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Connecting Student Cell Phones to Classroom Instruction
Liz Kolb
University of Michigan & Madonna University
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http://cellphonesinlearning.com
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Meet Liz…
Taught 7th-12th Grade Social Studies in Cincinnati, Ohio
Taught High School Technology Courses in Columbus, OH.
Former High School Technology Coordinator and Integration Specialist in Columbus OH.
Currently Adjunct Assistant Professor at Madonna University-Teaches Ed Tech Courses to in-service Teachers in the Master’s program.
Currently Finishing Doctorate at University of Michigan. Teaches Ed Tech Courses to preservice teachers.
Author: “Toy to Tool: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education”
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/kolb_504

Why students’ own cell phones?

The Research
Text messaging may help children fight off obesity (UNC, USA)
Concern over texting lingo has been greatly exaggerated; less than 10 percent of words in text messages are abbreviated (Gr8 Db8)
Texting linked positively with literacy achievements (Coventry University, UK)
Texting helps shy teenagers communicate (Plymouth Univ)
Anonymity in texting leads to greater participation and knowledge growth (Univ. of Cape Town)

Why Cell Phones?
Accessibility
72.4% of Canadian households have at least one Cell Phone
Low Cost
End of 2012 education technology spending will reach 56.2 billion dollars. (USA)
How Students’ View Cell Phones
3 Generations of Cell Phone Users (NPR)
4th graders preferred form of communication is a cell phone (Canadian)
How Students View Learning
Free Agent Learners
Anywhere, anytime, any place at any pace
1-800-2chacha (text chacha)
MyMiaMia (1-416-800-0879)
Google 411
The 21st Century Professional World
Future jobs require mobile skill
World ranking of cell phone ownership and Canadians?

By 2010 it is estimated …
Over 90% of 9-12th Graders will have cell phones
54% of 8 year olds will have their own cell phone!

The 21st Century student’s view on their professional future
ONLY “23% of advanced technology students K-12” believe that schools are preparing them for the 21st Century Job Force.
Speak Up 2007 Report. Retrieved: http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_your_data.html

Mobile Job Opportunities

Companies Go Mobile
Mobile Coupons
SMS & MMS
http://mobileposse.com
Mobile Advertising
Latest News on Mobile Marketing
SMS & QRcodes & Call Ins
http://mobilemarketer.com

Search for “cell phone skills” on Monster.com

Text message one reason why cell phones should NOT be integrated in learning.

Cheating is a problem…
26% of teenagers admitted to using their cell phone to store information to look at during a test or a quiz.
25% have text messaged their friends about answers during a test or quiz.
20% have searched the Internet via their mobile phone during a test or quiz.
17% have taken pictures of a test or quiz with the cell phone in order to send the pictures to their friends.

Even MORE of a problem
Most students do not envision these activities as cheating.
More than half of the students surveyed did not think these acts were serious offenses of cheating, rather they think of it as just “helping out a friend.”

70% of U.S. schools completely ban cell phones from campus
63% of students admitted to sneaking in cell phones and using them during class anyway.
In a seven class a day, five day school week, the average student sends at least three text messages per class.

Life Consequences
A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl who refused to stop texting during a high school math class was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
Six teens face child porn (13 to 15) charges after being caught "sexting" each other. Criminal Charge!

Current Banning and Structures are NOT working
Students still “cheating”, “Off-task”, or “inappropriately” using cell phones in schools
Students still bring them to schools and use them when told not to.
Students still do not understand consequences of their use
Students have no idea how to use them in future job force!

How do we change?

