This document provides information on connecting student cell phones to classroom instruction including: - Ways students can use basic cell phones to document learning such as texting, photos, recordings. - Examples of projects where students used cell phones to create podcasts, take notes, send alerts and organize schedules. - Guidance for educators on getting started with cell phone projects including surveying students and setting expectations.

1. Connecting Student Cell Phones to Classroom InstructionLiz KolbUniversity of MichiganMadonna Universityelikeren@umich.eduhttp://cellphonesinlearning.comPresentation Link: http://tiny.url/lkolbLiz’s Business CardSend a new Text Message to:50500In Message:KolbUsing http://contxts.com

2. Send a new text message To: 87884 In message: @loca8462 yourmessageWhy should we use cell phones in learning?http://wiffiti.com/clouds/1685

4. CPSProject: Brainstorming

6. Why Cell Phones?Accessibility71% of U.S. population have Internet access at home55% have broadband84% of U.S. population own cell phonesLow CostEnd of 2012 education technology spending will reach 56.2 billion dollars.How Students’ View Cell Phones3 Generations of Cell Phone Users (NPR)How Students View LearningFree Agent LearnersAnywhere, anytime, any place at any pace1-800-2chacha OR Text CHACHAThe 21st Century Professional WorldFuture jobs require mobile skill% of U.S. Adults believe that schools are preparing students for 21st Century workforce?

8. Questions…Do ALL students need their own phone?NO! Groups, Web Options, LandlinesWhat if my school does not allow cell phones on campus?Activities work very well off-campus for homeworkCan 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 plansStudents with disabilities?Speech to Text & Text to Speech Options

9. How Students Can Document Learning on a BASIC cell phoneSMS TextingGroup Brainstorming, alerts, polls, surveys, quizzes,MMS TextingSend pictures/videos to instructor & other studentsPhone CallRecord interviews, observations, brainstorms, quizzes…etc.

10. #1 Mobile Podcasting/Live RadioUsing 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.

11. #1 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

12. #1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Radio TheaterElementary School 3rd-6th gradersUsed: http://hipcast.comWeb link:http://stjosephschooltrenton.com/blog/

13. #1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Author StudyMiddle School 6th-7th GradeUsed: http://gabcast.comWeb link:http://541sparkes.blogspot.com/2007/07/author-blog-6.html

14. #1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Science Inquiry QuestionsHigh School Earth ScienceUsed http://gabcast.comWeb link:http://mrsleeswebblog.blogspot.com/

15. #1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Connecting Algebra to Real WorldHigh School AlgebraUsed http://yodio.comWeb link:http://www.yodio.com/yo.aspx?cardId=LvAhgDUPZd6UbBgsTMN2aC

16. #1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Live Radio BroadcastsHigh School Students Community Live Radio Show in MaineUsed http://blogtalkradio.comWeb link:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lobstertalk

17. #2 Mobile Note taking and OrganizationUsing your cell phone to create speech to text reminders, emails, twitters, scheduled items on web-based calendars, get translations, and more!

18. #2 Mobile Note taking and Organizationhttp://dial2do.com Create an accountSend EmailsTranscriptionTranslationPost to your Google Calendar, get SMS reminders of your events.Create remindersListen to any website or news feed

19. #2 Mobile Note taking and Organization Project: Student’s Mobile SchedulingHigh School Technology StudentsCreated a Google Calendar where all assignments are posted and sent via cell phonesAlso use Remember the Milk to set up “To Do lists” for students via cell phoneUsed http://dial2do.comhttp://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/08/kicking-off-school-year-web-20-style-w.html

20. #3 Text Message Alerts!Sending out mass text messages to large or small groups of people. http://textmarks.com

21. #3 Text Message Project: Text Homework AlertsJimbo LambHigh School Math TeacherPennsylvaniaText for HomeworkUses: http://textmarks.comhttp://mrlambmath.wikispaces.com/

22. #3 Alerts Project: Film on the Flyhttp://www.koce.org/filmontheflyhttp://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/2009_04_01_archive.html

23. #3 Text Alert Project: Text-An-Expert9th Grade High School Social Studies“Who was the first man to walk on the moon”Power of Networks in Digital World

24. 9th Graders Text Messaging Romeo and Juliet9th Grade English in Michigan

25. Translating Romeo and Juliet to “text speak”

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

27. Voting on best “translations”

28. Move to Homework

29. Create a whole text message novel of Romeo and JulietText Message Principal“Principal Michael Bregy told all 2,400 students in the building to take out their cell phones and save his personal cell phone number.”http://dailyherald.com/story/?id=332034

30. #3 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

31. Use a cell phone to write a private or collaborative novel, poem, chapter review, or short story to “publish” on a cell phone.#3 Mobile Novelshttp://textnovel.com

32. #4 Mobile Photo and Video blogging or PostingPosting an image, video, or text message to a web blog or private photo place on the web directly from your cell phone.

33. Flickr Mobile: Post Pics/Videos to InternetAdd as a new Email Contact: tall63haw@photos.flickr.com

34. Photos Show Up Herehttp://www.cellphonesinlearning.com

35. #4 Photoblogging Project: iReportingMobile JournalismHigh School Students Document InaugurationTools: Flickr, Twitter, YouTubehttp://wainauguration.org/

36. #4 PhotoPosting Project: Documenting Lab ActivitiesMathematics 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

37. #4 PhotoPosting Project: Cell Phones & Facebook to Document Everyday CulturePsychology teacher in Michigan has students document everyday cultural experiences with cell phone and sends them to class Facebook account.Web link:Protected in Facebook

38. #4 PhotoPosting Project: Send Videos of Homework to CellsPhysical Education Teacher in AustraliaUsed: http://Utterli.comWeb link:http://mrobbo.com

39. #4 PhotoPosting Project: Documenting Australian Environment9th Grade Geography students in AustraliaUsed: http://Utterli.comWeb link:http://australianenvironment.wordpress.com/

40. #6 Location Mobile BloggingPosting an image, audio file, or text message to a specific location on a map directly from your cell phone.

41. #6 Location Mobile Blogging Project: North American Lighthouseshttp://flagr.com

42. #5 Survey or Quiz Audio Blast!Send an audio quiz or survey to multiple cell phones at once.Receive instant feedback as they take quiz/surveyResults all compiled in private account.Hey Cosmos: Blaster

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

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45. #6 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

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

47. #6 Create Your Own Mobile Scavenger Hunthttp://www.scvngr.com

48. QRcodesBar codes for cell phones. Take a picture of a bar code and receive information on your phone.http://kaywa.com

49. Geo-Blogging Project: Orienteeringhttp://kaywa.com

50. http://mrrobbo.wordpress.com/

51. #2 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