Presentation slides for using mobile devices to build community in the classroom.

1. Using Mobile Devices to Build Community

2. Three Parts
 Importance of Having a Sense of Community at School
 Mobile Device Use by Today’s Young People
 Using Mobile Devices for Team Building – Some Activities

3. Students in schools with a strong sense of
community are more likely to. . .

4. . . . be academically motivated.
Solomon, Battistich, Watson, Schaps, & Lewis, 2000 in Schaps Creating a School Community
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar03/vol60/num06/Creating-a-School-Community.aspx

5. . . . develop social and emotional competencies.
Solomon, Battistich, Watson, Schaps, & Lewis, 2000 in Snaps Creating a School Community
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar03/vol60/num06/Creating-a-School-Community.aspx

6. . . . act ethically and altruistically
Schaps, Battistich, & Solomon, 1997 in Schaps Creating a School Community
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar03/vol60/num06/Creating-a-School-Community.aspx

7. Unfortunately . . .
Unfortunately, schools with a strong sense of community are fairly
rare. In fact, most schools that survey students' perceptions of
community wind up with mediocre mean scores. Of further concern
is the fact that low-income students and students of color usually
report a lower level of community in school than do affluent or white
students. Many schools appear to be ill-equipped to provide
community for the students who may need it most.
Schaps, Battistich, & Solomon, 1997 in Snaps’ Creating a School Community
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar03/vol60/num06/Creating-a-School-Community.aspx

8. In virtual learning communities . . .

9. commonality is the essence of community
Brown, R. (2001). The Process of Community Building in a Distance Learning Classes

10. commonality is the essence of community
Getting to “know” each other. Finding out where people lived, what
they did, their experiences, whether or not they had families and the
like was the “X” factor. Participants generally agreed that this should
have been a first step in community-building, but usually it was not
part of the formal coursework.
Brown, R. (2001). The Process of Community Building in a Distance Learning Classes

11. Responsible not only for one’s own learning
but for other learners, too.
Brown, R. (2001). The Process of Community Building in a Distance Learning Classes

12. Collaborative mobile learning . . .

13. . . .supports student’s development of collaboration skills.
Cortez et al., 2009; Sanchez et al., 2009 in Nouri, Cerratto-Pargman, Johan Eliasson, Robert Ramberg, Stockholm
University, Sweden (2011). Exploring the Challenges of Supporting Collaborative Mobile Learning.

14. . . . increases student motivation and engagement
Facer et al., 2004; Schwabe & Göth, 2005in Nouri, Cerratto-Pargman, Eliasson, Ramberg, Stockholm University, Sweden
(2011). Exploring the Challenges of Supporting Collaborative Mobile Learning.

15. An Overview of Mobile Device Use

16. Smartphone Ownership
60%
50%
40%
30%
51%
20% 39%
10%
24% 21%
12%
8%
0%
Millennials Gen X Younger Older Boomers Silent G.I. Generation
(18-34) (35-46) Boomers (57-65) Generation (75+)
(47-56) (66-74)
Source: Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, April 26-May 22, 2011 Tracking Survey. N=2,277 adults 18 and older, including 755 reached via cell phone.

17. Mobile Media and Young Children
 Half (52%) of all US children now have
access to one of the newer mobile
devices at home: either a smartphone
(41%), a video iPod (21%), or an iPad
or other tablet device (8%). Among 0-
to 8-year-olds as a whole, a quarter
(27%) of all screen time is spent with
these digital devices.
© 2011 COMMON SENSE MEDIA

18. Digital Revolution Mobile – 77% of teens
Total U.S.
population:
315.5 million

19. Networked creators among internet users
 65% are social networking site users
 55% share photos
 37% contribute rankings and ratings
 33% create content tags
 30% share personal creations
 26% post comments on sites and blogs
 15% have personal website
 15% are content remixers
 14% are bloggers
 13% use Twitter
 6% location services

20. Digital devices
Younger Older Silent G.I. All
Millennial Gen X
Boomers Boomers Generatio Generatio adults
s (18-34) (35-46)
(47-56) (57-65) n (66-74) n (75+) (18+)
Cell phone 94% 92% 86% 80% 69% 1% 84%
Laptop
computer 71% 67% 56% 46% 34% 16% 57%
Desktop
computer 52% 64% 62% 55% 49% 33% 55%
iPod or
MP3 player 69% 57% 36% 24% 10% 5% 44%
Game
console 63% 63% 38% 19% 8% 3% 42%
e-book
reader 12% 14% 14% 12% 6% 5% 12%
Tablet, like
iPad 14% 15% 8% 4% 3% 3% 11%