Craik School inCanadaUsing Cell Phones in Middle School
8th Grade
40% have cell phones
Using them for…
Organization/Scheduling
Projects: Text Messaging Activities
Recording Group Conversations
Sending assignments to the teacher

5 Rules for Cell Phones in Schools
Set rules based on business regulations for cell phone use (look at business contracts)
Social contract with students
Must be on vibrate at all times
Keep them in the front of the room until you are going to use them.
All messages/media sent or published must be related to lesson.
If you are referencing someone else in class, you must have their approval before posting or publishing.
Create a permission form (in addition to the School’s AUP)

Inclusive Cell Phone Policy

Discuss Mobile Safety & Appropriate Use
Part of digital footprint
Your digital dossier that includes Internet activity such as social networking, email, chat rooms,
YOU can’t erase this!!! Permanent record
EVERYTHING you send via text message (pictures, videos, text, audio…etc) is PUBLIC!!!
Example: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
Mobile “bullying” and “sexting” is public
Students should know their plans
Bring in their cell phone plan and a bill
Discuss what is charged and how much
Give Students a Survey

What can students do with a basic cell phone?
Phone Call
Send a Text Message (SMS)
Take a Picture
Ringtones
Wallpaper

12 Project Samples: Basic Cell Phones Become Learning Tools
Podcasting/Live Radio
Cell phone Avatars
CPS-Brainstorming-Polling
Phonelogging
Mobile Note Taking/Organization
Instant Media Sharing and Mobile Blogging
Text Message Alert Projects
Phonevites (oral quiz)
Phonecasting
Review Ringtones
Mobile eBooks
Voicemail Greetings

Questions…
Do ALL students need their own phone?
NO! Groups, Web Options, Landlines
What if my school does not allow cell phones on campus?
Activities work very well off-campus for homework
Can I use a BASIC phone?
YES! Phone call, text message, take a picture…
Does it costs money?
The resources are FREE, students should know their plans
Students with disabilities?
Speech to Text & Text to Speech Options

The Projects!
Classroom Examples and Ideas

#1 Mobile Podcasting/Live Radio
Using a cell phone to record and then posting the recording to a public or private website that has an RSS feed and can be downloaded as an MP3 file.

#1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Radio Theater
Elementary School 3rd-6th graders
Used: http://hipcast.com
Web link:
http://stjosephschooltrenton.com/blog/

#1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Author Study
Middle School 6th-7th Grade
Used: http://gabcast.com
Web link:
http://541sparkes.blogspot.com/2007/07/author-blog-6.html

#1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Science Inquiry Questions
High School Earth Science
Used http://gabcast.com
Web link:
http://mrsleeswebblog.blogspot.com/

#1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Connecting Algebra to Real World
High School Algebra
Used http://yodio.com
Web link:
http://www.yodio.com/yo.aspx?cardId=LvAhgDUPZd6UbBgsTMN2aC

#1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Spanish Poetry
High School Foreign Language Students
Used http://gcast.com
Web link:
http://outoftheordinarywithrosemary.blogspot.com/

#1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Live Radio Broadcasts
High School Students Community Live Radio Show in Maine
Used http://blogtalkradio.com
Web link:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lobstertalk

Podcast Activity: NPR “This I Believe…”
10th Grade English
Wrote their own This I Believe
Recorded for HW via Cell Phone
Submitted BEST to NPR
Focus: Speaking Skills, Persuasive Writing Skills, Editing Skills

This I Believe Podcasting Project…
Find a Partner
Create a 1 minute “This I Believe…” Podcast
Podcast should begin & end with “This I believe…”
Topic of your choice
Can be humorous, sad, inquisitive
Call in to our Drop #
Record your podcast (hang up when done)

#2 Classroom Performance Systems (CPS)
Using a cell phone to post text or take polls where results are instantly reported on a website.

#2 Mobile Poll or Survey: American Literature Survey
10th grade American Literature reading Catcher in the Rye
Created polls to start each class connecting reading to students’ everyday lives
Used: http://polleverywhere.com
Web link:
http://leclaire6english2008.blogspot.com/2008/11/quiet-desperation-or-barbaric-yawping.html

Polling Project: Together we will create a poll for “This I Believe…”
http://polleverywhere.com

#3 Avatar Project: Spanish Oral Exams
High School Spanish 2 & 3 Students
Developed an Avatar to take oral exams
Used http://voki.com
Focus: Engagement in oral speaking, oral speaking exams, culture representation with images

#4 Phone Logging
http://www.ipadio.com/

#5 Mobile Note taking and Organization
Using your cell phone to create speech to text reminders, emails, twitters, scheduled items on web-based calendars, get translations, and more!

