K12Online2007 Conference Reflection #10

Posted on August 11, 2008 by .
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This is my Reflection on the K12 Online conference presentation:

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“Cell Phones as Classroom Learning Tools”

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What were the main points made during this session, the “takeaways?”

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I love how she used quotes from educators to immediately address teacher pushback over cell phones by students. She caught my attention an highlighted the need to address cell phones in the classroom.
Her points were:

Why use cell phones for learning?
What can cell phones do?

Audio examples
camera and video examples
Research opportunities

Classroom projects for cell phones

Ringtones
Logos
Podcasting
Cause a reaction T-shirts
Surveys/polls- www.mobiode.com
Research tools

Look up references
Make mobile web sites

Built in tools

Calendar
Voice recording
Notepad
Alerts
Calculators

Future uses for cell phones

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PBS Kids preschool phones
Starter phones
watch videos
GPS
FM/AM/XM
mini projectors
assistive tech – Magnifier, text reader, handfree dialing, CC
Ebay by phone
Scan, copy, fax
mobile drive
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In terms of your own professional development, what did you gain from the session?

Wow! There are lots of possibilities with the cell phone’s built in camera and video.
I want to have several of these ideas ready when I make a case to administrators and school board for allowing cell phones in schools for pedagogical reasons.

What questions did you have after this presentation?
Our district policy currently bans cell phones from being on during school hours. How do I convince my administration to let me use cell phones in my school?
Does Text for Free still cost the receiver to get the txt message?
How many of these sending and receiving things on the phone will cost the students/parents money.

How will you apply the learning to your professional situation?
I would like to try Gcast or PrivatePhone to do student podcasting while outside the classroom, but my students are less than 13 years old.
I would love to have my students photoblog with an audio message.

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1/2 my students had cell phones last year. I’ll have to check our school policy to see whether cell phones are banned completely at our schools.
What other resources (including reading material) are relevant to this session?
Wow! There is a lot here:

Cell Phones as Audio Recorders
Gabcast (Podcasting)
Gcast (Podcasting)
Hipcast Dog Day Afternoon dvd (Podcasting)
SayNow (Podcasting, Messaging, Conferencing)
Jott (Mobile Notes)

PrivatePhone (Voice Mail)
FreeConferencePro (Phone Conferencing)
http://Utterz.com (Podcasting, text, video, and Image posting)
Drop.io (Podcasting, text, video, image, and faxing)

Cell Phones as Digital Cameras and Camcorders
PhotoBlogger (photo blogging)
Flickr (Image storage and sharing)
Bubbleshare (slide shows)
The Lion King 1? psp Eyespot (video editing)

Cell Phones as Classroom Projects
Zinadoo (Mobile Webpage)
Phonezoo (Ring tone)
TextForFree (Text Messaging)
Pix2fone (uploading wallpaper/logos to Cell)
Mobile-SPS(Mobile Surveys and Polls)
Mobiode (Mobile Surveys)

Cell Phones as Research and Organizational Tools
Bearly Asleep video Text Messaging Reference Desks
http://www.selu.edu/library/askref/index.html (Southeastern Louisiana University)

Homework and Assignment Alerts
http://homeworknow.com

“Mobile Friendly” Website Check
http://mr.dev.mobi

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Mobile Software
Mobile Math Lab
Ready to Learn Preschool PBS project

Live Video Streaming
http://tinyurl.com/3bsjgy

GPS and Tracking
http://www.wayfinder.com

Faxing/Scanning
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E-Commerce
http://www.unwiredbuyer.com

Assistive Cell Phones
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Starter Phones
http://mytictalk.com/LeapFrog

Solar Powered Cell Phones
http://www.therawfeed.com/2006/12/solar-powered-cell-phone-charges-free.html

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