Mobile

toc =Mobile Devices in the Classroom=

"Off and Away" __OR__ "Out and On the Desk"
Do you agree with Vicki Davis? from []

"//It is a fact that students// //[|ARE using cell phones to cheat] . However, they used paper and pen before cell phones. I think we should just take cell phones out and have them on our desk at all times. When it is time for the test, they put their cell phones in a box on the teacher's desk and get them back afterwards. Let's harness the elephant in the room instead of pretending he isn't there. Cell phones and mp3 players provide us valuable links to the pockets and minds of the students we teach..//."

A Virtual Journey

 * -Mobile Devices in the Classroom**

Phones for learning

 * Experimenting with QR codes into which you can embed text, url, phone numbers, and sms. (There are a number of free apps for camera phones that recognise these codes and decipher them into meaningful text/links/images. Could be useful for homework or for embedding a ‘live’ link on a paper-based worksheet.)
 * Posting information via QR codes in Main Office
 * Posting QR codes in Catwalk to link to student bio's or other resources regarding student work
 * Posting QR codes in Library - table of "this month's great reads"; QR codes link to additional resources about the books, ie: author info, podcasts, website, etc.
 * Posting QR codes in Cafeteria linking to daily lunch menu
 * QR code treasure hunts
 * Use QR codes in worksheets with links to differentiated resources
 * Create interactive timelines
 * QR codes linking to math solutions
 * Brainstorming using wiffiti. Get students to create a communal, real time visual brainstorm, on a screen, from their cell phones.
 * Use phones to access podcasts.
 * Be in different places working on the same project and talking via instant-messaging. One example is a history ‘Treasure Hunt’ where groups compete to find objects and information. The groups split up and group members update each other on progress using mobile phones.
 * Recording science experiments and including the pictures/video with their written reports.
 * Use twitter. Connect with people on any variety of topics: ie: choose a period in history (second world war) and have groups of evacuees, host families, parents of evacuees during that time send messages to each other about their feelings.

Addl. Resources
M-Learning - tons of resources from CybraryMan