The document discusses using mobile devices like cell phones and iPods in K-12 classrooms. It provides examples of schools that have relaxed policies to allow educational use of mobile devices, including one principal who found most students already had phones. The document outlines ways teachers have used mobile devices to improve participation, communicate with parents and students, extend learning outside of class, and connect classroom lessons to the real world. These include translating Shakespeare to text speak, creating mobile novels, using QR codes and mobile apps for assignments, and recording field trips. Benefits mentioned are increased participation, communication, and engaging students with technology they use outside of school.

1. Concerns about mobiles in your classroomSend a new text message to: 87884 in message type @wif49257ORLogin to : http://tiny.cc/yrxcm

2. Using Student cell phones and ipods in classroom learningLiz Kolb, Ph.D.University of Michiganelikeren@umich.eduhttp://cellphonesinlearning.comhttp://tiny.cc/chilmob (presentation)Twitter: lkolbLiz’s Mobile Business CardSend a new text: 50500In message: kolb http://contxts.com

3. Knox County (TN) School Relaxing Policyhttp://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/2010/10/know-county-schools-relaxing-policy-on.htmlProposed Policyhttp://www.wbir.com/news/local/10news_at_five/article/137142/173/Knox-County-Schools-to-consider-new-cell-phone-policy

4. iPoditouchTiny URLhttp://tiny.ccWeb accessNeed WifiCan do a lot off line with AppsFree Texting AppsText for FreeFree Calling Appshttp://lifehacker.com/378511/turn-your-ipod-touch-into-an-iphonehttp://www.apple.com/education/why-apple/#teaching

5. Part 1Why Mobile Devices?

6. Access/Bridge Digital Divide

8. Internet v. Mobile73% of U.S. household’s have Internet access57% have broadband43% have dial-up30% of U.S. citizens do not use the Internet at all63% of people with a household income of <49K have no Internet87% of U.S. Citizens own Cell phones. 13% of U.S. citizens do not own a cell phone94% of U.S. Citizens 18-45 own a cell phone18% of U.S. Citizens with an income of <50K do not have a cell phonePark Associates and CTIA wireless association, both 2007

10. 50% of will be smartphoneUsers by end of 2011

11. How many Text Messages Per Month do 13-17 year old’s send?http://polleverywhere.com

12. 13 to 17 year olds send average of 3,146 messages a month

13. Speak up 2009

14. 2007: Middle School Principal’s Journey“Last year the school ran out of calculators needed for a math exam, So I let a student use the calculator function on his cell phone. The student was excitedto use a phone instead of a calculator. I found 19 of my 22 students had phones.”-Kipp Rogers, Principal at Passages Middle School in Virginia

15. Mary Passage Middle School Cell Phone Policy 1. Students will talk on their cell phone only to complete assignments that are related to the instructional lesson.2. Students will keep cell phones turned off or left in lockers when they are not being used for instructional purposes in class.3. Students will only send text- messages, pictures or video- messages to others outside of the classroom with permission and directions from the teacher.4. Students will not record still or moving images or voices of students or the teacher without permission from the teacher.5. Students will not post recordings of still or moving images or voice recordings of students or the teacher to online websites without their permission.6. Students will practice internet safety with online resources.7. Students will post only appropriate text, audio and visual media to on-line websites. I _____________________ understand that violation of our class acceptable cell phone use policy may result in my not being able to participate in additional class activities that involve using the cell phone. I also understand that I may receive disciplinary consequences for violating school board policies regarding cyber-bullying. I _______________________ have gone over the Cell Phones in Class Acceptable Use Policy with my child and agree to allow my child to participate.Link to Policy for iPods

16. Addressing: Safety & AccessDr. Kipp Rogers Says…"For the most part, the kids respect the rules. I never had any problems with kids using them inappropriately in my class. We spent a lot of time talking about their digital footprint and that what they do can be tracked.”He said he initially worried about "the haves and have nots," but students work in teams for most assignments requiring cell phones, so there is always at least one phone among the group.

