Cell+Phones+in+the+Classroom

=Overview or Why?= also visit OTAN's professional development community on this topic developed by Susan Gaer (You will need to create a Moodle account.)

Photo prompts http://media.caglecartoons.com/media/cartoons/9/2010/09/01/82555_600.jpg

Video prompts
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=Etiquette=

Video prompt
[|Video]: Cell Phone Etiquette - A Humorous Look by BertTheGnome media type="youtube" key="9aWPeg3fIIM" height="349" width="425"

Activity
Answer the questions, then interview another participant -

Create a [|graph]with answers

Three ways to teach etiquette
http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2014/12/15/3-ways-to-teach-cell-phone-etiquette-to-high-schoolers

Cell phone etiquette poster http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/what-your-students-must-know-about-cell.html

=Features=

Activity
Answer questions about your phone, then interview another participant -

Reading
Blog post on WireFly - http://www.wirefly.com/learn/resources/wireless-basics/advanced-features/

=Cell Phone Texting=

7 Ways You Can Use Texting to Your Advantage in the Classroom - [|by Edudemic]

Question of the Day or Daily Reminder/Note

 * //Questions that can be asked:// || //Examples of reminder or notes:// ||
 * * We missed you in class today.Will you be coming tomorrow?
 * Please bring _to class tomorrow.
 * Do you want the teacher to send you messages on your phone?
 * Do you have any children?
 * Are you practicing English?
 * What are you doing?
 * Are you speaking English?
 * What do you do after class?
 * What did you eat for breakfast this morning? || * homework reminder
 * math factoid
 * language factoid
 * motivational message
 * class cancelled notice ||

Group texting services
Cel.ly Pusle.to [|Remind 101] Class Pager Liz Kolb’s [|blog post]- http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/2011/04/keyword-texting-new-free-web-resources.html

I'm using @ClassPager to SMS and poll my otan training class! Students, sign up by texting "@otantrai" to (206) 866-6284.

7 services for sending group texts to parents and students - []

Student Response System from their cell phones
http://www.polleverywhere.com Ask questions for formative and summative assessment. Create multiple choice or text polls. ~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~ || Example of free text poll ~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~ || Example of free text poll ~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~|\^-^/|~ ||
 * Example of multiple choice
 * Which sentence is correct?
 * 1) My childrens are sick.
 * 2) My child is sick.
 * 3) My childs is sick. || In number 1,345,675, which number is in **ten thousands** place value? || What gadget would you like to own? ||
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Text to learn
[discontinued in March 2013] Doing Research with Google SMS - []

=Cell Phone Audio=

Call in a poem or Give voice to your online 'persona' (avatar)
http://voki.com/ Create an animated avatar on voki. Then embed that avatar on your Web site, wiki or blog to welcome the visitors. One example lesson plan suggests to have students call in and read a poem.

Example lesson plan - []

Sample Dr. Seuss poems from []

OTAN Example - Voki & friend responses

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Call in a Discussion Prompt or Comment
http://voicethread.com Post an image as a discussion prompt. Students can call in to comment.

Record a vocabulary list
Use the phone's voice/audio recorder to create a list of words for students to listen and practice.

Google Voice - Your audio inbox
http://voice.google.com Obtain a phone number that you can give your students instead of your personal phone number. Then you can forward their calls to any other phone number you’d like to use. Google Voice provides interface where you can play their phone messages, see their messages transcribed and even download the message as an audio file. Ides:
 * Learning in Real Life – Students call in and re-tell how they used in their everyday life the language or concept they learned about in class
 * Pronunciation or reading practice – Students call in and read a paragraph or a word list

Activity: Call the presenter and leave a message by answering this question – **//What features of your [|cell phone] have you used, other than making a phone call?//**

=Cell Phone Photo Camera=

Taking Better Pictures with your Cell Phone Camera - Blog post on Manuals Online - http://articles.manualsonline.com/taking-better-pictures-with-your-cell-phone-camera.html

Create a story around a photo
[] Example: Our Favorite Clothes Project by Susan Gaer’s Intermediate ESL Class, Spring 2009, http://susangaer.com/esl2009/favorite_clothes.pdf media type="custom" key="9562314" align="right"
 * Activity**
 * Take a picture with your cell phone and send it to timacbyotan.timac123@picasaweb.com
 * Use picnic and picasaweb to edit pictures uploaded from your cell phone
 * Go to https://picasaweb.google.com/timacbyotan/
 * Log on with the credentials that the presenter gives you
 * Click on drop box.
 * Select your photo
 * Click on Edit icon
 * Photo will open in picnic interface
 * Under Edit Tab apply basic edits to the photo; auto-fix, crop, etc.
 * Under Create Tab: Add text or stickers to your photos, apply effects and fames
 * Save to the album as a new copy
 * Add captions to your photo

=QR Codes and Your Camera=

Information on QR Codes - links to videos on usage Practice Penny's slideshow

=Other features=

Cell Phone Video Camera
Many smart phones with data plans allow uploading of videos directly to video sharing services like youtube, flickr, picasa, photobucket media type="custom" key="9562380" align="right"

Calculator

 * tip at a restaurant
 * sales tax
 * discount offers – are they really worth it
 * budgeting for grocery shopping

Calendar

 * time management
 * schedule time for learning

Address Book

 * Enter your address and your friends’
 * Practice alphabetizing
 * Organize your contacts

Internet browser

 * Search for a word, concept, image

Applications on ‘smart phones’

 * Dictionary
 * Encyclopediamedia type="custom" key="9562398" align="right"
 * Math practice
 * Vocabulary practice
 * Geography practice
 * Writing practice

=Apps for iOS, Android and more=


 * Susan Gaer's iPads in Education resource site - http://ipadseducation.weebly.com/
 * Blair Roy's resource site - https://sites.google.com/site/ipads4ae/
 * For adult learners - http://www.otan.us/index.cfm?fuseaction=ShowMoreNews&newsid=4468&catid=3027

Web site - http://www.centralcoastchildrensfoundation.org/adult%20literacy%20apps%20Final.pdf File -
 * MOBILE APPS FOR ADULT Literacy, by Harvey Pressman and Andrea Pietryzk for Central Coast Children’s Foundation


 * Commonsense media App reviews - http://www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews

=Privacy and Cell Phones=

News item about the discussion to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act from mid-1980s http://www.npr.org/2011/05/10/136177818/senators-grill-phone-execs-on-mobile-privacy

And an article about students right to text in class http://www.askthejudge.info/do-students-have-a-right-to-cell-phone-privacy-while-at-school/153/

And an article about Electronic Communications Privacy Act http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-electronic-communications-privacy-act.htm

=Check for understanding= https://kahoot.it/#/

=Resources about Cell Phones in Education=

Nell Eckersley's presentation at COBE 2014 - http://nelightful.weebly.com/ M-learning in Adult Ed - http://mlearninginadulted.wikispaces.com David Rosen presentation - [|http://www.slideshare.net/djrosen/mlearning-international-projects-for-adult]s Adult Literacies Online: Mobile Phone Course 2009 - http://www.aloscotland.com/alo/viewresource.htm?id=2099 From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning - Blog by Liz Kolb - http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/

Susan Gaer's presentation media type="custom" key="9903053"

=Evaluation= http://test.otan.us/dev/eval/

=Reference=

Students can get free texting via the app: pinger.com. Please note that this requires wi-fi, but if you have wi-fi at the school, students could use this for free.