#4 Mobile Note taking and Organization
http://dial2do.com Create an account
Send Emails
Transcription
Translation
Post to your Google Calendar, get SMS reminders of your events.
Create reminders
Listen to any website or news feed

#4 Mobile Note taking and Organization Project: Student’s Mobile Scheduling
High School Technology Students
Created a Google Calendar where all assignments are posted and sent via cell phones
Also use Remember the Milk to set up “To Do lists” for students via cell phone
Used http://jott.com
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/08/kicking-off-school-year-web-20-style-w.html

Scheduling Project: Google Cal to Cell Phone via Dial2do
How to…

Step 1: Set up a Google Calendar (you can import your iCal or Outlook Calendar right in).
Login to http://google.com
Click on CALENDAR
Liz Kolb http://cellphonesinlearning.com

Create an account if you do not have a Google Account. If you do, Sign In.

Click on ADD
CREATE A NEW CALENDAR

Add Details
Click on CREATE CALENDAR

Click on SETTINGS

Click on MOBILE SETUP

ADD a SMS Reminder
Click on SAVE

Log in to Dial2do.com
Click on DO MORE

Click on ORGANIZE
Click on MORE next to Calendar

Change provider to GOOGLE
Click on SAVE

Grant Access to your Google account

TRY IT: Cal Dial2do 1-213-325-2615
and say “Calendar” then schedule something!
You can also “Listen to Calendar”

#5 Mobile Photo and Video blogging or Posting
Posting an image, video, or text message to a web blog or private photo place on the web directly from your cell phone.

#5 Mobile Photo and Video blogging or Posting
Take a Picture or Video
Send it to go@blogger.com
You will receive a message with your URL of your blog!

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Documenting Lab Activities
Mathematics teacher has students document their mathematical steps and lab activities, then put them into a slideshow along with process explanation.
Web link: http://mathematicslearning.blogspot.com/2008/04/mobile-has-changed-my-way.html

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Mathematical images
Mathematics teacher has students connect learning to real world images (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/apcalc06/ )
Web link: http://adifference.blogspot.com/2006/12/flickring-mind-maps-making-learning.html

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Cell Phones & Facebook to Document Everyday Culture
Psychology teacher in Michigan has students document everyday cultural experiences with cell phone and sends them to class Facebook account.
Web link:
Protected in Facebook

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Field Trips
High School Chemistry Students on a field trip at Cranbrook Science Museum in MI.
Cell Phones pictures documented chemical elements.
Used: Camera on cell phone and sent to teacher’s phone.

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Field Trip Documentation
Physical Education teacher has students’ document their field trip experiences.
Used:
http://Utterli.com
Web link:
http://vceoes.wordpress.com/pictures/

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Send Videos of Homework to Cells
Physical Education Teacher in Australia
Used:
http://Utterli.com
Web link:
http://mrobbo.com

#5 PhotoPosting Project: Documenting Australian Environment
9th Grade Geography students in Australia
Used:
http://Utterli.com
Web link:
http://australianenvironment.wordpress.com/

#5 Photoblogging Project: iReporting
Mobile Citizen Journalism
ireport@cnn.com

#5 Photoblogging Project: iReporting
Mobile Journalism
High School Students Document Inauguration
Tools: Flickr, Twitter, YouTube
http://wainauguration.org/

Biology Project with Flickr
Step 1: Create an account in Flickr.com
Step 2: Login to Flickr
Step 3: Click on Uploading Tools (next to Upload Photos)
Step 4: Click on Upload by Email. You will be given an email address where you can send pictures and/or videos from your cell phone directly into Flickr.
Step 5: Go Outside and Find an interesting biological phenomena (leafs, grass, animals...etc).
Step 6: Take a picture or video of the phenomena, send a text message of what you believe the phenomena to be (take a guess if needed). Send it to our Flickr Mobile Account.
Step 7: Login to Flickr.com
Step 8: Place your image on the Flickr Map in the EXACT location where you found the item (Organize--My Map).