17. Teacher’s ReactionsTeachers said participation is up and discipline problems are down in classes using cell phones. Rogers is looking for ways to expand the phones' uses. "It's fighting a losing battle to ask them to leave them at home.”Learn more from Dr. Rogers: http://passage.nn.k12.va.us/

18. What Passages is doing now…Twitter @PassageMS

19. iReporting with Blogger.com

20. Polling with Polleverywhere

21. Text Google for Information (466453)

22. Text Alerts

23. Recording audio with iPadioHear from Kipp: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/elikeren/2009/10/22/Middle-School-Principal-Kipp-Rogers-has-Teachers-Using-Cell-Phones-and-Tweeting

24. Passages Middle School Cell Phone Bookhttp://passage.nn.k12.va.us/

25. Create a mobile class websitehttp://ubik.com/

26. Create an ebookhttp://anthologize.org/

27. Improving on Traditional Learning

28. Research on cell phones in learning says…"The proportions of textisms that kids used in their sentence translations was positively linked to verbal reasoning; the more textspeak kids used, the higher their test scores”2) "The younger the age at which the kids had received mobile phones, the better their ability to read words and identify patterns of sound in speech.”http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/news.cfm/newsid/14

29. 9th Graders Text Messaging Romeo and Juliet9th Grade English in Michigan

30. Translating Romeo and Juliet to “text speak”

31. Start in class with translating a few lines to a wiffiti board.

32. Voting on best “translations”

33. Move to Homework

34. Create a whole text message novel of Romeo and Juliet

35. Using Texting to Teach Shakespare140 Characters or less…"Is there no pity sitting in the cloudsThat sees into the bottom of my grief?O sweet my mother, cast me not away!Delay this marriage for a month, a week,Or if you do not, make the bridal bedIn that dim monument where Tybalt lies."- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 3.5Send to: Send a new text message to: 87884 in message type @wif49257ORLogin to : http://tiny.cc/yrxcm

36. Mobile Novel Project: Cell Phone BestsellerPopular 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

37. Use a cell phone to write a private or collaborative novel, poem, chapter review, or short story to “publish” on a cell phone.Mobile Novelshttp://textnovel.com

38. Autistic Children in Akron OHUse pictures for parents/children to communicateSocial stigma associated with thisParents & teachers now use cell phones to take pictures and show pictures to children (to communicate w/out social stigma)

39. Create your own QRcodes for assignments

41. Using Qrcodes in high schoolhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayW032sKtj8

42. QRcodesBar codes for cell phones. Take a picture of a bar code and receive information on your phone.Need to download a free reader on your phonehttp://kaywa.comhttp://www.i-nigma.com/CreateBarcodes.htmlhttp://zxing.appspot.com/generator/

43. http://mrrobbo.wordpress.com/

46. Qrcode 2nd grade trip to zoo

47. Increase participation & Communication

48. Speak up 2010 Report 100,000+ studentsFor the first time since 2003, when asked to identify the major obstacle to prevent use of technology in school, students in grades 6–12 said “I cannot use my own cell phone, smart phone or Mp3 player in school.”

50. http://wiffiti.com

52. Record Group Discussion with Google Voicehttp://google.com/voiceCall Liz734-408-4495

53. Authenticity: Connecting “real World” to School Learning

54. Parents say YES!

55. Millennials Rising (Neil Howe and William Strauss)How 21st Century Students learn best…Collaboratively Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any paceStructured activitiesRelevancy with real world*They want to do this with the TECHNOLOGY of their generation

56. WELCOME To The Era of the…Free Agent LearnerTechnology enabled bottom up learnerANYTIMEANYWHEREANYPLACEANY PACE

57. For Example…1-800-2chachaSend text Query to 36266

58. Google CalendarText Events to Google CalendarSend to 48368Text Alerts from Google CalendarUnder Google Cal—Settings--Mobile Set UpGoogle Mobile App

