Cell Phones in the class

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Permalink Reply by adelina moura on February 4, 2010 at 4:48am

Hi Jeff,

I send you the links of two papers of my research about using mobile phone in classroom:
http://adelinamouravitae.com.sapo.pt/iadismflickrfinal.pdf
http://adelinamouravitae.com.sapo.pt/mobilespainfinal.pdf

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Permalink Reply by fit scott on February 4, 2010 at 5:09am

mmm...interesting...

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Permalink Reply by Michael Kadin on February 5, 2010 at 11:12am

Hey Jeff,

Here's a few links from my blog about using cell phones in the classroom. The polling is great (I have clickers for that purpose), but I like it to have "Chalk Talk" style discussions on the board. Students can text in their answers to a questions, or have a rolling discussion by text message. It's great! I use www.polleverywhere.com for all of my text messages needs.

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Permalink Reply by Gregory Kulowiec on February 28, 2010 at 3:49pm

Hey Jeff,

I wrote an article about cell phone integration for Iste that appeared in the Fall Sigilt Newsletter last year.
http://issuu.com/iste-sigilt/docs/fall_newsletter-_2009 (pg. 10-11). Take a look.

Greg

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Permalink Reply by Gregory Kulowiec on February 28, 2010 at 3:57pm

Jeff,

I would suggest looking into SCVNGR (www.scvngr.com). You can make scavenger hunts that are played through text messaging on cell phones. I made a SCVNGR as a review session for a U.S. History test, where the students recieved clues and challenges that they answered from their notes, textbook or memory. The scavengers that you create can be put into demo mode for free (this means there is limited access), but you can also sign up through SCVNGR (I think $110 or so) to create hunts that are posted on their website. Here is a video of my students reviewing for their test:
http://vimeo.com/9348372

Greg

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Permalink Reply by Kiwi Commons on March 2, 2010 at 1:22pm

I think it is great that educators like yourself want to implement these everyday technologies into the classroom. This is a great way to engage students and keep their attention. I think it also presents a great opportunity to bring up cell phone privacy and safety along with a set of rules of classroom usage before introducing them to the classroom. Here's a great guide that provides tips for youth cell phone usage; it might be of use to you and provide you with a few extra things to think about.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Janczak on March 4, 2010 at 8:41pm

Hi Jeff!
I use cell phones with polleverywhere.com a lot, but I also use them to brnig outside voices into the classroom, especially on controversial topics. For example, we discuss race and college admissions...not the conducive to open and honest dialogue in a HS class, so I have the students text 5 people outside of school a question "On a scale of 1-5 how important should race be in college admissions" and then keep track of the results (what adults say, what college students say) as they come in, asking students if they agree or disagree, etc. The same process can be used for any type of controversial issue.

I also have them use the Google SMS program (where they can text Google for a definition, etc.) when they reading a difficult work.

It has been very interesting and stimulating to see the level of engagement of the students go up whenever we use cell phones. I hope that helps!

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Permalink Reply by Katy Scott on April 13, 2010 at 1:44pm

I recently wrote a blog post outlining the most common uses of cell phones in learning. It includes polling information, but also goes into using Twitter and Dailybooth for projects, scavenger hunts, mobile Internet access, and digital storytelling.

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Wylie on April 13, 2010 at 8:32pm

Here is an article that I wrote on How to Use Cell Phones in the Classroom. I hope it is of some use to you.

Thanks,

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Permalink Reply by Amanda Kenuam on April 14, 2010 at 9:08am

Check out this post about cell phones in the class. You will find a link to Poll Everywhere and many more tools!

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Permalink Reply by Lindsey @SmartEd Services on April 14, 2010 at 10:00am

Jeff,

Have you seen the new SMART Response VE?
http://www.teachsmart.org/School%20Technology/SMART%20Technologies/...

You can download a free trial version on the above website. With SMART Response VE interactive response system, students can participate in classroom assessment using their own Internet-enabled devices. The added bonus is that the results are then able to be recorded, saved and sent from your SMART Notebook software. What do you think?

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