22. ECAR Student study, 2011 key findings
 Students recognize major academic benefits of technology.
 Students report uneven perceptions of institutions and instructors on
technology.
 Students prefer, and say they learn more in, classes with online
components.
Responses from 3,000 students at 1,179 colleges and universities provided a nationally representative sample of
students
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23. Academic Benefits
Avg. Agreement
with Statements
Gives Students Access to Resources and Progress Reports
 Easy to track my academic progress  Gives me access to resources
 Helps me know how I am doing  Easier to get help when I need it
 Simplifies administrative-related activities
Makes Students More Efficient
 Helps me do my work faster  Efficient way to store examples of work
 Allows me to produce higher-quality work  Makes college easier
Facilitates Connecting with Others
 Feel connected to other students  Feel connected to what's going on
 Feel connected to professors/staff  Gives me access to experts in my field
Makes Learning More Engaging and Relevant
 Learning more creative  More relevant to real life  Take control of own learning
 Learning more fun  More engaging  Extends learning beyond classroom
 Think out of the box  Elevates teaching  Prepares me for the workforce
 Individualized/personalized  Reach academic potential  Prepares me for graduate school
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24. Relationships between Technologies and Benefits
Access to
Resources &
Progress Reports Laptop computer Wi-Fi Printer Document camera USB drive Projector
Efficiency
Laptop Wi-Fi Printer
Smartphone Internet device that Digital video camera eReader
Connecting attaches to TV
With Others
Digital point and shoot Student clickers/
iPad Scanner
camera student response systems
Engagement Digital video
camera
Internet device that
attaches to TV
Interactive
whiteboard
Digital cameras
and Relevance
iPhone/ Student clickers/
Scanner iPad Mp3 player DVD player Document DVR Webcam
smartphone student response Desktop computer
systems camera
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25. Academic Tools - Communications
Frequency of Use for School or Personal Purposes
E-mail 75% 13% 9% 99%
Text message 74% 6% 8% 93%
Use Facebook 58% 14% 11% 90%
Download or stream web-based videos (YouTube, etc.) 20% 14% 33% 18% 85%
Read Wikis (Wikipedia, course wiki, etc.) 12% 12% 35% 26% 85%
Instant message (Gchat, Facebook chat, AIM, etc.) 27% 12% 22% 20% 81%
Download or stream web-based music 15% 11% 30% 23% 79%
Read blogs 13% 9% 23% 27% 72%
Use online forums or bulletin boards 11% 11% 23% 25% 70%
Use telephone-like communication over the Internet 7% 7% 21% 33% 68%
Watch podcasts or webcasts 5% 18% 33% 59%
Participate in online chats, chat events, webinars 6% 15% 28% 53%
Use photo-sharing websites (Flickr, Snapfish, Picasa, etc.) 13% 32% 50%
Tagging/bookmarking/liking 6% 6% 17% 20% 49%
Play online multi-user computer games for recreation 9% 15% 14% 43%
Contribute to blogs 11% 24% 43%
Post videos to a video-sharing website (YouTube, etc.) 8% 29% 42%
Use Twitter 9% 12% 37%
Use other social networking websites (MySpace, etc.) 6% 17% 31%
Access Internet content via a TV (Apple TV, Roku) Several times a day
7% 12% 25%
Use LinkedIn 6% 15% 25% Once a day
Contribute to Wikis (Wikipedia, course wiki, etc.) 5% 18% 25% A few times a week
Use social studying sites 7% 12% 23% Less often
Use Geo-Tagging, Geo-Tagged environments 9% 18%
Participate in online virtual worlds 8% 15%
Q5a. Thinking about the most recent school year, how often did you do the following, whether it was for school or personal purposes?
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26. Academic Benefits - Smartphones
Ways Smartphones Are Used for Academic Work
(Among Users) n= 1,122
E-mailing professors 66%
Checking grades 62%
Texting other students about coursework 61%
Looking up info on Internet outside of class 59%
E-mailing other students about coursework 57%
Accessing course websites or syllabi 45%
Looking up info on Internet in class 45%
As a timer or time management device 42%
Listening to music while doing coursework 40%
Taking pictures 37%
Collecting data for classwork 28%
To access a social networking website 28%
Accessing library resources 24%
Registering for courses 22% Opportunities exist for
Conducting research for papers/presentations 22% universities and students to
Accessing financial aid information 21% take greater advantage of
Texting professors
smartphone technology when it
19%
comes to administrative
Making textbook purchases 16%
activities, such as ordering
Learning about locations you're in/visiting 15%
transcripts, purchasing
As a source of additional help or tutoring 15% textbooks, accessing financial
Posting information or images on the Internet 14% aid information, and registering
Writing papers or other classwork 12% for courses.
Ordering transcripts 7%
Making charts or other visual aids 5%
Q11. You said you own an iPhone or smartphone. Which of the following are ways you use your iPhone or smartphone for your academic work?
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27.  http://thenextweb.com/africa/2011/11/07/mobile-tipped-to-grow-60-in-
africa-passing-1-billion-subscriptions-by-2016/