59. Mobile Podcasting Project: Connecting Algebra to Real WorldHigh School AlgebraUsed http://yodio.comWeb link:http://www.yodio.com/yo.aspx?cardId=LvAhgDUPZd6UbBgsTMN2aC

60. Phone Conference recordinghttp://freeconferencepro.comRecord up to 250 people at one time on one callHost controlsPrivate storage

61. Mobile Jobs and Citizenship

62. Fundamental Shift in 21st Century WorkforceTechnological changes are displacing low-skilled workers and making room for more high-skilled creative and innovative workers. Employers are calling for schools to integrate new skills into education

63. Partnership for 21st Century Skills12%

64. Mobile Job Opportunities for Students

65. Search for “cell phone skills” on Monster.com

66. Fundamental Shift in Citizenship Practices74% of all 18-24 year olds were politically active on the Internet during the 2008 campaignDuring the 2008 campaign, 49% of younger voters (18-24) shared information via text message about the campaigns.http://www.visiblevote.us

67. Mobile blogging

68. Mobile BloggingTumblrhttp://www.tumblr.com/Phone call, picture, text or video post directly to blogGoodies

69. iReporting

70. Mobile Blogging

71. Field Trips & HOmeworkExtending Learning

72. EXAMPLE: Mobile Podcasting Project: Field TripsHigh 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 drop.io at http://drop.io/CKCHEM4

73. Mobile Podcasting Project: Author StudyMiddle School 6th-7th GradeUsed: http://gabcast.comWeb link:http://541sparkes.blogspot.com/2007/07/author-blog-6.html

74. Mobile Surveys and Quizzeshttp://mobiode.com/Create surveys and quizzes online and send to phones via text message (cost) or mobile InternetTake Liz’s Surveyhttp://techtools.mobiode.mobi

75. Create Your Own Mobile Scavenger Hunthttp://www.scvngr.com

76. Alerts Project: Film on the Flyhttp://www.koce.org/filmontheflyhttp://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/2009_04_01_archive.html

77. Text Message Alerts!Sending out mass text messages to large or small groups of people. http://swaggle.mobihttp://txtblaster.com

78. Let’s Begin with a Text on the Fly!http://txtblaster.com

79. Advanced: Picture on the FlyStep 1: Create an account in Flickr.comStep 2: Login to FlickrStep 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.comStep 8: Place your image on the Flickr Map in the EXACT location where you found the item (Organize--My Map).

80. Summer Text ProgramNorwich Free Academy (Connecticut)Text of the week!Monday is vocabulary dayTuesday is science factsWednesday is mathematicsThursday is history Friday covers a variety of topics including general knowledge and cultural literacy Each day is a themeParents and Students Opt in

81. Improving on Oral Language Activities

82. Katie Titlerhttp://www.fox11online.com/dpp/mobile/spanish-class-learns-with-todays-technology

83. Avatar Project: Spanish Oral ExamsHigh School Spanish 2 & 3 StudentsDeveloped an Avatar to take oral examsUsed http://voki.comFocus: Engagement in oral speaking, oral speaking exams, culture representation with images

84. Voicemarking a maphttp://www.geograffiti.com/map/

85. Facial Recognition Softwarehttp://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=6289

86. #1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Radio TheaterElementary School 3rd-6th gradersUsed: http://hipcast.comWeb link:http://stjosephschooltrenton.com/blog/

87. Mobile Podcasting Project: Live Radio BroadcastsHigh School Students Community Live Radio Show in MaineUsed http://blogtalkradio.comWeb link:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lobstertalk

88. PROJECT TIME! http://google.com/voice

89. Web 2.0 VoicemailA 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.http://google.com/voice(734) 408-4495

90. Google Voice in Foreign Languagehttp://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/CellPhonesintheLanguageClassro/192995

