From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning
An adjunct Professor at Madonna University and a former high school teacher and technology coordinator.
The iPhone Dev Center (for the technical minded only) http://developer.apple.com/iphone/index.action The iPhone Dev Center provides access to technical resources and information to assist you in developing with the latest technologies in iPhone OS. Log in with your Registered iPhone Developer Apple ID and password, or sign-up as a free Registered iPhone Developer today.
This gives access to the iPhone desktop simulator .. but yu need to downlaod the SDK