28. 2011 Horizon Report
For most people in the developed world, a mobile is always
close at hand and available with speedy Internet access
whenever it is needed. Mobiles are easy to use for web
browsing; much of the available content seamlessly adjusts for
optimal display on whichever device is used to access it.
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2011/sections/mobiles/

29. Social networks and social media have become more important in people’s learning strategies
Social media aids peer-to-peer learning by doing

30. Mobile
connectivity
alters
learning
venues and
expectations

31. ECAR 2011 Recommendations
Make more and better use of technologies that students value—
and those that are easily integrated into learning experiences in
the shared environments in education
(e.g., tablets, smartphones, student response systems or
clickers). In many cases, these are the technologies that
distinguish highly rated from less highly rated institutions on the
effective use of technology today.
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32. ECAR 2011 Recommendations
Use technology in more transformative ways, such as
participatory and collaborative interactions and for higher-level
teaching and learning that is engaging and relevant to students’
lives and future plans. Use technology more to extend learning
beyond the classroom.
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33. Mobile Education Landscape Report
For the Education sector, mobile connectivity provides an
opportunity to offer new ways of teaching and learning that
ultimately will improve performance and results whilst at the same
time open up new markets for mobile operators across the world.
Mobile will increase access to up-to-date materials, will enable
collaboration and strengthen learner engagement.
http://www.ambientinsight.com/News/Ambient-Insight-highlighted-in-GSMA-reports.aspx

34. Social Collaboration and Mobile Learning
Social collaboration is the key to mobile learning. Social
learning and collaboration are important to successful learning
because the interaction engages and motivates learners.
http://www.trivantis.com/mlearncon2011-evolution-mobile-learning

35. Mobile-Based Team Building Activities

36. Cell Phones Ready?

37. http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/LTMyNTYxNzg0MA

40. International – Poll Everywhere

41. http://www.zeemaps.com/287859
• Works on Smart Devices
• No Log In Required

42. About Me and You
 Use a random number picker to select a number from one to 145 -
http://andrew.hedges.name/experiments/random/
 Answer the question that corresponds with your number on
http://www.teampedia.net/wiki/index.php?title=Question_Cup
 Post your answer and first name to Wifitti

43. http://wiffiti.com/screens/84109

44. Texting Interviews
 Randomly pair up.
 Develop questions that you would ask to help you get to know someone better.
 Text or email your questions and answers back and forth.
 Summarize what you found out and post this information (along with a first name)
on a Sticky Note Board on Corkboard http://corkboard.me/4zRLXQB4OI

45. What are your values?

46. What are your values?
 Chose your most important 3 values
from http://www.stevepavlina.com/articles/list-of-values.htm .
 Find objects in your environment that symbolize these values.
 Take pictures of the objects using your mobile devices and emailed the photos
directly to a Flickr page set up for this purpose.
seen98toll@photos.flickr.com

47.  http://www.flickr.com/help/photos/#140

48. Values Page on Flickr Site
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57763362@N05/

49. A Texting Communications Exercise
 http://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/a-texting-
communications-exercise/

51. An Experiential, Mobile Driven Communications Exercise
http://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/an-
experiential-mobile-device-driven-communications-exercise/

53. I was unaware of how much we use communication. The way
we think about things make all the difference in the
world, reminds me of “The glass is half full or half empty”. I
loved the fact that we spent most of the class time learning
about the others in the class. Learning about others helps us
communicate better as well as making the class more
comfortable!