91. Podcast Activity: NPR “This I Believe…”10th Grade EnglishWrote their own This I BelieveRecorded for HW via Cell PhoneSubmitted BEST to NPRFocus: Speaking Skills, Persuasive Writing Skills, Editing Skills

92. This I Believe Podcasting Project…Find a PartnerCreate a 1 minute “This I Believe…” PodcastPodcast should begin & end with “This I believe…”Topic of your choiceCan be humorous, sad, inquisitive Call in to our Google Voice #Record your podcast

93. Part 3: Getting StartedMobile Safety and Appropriate Use

94. Step 1: Survey studentsGive Students a Survey

101. Step 2: MOBILE Safety

102. Discuss Mobile Safety & Appropriate UsePart of digital footprintYour digital dossier that includes Internet activity such as social networking, email, chat rooms, YOU can’t erase this!!! Permanent recordEVERYTHING you send via text message (pictures, videos, text, audio…etc) is PUBLIC!!!Example: Detroit Mayor Kwame KilpatrickMobile “bullying” and “sexting” is publicMTV Special on Sextingand QuizStudents should know their plansBring in their cell phone plan and a billDiscuss what is charged and how muchGive Students a SurveyLearn more specific safety tips at Connectsafely

103. Life ConsequencesStudents are sometimes “sexting” “to friends for their entertainment value, as a joke or for fun."Six teens face child porn (13 to 15) charges after being caught "sexting" each other. Criminal Charge!IN PA, 3 girls (12, 12, 16) charged with child pornography for sexing. Picture of them in bras.15% of teenagers have risque photos of themselves or their friends on their cell phones.1 in 5 sext recipients report that they have passed the images along to someone else http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/01/15/pn.sexting.teens.cnn

104. "If you take a picture, you can be accused of producing child pornography; if you send it to somebody, you can be accused of distributing child pornography; and if you keep a picture, you can be accused of possessing child pornography. Anywhere along this chain of transmission of the images, you can be charged as a registered sex offender." -Parry Aftab, an Internet privacy and security lawyer.

105. Step 3: Social Contract

106. Tips for Social ContractThe teacher should explain to the students that there should be some rules concerning how their cell phones will be used in the classroom, and students have an opportunity to be part of the rule making process (the goal is to have no more than 5 simple rules to follow and a consequence for non-compliance).Students should be asked to brainstorm rules. During the brainstorm, students should be encouraged to support their rule with reasons why it should be implemented (such as “cell phones should be on vibrate at all times”, the student should then explain why this is important. If they can’t, ask for other students to help explain it.)Once there is a workable list of rules, students should be encouraged to narrow the list to about five rules. The teacher may want to do this himself, or to use the analogy of a professional job where one is given a cell phone and a contract. One could ask the students to imagine that they were given a professional contract, hen they could be asked which“rules” they think should be implemented in their classroom. Using this analogy may also help to eliminate some redundant or unnecessary rules.Once the rules have been selected. The students should be asked to brainstorm consequences for not following the rules. Once again, asking students to decide on the best option. The teacher should let the students know that she will be adding these rules and consequences to a permission form that will be sent home to have parents and the students sign.

107. 5 Rules for Cell Phones in SchoolsSet rules based on business regulations for cell phone use (look at business contracts)Social contract with studentsMust be on vibrate at all times

108. Keep them in the front of the room until you are going to use them.

109. All messages/media sent or published must be related to lesson.

110. If you are referencing someone else in class, you must have their approval before posting or publishing.

111. Create a permission form (in addition to the School’s AUP)Step 4: Permission Form

112. Sample Permission Form

113. Dear Parents and Guardians,We are starting a new project this year in our biology course. The students will be taking pictures of different biological species that they encounter in their everyday lives and posting on a private class website. In order to capture the species in the everyday lives of the students, I have given them the option of using their cell phones to take the pictures and send them to the class website. While the students are not required to have a cell phone for the project, they are welcome to use their own if they choose to and if you allow them. In class, we will be discussing issues of mobile safety and etiquette before starting the project. I will be using the ConnectSafely Guidelines for Mobile Safety (http://www.connectsafely.org/safety-tips-and-advice.html ). If you would like to participate in this conversation, please feel free to attend the class sessions on March 5th and 6th during any of the biology class periods:8:00-9:009:10-10:102:10-3:10

114. In addition, I will be holding an information night about mobile safety and the project on March 3rd at 7:00pm. I will go over the project in detail, show you how it works, and also answer any questions you may have about using cell phones in learning.