#5 Location Mobile Blogging Project: North American Lighthouses
http://flagr.com

#7 Text Message Alerts!
Sending out mass text messages to large or small groups of people.

#7 Text Message Project: Text politicians, ask questions
Canadian Election
http://atomiq.org/archives/2004/04/the_youth_text_2004_challenge.html

#7 Alerts Project: Film on the Fly
http://www.koce.org/filmonthefly

#7 Text Alert Project: Text-An-Expert
9th Grade High School Social Studies
“Who was the first man to walk on the moon”
Power of Networks in Digital World

#7 Mobile novels
Use a cell phone to write a private or collaborative novel, poem, chapter review, or short story to “publish” on a cell phone.

#8 Mobile Novel Project: Cell Phone Bestseller
Popular in Asia to Read Novels Via Cell.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/world/asia/20japan.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

9th Graders Text Messaging Romeo and Juliet
9th Grade English in Michigan
Translating Romeo and Juliet to “text speak”
Start in class with translating a few lines to a wiffiti board.
Voting on best “translations”
Move to Homework
Create a whole text message novel of Romeo and Juliet

Text Message Shakespeare
As You Like It

Text Message Activity…
Subscribe to our text mark
Read the expert from Shakespeare's "As You Like It”
In 120 Characters or less, send a text message that summarizes Orlando's speech to:

#8 Mobile Oral Quiz!
Send an audio quiz or survey to multiple cell phones at once.
Receive instant feedback as they take quiz/survey
Results all compiled in private account.
http://phonevite.com

#8 Phonecasting: Listen to Books/Webpages/Blogs/Radio via Cell Phone
Listen to books, webpages, blogs, and radio on-demand via cell phone. Anytime from anywhere!

Listen to Any Podcast or RSS Feed Via Phone
http://podlinez.com/
Get a phone number for ANY Internet podcast

Call and Listen to MOMA’s latest galleries
1 (801) 349-3832

#9 Create your own Mobile Review!
Create ringtones, which can be used for reviews of content.

#10 Create your own Periodic Table Ringtone
Your Assignment:
Create a "rap" or "song" about a chemical element
Call our Drop.io # and Record your song
Login to our Drop
Next to drop, click on down arrow
Select "Send to"---"phone” and Type in your cell phone number
You should receive your ringtone shortly in a text message
Open it up
Save As-- Sound on your phone
Now it can be a ringtone!

#10 Web 2.0 Voicemail
A cell phone that couples with a website in order to create MP3 files of voicemails, transcripts of voicemails, smart greeting for individual or groups of callers, and stores all calling information.

Geo-Blogging Project: Orienteering
http://kaywa.com

Getting Started
DO NOT attempt to change policy (yet)
Survey Students on Cell Phones
Who has one? What is their plan? Preference for Communication?
Talk with students about cell phone safety & etiquette
Create a social contract for cell phone use with school assignments
Start with OPTIONAL homework/EC projects outside of classroom.
Start with what YOU are comfortable with (such as phone call resources like Drop.io)

Follow A Teachers Journey
http://www.cellularlearning.org

Video Tutorials
Drop.io (Podcast, videos, and pictures to private or public drop)
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cjXZXVnTx
TextMarks (Text Message Alerts)
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cjXZXBnTa
Flickr Mobile (Pictures and Videos)
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cQenX0eio

Video Tutorials
Polleverywhere (Cell phone polling and brainstorming, CPS-clickers)
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=22246&title=Poll_Everywhere_Tutorial&ref=elikeren
Dial2Do (Speech to Text; Listen to webpages; Listen to email/cal….etc)
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cjXZlcnTz
Flagr (Location Blogging with Photos and text directly to a map)
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=22248&title=Flagr_tutorial&ref=elikeren

Video Tutorials
Wiffiti Tutorial
http://www.screenjelly.com/watch/2VnbOOYBnYg
Google Voice Tutorial
http://screenjel.ly/jaHY84F46v8
Blaster Tutorial
http://screenjel.ly/JmsN9MnbdG8

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