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Getting Close with Mobile Technologies in the
Classroom
- Adam Blackwood
- A.Blackwood@kent.ac.uk @Adamrsc

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Tasks: Have a go…..
Contact Details:
Adam Blackwood
Email:
A.Blackwood@kent.ac.uk
Twitter: @Adamrsc
Website: www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/southeast
Your comments / questions..?
…My Answers tomorrow
http://p-qr.com/link3
How was the
lesson?
NFC App for
Android
Link to all the Links
http://p-qr.com/ehandout
http://p-qr.com/link2
http://p-qr.com/link22
Room No. 20116
E-Assessment
Task!
http://p-qr.com/socrative
E-Book for
Android
http://tiny.cc/wattpadforandroid
E-Book for
iPhone
http://tiny.cc/wattpadforapple
Revision cards & more
http://www.studystack.com
E-Book for
Blackberry
http://tiny.cc/wattpadforblackberry

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Mobile phones..
Mobile
Phone
x
Smart
Phone
x
x
QR Codes
NFC
How mobile is this room?
x
Pro Mobiles in the classroom
x

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Rules for this session
• Turn Mobile Phones on silent
• Please use your QR Code Readers.
• Carry the courses notes from today’s lesson on the Wattpad
book with the tag #RSCSE
• Leave all mobile phones on the desk infront of you.
• Ask permission if you want to use them for something other
than the task sessions I set please.
• The Twitter Hash Tag for Todays Course is..
#RSCSE

5.
Rules for this session
• Turn Mobile Phones on silent
• Please use your QR Code Readers.
• Carry the courses notes from today’s lesson on the Wattpad
book with the tag #RSCSE
• Leave all mobile phones on the desk infront of you.
• Ask permission if you want to use them for something other
than the task sessions I set please.
• The Twitter Hash Tag for Todays Course is..
#RSCSE

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An introductory lesson on Mobile
Devices. Covering using
• The Phone
– Bluetooth:
• What is it?
• Your personal security.
• Device Names – Can you
change yours?
– Data:
• Data and WiFi & Chat etc
• Phones and SMS and 3G
– Texting & Survey
– Charging devices in the
college: Procedures
• How they will be used on
this course to help you.
• Texting, Q&A,
• Receiving Revision Files
• Google
• Dictionaries (online and
downloadable apps).
• Evidence gathering tools
(Camera, Video, notes)

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Got a QR Code Reader?
http://tiny.cc/qrcodereaderforandroid
http://tiny.cc/qrcodereaderforapple
http://tiny.cc/qrcodereaderforblackberry

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Rules
PowerPoint

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What is NFC

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http://tiny.cc/bluetoothdoc

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How does NFC Work?

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How does NFC Work?

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So… why bother?

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Smart Posters
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Smart Posters
Smart Objects
Tracking – Send a message from locations
Programming Actions on Phones for different
locations
• Accessibility
• Registration (Note to self!!  main menu!)

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QR Codes – Making the phone do
something…

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Re-Direct Sites….
Allow the Same QR Codes
to be re-directed to other
links, resources

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Re-Direct Sites
(Digital Signposting)
The ability to easily update Hard Copy
Resources with Digital signposts

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Run a Video
Update a
FaceBook or
Google+ Site
for a project
with location
Run an audio
file
Link to an
eHandout
Send a Text
Email
Text
Information
…???
Re-Direct
Site
Example Re-Direct Sites:
http://p-qr.com
http://tiny.cc
http://kimtag.com

21.
Tap and Go Registration?
Poken.com

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Personalised Learning
the cards

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QR Codes
(Using a colour
coded standard
for the whole
course or
department)
ReCustomisable
easy to write
down web links
Video Summary
of todays lesson
An
Information Table Menu
Re-Customisable for each Lesson
Quick NFC Link
Text
Introduction to
Lesson Content
Audio
Introduction
Tutors Contact
details – Take a
picture quickly.

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ROOM C5
http://p-qr.com/room5
If room is Locked at the start of your class, scan the QR
Code or Visit the Web Link for more information

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Making Mobile work
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Animated GIFs
Ebooks, WattPad
QR Codes
Enhanced Handouts
URL Shortners
Twitter
iPadio
EverNote
GPS Mapping
Mobeedo
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Mobile Websites
Mobile Surveys
Text Walls
Twitter Votes
Digital Note Taking –
PicSay
Bluetooth
GIF
Flashcards
AR
Electronic Registers

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Evidence Capturing Tools from a
student’s phone..
Uses: Tell students to use one of the picture annotation apps available for
phones to capture evidence of their progress and achievements using their
camera phone and explained using annotations. These can then be sent
directly to the tutor via bluetooth or email…
Note: Download for Android…
• http://tiny.cc/picsay

27.
EverNote – Versatile
Cloud solution for
taking notes
Uses: Students could use this app as a
way of taking media rich notes which
include pictures, audio and video as
well as text.
• http://www.evernote.com/

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eBooks –
Publish your own course materials for
students to carry with them
Kindle
• Cross Platform
• Publish your own
books
• Option to charge for
materials
WattPad
• Easy Self Publishing
for existing word
documents
• Cross platform

29.
View all the notes online via Wattpad at home.
Have a Smartphone? Take away the notes now !
Simply download the FREE Wattpad app to your
phone and search for the eBook that contains all
the notes for this workshop.
http://tiny.cc/wattpadforandroid
5439096
Search for this
unique ID in
Wattpad on your
phone
http://tiny.cc/wattpadforblackberry
http://tiny.cc/wattpadforapple

30.
Audio Feedback
• Use
– Mobile Phone
– Direct to your computer
– Cheap MP3 Recorder
– Excellent Student reviews
– Easy for students to share and review
– Faster / easier for staff
– Digital copies for moderators
FREE Course Resources:
http://tiny.cc/usingaudiofeedback

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http://www.pixelsandpills.com/tweeder/

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http://www.pixelsandpills.com/tweeder/