1. Course Technology Annual Conference
Using Mobile Technology in the Classroom and
Beyond
Professor Gina M. Bowers-Miller, M.Ed, LPC
Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA
gmbowers@hacc.edu

2. Presentation Topic
Using Mobile Technology in the Classroom and Beyond
This presentation will share the use of mobile applications and devices
in a computer course at Harrisburg Area Community College. CIS 145,
"Using Mobile Technologies" explored apps for tablets, laptops and cell
phones. Students in this course completed a group project using &
comparing 3 different mobile devices & apps. The projects and results
will be shared as well as an overview of the favorite apps from the
class. Projects included Mindmapping, Zombie Preparedness, Cloud-
based projects and more.
~ Gina Bowers-Miller, Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

3. Harrisburg Area Community College
CIS 145, “Using Mobile Technologies”
1. Apps
– Classroom Demo’s
– Course Wiki
– Group Projects
– Favorites
2. Mobile Devices
– Student Survey
• Droid over iPhone
• iPad wins
• How students are using their devices
3. Lessons Learned
Mike Fisher- http://digigogy.blogspot.com/2009/02/digital-blooms-visual.html

4. Welcome to CIS 145
Using Mobile Technologies
• Emergence of Mobile Technologies in Web 2.0, 3.0, and beyond
• The mobility and evolving nature of these technologies
• Popularity and usefulness
• Hands-on exploration of the devices and mobile applications
• Integrating these emerging technologies into their everyday life
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In the beginning…..

5. Two Major Projects
1. Group Project Requirements:
• 3 different mobile devices
• 3 related apps or software programs
– online photo album using a cell phone and an iPad and comparing Picasa, Photobucket &
Shutterfly, or creating and posting your resume to a job site using a minimum of 3 different
devices and 3 or more related resume builder / storage sites, a Wiki used for group project
• Each member - test 3 different apps
• Each member - use different type of device
• Create a “sample” of that app ----- Calendar system, Music streaming, Project Wiki, feed reader
2. Classroom Demo
• Explore an app related to the chapter topics- something new to you…
• Demonstrate the app to the class, describing your experience
• How could this app be useful for you or your classmates or on the job

6. Welcome to CIS 145
Using Mobile Technologies
https://classroomwiki01.wikispaces.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DTUDczwtyc&feature=youtu.be

7. No longer available- a lesson

8. Class Articles

9. Class Links

10. Lectures & Content

11. Classroom Demo

12. Group Projects

13. Mobile Apps - Links

14. Mobile Devices in Education - Links

15. Evolving Content
• Useful?
• Works on multi-platforms?
• Create & show sample?
• How would you rate it?
• Would YOU use it?

16. Group Projects
-- News Aggregators
Organization--
* Get It Done * Todo.ly * G-Tasks * Tasks Plus
Presentation: http://portal.sliderocket.com/CSWZW/Edited-Powerpoint-Group-Project-Get-it-Done
Photos--

17. Group Projects
• ITTT –
(if this than that)
• Cozi Organizer
• Wellness-
• MindMeister

18. Zombie Survival
I
Preparing for a
disaster, games,
and exercise
apps …

19. Zombie Survival
It’s REAL- even the CDC says so…
Group Website: http://bigbadpig.wix.com/survivalapps

20. Photo Collage & Word Clouds
Study guides,
posters, key words,
creative expression
Organize
your photos
with flare!

21. Class Articles- A Changing Wiki
~ Website that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser.
~ Hawaiian wiki to hurry; quick, fast … We discovered a glitch in Wikispaces…

22. Class Links-A Changing Wiki

23. So Many Apps.. So Little Time!!!
http://www.go2web20.net/

24. Favorites
Favorite Sites/Apps Videos
• Web and Random Acts of
• Lastpass- password saving vault Kindness – Jonathan Zittrain,
• Box & Dropbox cloud storage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P65XdTlk4
vA
• Spotify - music streaming
• Seat Guru – airline seat review • The Machine Is Us/ing Us -
Michael Wesch,
• Trip Advisor- trip planning-reviews http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT
_g&list=PL01C06F0B5E2B9EE4&index=1
• Go2Web20.net – apps, apps, and more
• LoseIt – Weight Loss-Fitness
• Common Craft Videos –
• Invisible Hand- Shopping
• Prezi- Slide show Lee LeFever-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-A1l4Jn6EY

25. LastPass
Secure, encrypted
vault… access
online or with
client..

26. Symbaloo-http://www.symbaloo.com/#
A visual method of organizing your favorite sites!

27. Mobile Devices
• Devices

28. Emerging Mobile Technology

29. Survey Classes
Fall 2011 & Spring 2013

30. Most Frequent Phone Tasks
2011 2013
1. Email 60% 38%
2. Facebook 50% 44%
3. Call family/friends 50% 69%
4. Pictures 45% 47%
5. Set Alarms 70% 44%
6. Texting 80% 88%

31. Tablet Tasks
2011 2013
Favorites
1. Email 67% 67%
2. Facebook 33% 50% • Email
3. D2L/LMS 33% 50% • More specific uses
than general surfing
4. Listen to Music 33% 50% • E-textbooks
5. Check Weather 0% 50% ________________
6. E-Textbooks 0% 17% • Main workhorse
7. Surf the Web 100 % 33% device is computer
or laptop
• Not a Mobile
Device…Yet!
• Own a tablet 16% 18%

32. Lessons Learned
1. Wikispaces cannot be edited by more than 1 person at a time!
2. All teams are not created equal
3. Apps go away & sites change
4. Wikispaces cannot be edited by more than 1 person at a time!!
5. What was free yesterday may cost today
6. If it can go wrong, it probably will… during finals week
7. Why doesn’t this work? Sometimes it cannot be explained!
8. Wikispaces cannot be edited by more than 1 person at a time!!!

33. In the “Real” World…

34. Contact Information
• Professor Gina M. Bowers-Miller, M.Ed., LPC
Harrisburg Area Community College
gmbowers@hacc.edu
• My assistant Mango, & her X-Box!
– ex-box… 
• Thank You to the students in
CIS 282A~CIS 145, Spring 2011 - Spring 2013,
for your hard work & allowing me to share it!
• Link: http://goo.gl/NYGcg
• https://classroomwiki01.wikispaces.com/