115. There is some research that supports the need for using student cell phones in learning and teaching students how cell phones can be a productive and important tool for their future professional growth. This will be discussed in detail at the information night as well as during the March 5th and 6th class sessions.

116. Finally, you are welcome to participate in this project! We are using a private space in a photo-sharing site called Flickr, where all the photos will be sent and eventually posted to a map at the exact location they were uncovered. You are welcome to take a picture of a biological species that you encounter, send it to kolb@flickr.com along with a short text message on what you think the species is and the location of where you took the picture! Feel free to check the website each week to see the learning progress. Login: Kolbbiology Password: Biokid

117. I hope to see you in class and/or on the March 3rd information night. In the meantime if you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact me at kolb@gmail.com or by phone 777-222-5777.I give permission for my child to use their cell phone for phone calling for this project:______________________________________________________. (parent signature)**They can only use _____ number of calling minutes for this projectI give permission for my child to use their cell phone for text messaging for this project:______________________________________________________. (parent signature)**They can only use _____ number of text messages for this projectI give permission for my child to use their cell phone for mobile Internet for this project:______________________________________________________. (parent signature)I give permission for my child to use their cell phone for taking and sending pictures and/ or videos (circle one or both) for this project:______________________________________________________. (parent signature)**They can only send _____ number of media messages for this project

118. Rules agreed upon by students and teacherCell Phones Must Be on Vibrate at All TimesCell phones should be placed in the front of the room at the beginning of class (at the designated table in your numbered slot) and whenever they are not needed for instructionAll mobile messages or media sent from your phone during class MUST be related to the lesson or activityIf you are referencing someone else in class, you must have their (recorded verbal or written) approval before posting or publishing.

119. ConsequencesThe student will be asked to write a letter home to you and explain why they did not follow the rules in class. They will also be asked to come up with better class guidelines around cell phones use in schools so this does not occur again. I will adhere to the classroom rules for cell phone use___________________________________________________. (student signature) Thank youLiz Kolb

121. Step 5: Alternatives

122. Alternative IdeasSelect an online resource that couples with cell phones, but also has web-based options for uploading or sharing. For example if you use Flickr to send pictures to and from mobile phones to a private place online, students who do not have a cell phone, can still upload to Flickr via the web.Grouping students. Purposely putting students in groups or pairs where the teacher knows that at least one of the group members has a cell phone that can be used for the project is a simple way to keep the students who do not have cell phones anonymous (because the teacher can say, “someone in each group should take out their cell phone to use for this activity.”)Allow students to use your own cell phone.Landlines (many web-based cell phone resources have toll free calling numbers) for phone calling activities. Center activities for K-8 students where the teacher can use one cell phone with all the students during center time.Allow students to use hardcopy options that they hand in to you, and you upload the work to the online resource. This is important since a few parents do not want their children using cell phones in any capacity.

123. Step 6: parent Information night

124. Parent Night IdeasAn overview of why you are using the student cell phones.Describe the project(s) that will revolve around cell phone use, and any cost associated with the project and student cell phone use. Alternatives that the students have for completing the project without using cell phones Any change in school cell phone policy as a result of the project(s). Rules of the cell phone use during the project and the consequences for the students who do not follow the rules.Parents should be invited to participate in the activity (within reason). Provide parents with multiple ways for feedback (email address, a text message number, a voicemail (Google Voice would be great for this), and an online anonymous survey (such as Google Form).