This document discusses using mobile phones to enhance teaching and learning. It explores several existing mobile learning applications and innovations including polling tools, podcasts, graphing programs, and learner-created content like quizzes and flashcards. Participants brainstorm ways to use mobile phone functions across different key competencies and subject areas. Ideas from students suggest using phones for activities like taking pictures, timers, games, recordings, and texting the teacher privately.

1. EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES Mobile phones & Learning!

2. Scope! In reality this is a thesis topic so this session can only be a snapshot; A chance to raise awareness; To begin using some more of the simple mobile phone functions in our teaching and learning.

3. Checkout what others are doing; Explore what’s available on our mobile phones; Brainstorm some possible learning activities; Share ideas. What’s planned

4. Let look at several innovations and applications which are available. What other’s are doing!

5. New York – Million Project Video play 1 st 2 mins

6. Poll everywhere! Poll everywhere is a polling service – free(ish) for educators Diagnostic assessment? How well do you know your mobile phone? Please note it costs 30c on a Vodafone prepaid to vote.

7. Math4mobile Another cool tool is math4mobile . This site has 5 very sophisticated graphing programmes that you can download and run on most mobile phones.

8. Podcasts It’s just a recording. Make your own and make them available on Blackboard! Examples: Audio books e.g. Wellington City Libraries' Downloadable Media for audio books Radio NZ

9. In groups of 3 or 4 people have a look at your own mobile phones. Make a list of functions that the mobiles can be used for. Explore what’s available?

10. Combine the lists of functions

11. Quiz’s etc. Learner created content Quizzes, study notes and flash cards can be transferred to mobile phones e.g. Be coming a parent Examples Mobile blogging (Utterli) – Wordsworth . Museum audio tours, students learn about artifacts, create an authentic tool for the museum. Virtual audio walking tours e.g. scientific species in an area, guides for visitors etc How are mobiles being used in learning

12. Brainstorm Key Competencies Ideas for using mobiles in learning. Consider both subject students and learning group Try to get at least one idea for each key competency Thinking Using language, symbols and text Managing self Relating to others Participating and contributing. Using mobile phones in learning

13. Share ideas

14. Ideas from Year 5 students Special network for children? Maybe one that doesn’t cost so much? Taking pictures of spelling words, check in dictionary. Listening to stuff on the radio in class time. Remembering dates on calendars. Taking pictures. PE Timer with the stopwatch. Maths games. Google. Spelling games. Voice Recording. Calculators. To do lists to keep projects organised. Have a ring tone to get our attention in class. Record interviews with people. Can text to the teacher to ask a question if you don’t want to ask in front of the whole class.