This document provides instructions for teachers to create various activities using mobile devices that allow students to respond using their phones. It includes directions for using websites like Polleverywhere, QR codes, Google Voice, Posterous, Socrative, and Wiffiti to conduct polls, share messages and media, play educational games, and more. Teachers can set up accounts, build activities, and provide students with login information or text codes to participate using their mobile devices.

1. Instructions for Creating Activities Using Mobile Devices
Polleverywhere.com
Instructions for the teacher:
1) Go to www.polleverywhere.com
2) Click on “Sign up” in the upper right hand corner of the screen and register for the site. This
allows you to save your polls and view the responses.
3) Once you are logged in, click on “create new poll” in the upper left hand corner.
4) Type in a question and then click on the graph icon at the end of the text box.
5) If you want to ask a multiple choice question, click on “convert to multiple choice”, type in
your options and click “continue”.
6) To run your poll, click on “my polls” on the left hand side and then the link to your poll
question.
7) Have students text in their answers.
QR Codes
Instructions for the teacher:
1) To create a QR Voice Code go to the following website: http://qrvoice.net
2) Type in your question or message in the text box.
3) Select the language.
4) Click on the QR picture next to the text box. You’re QR code has been generated.
5) To adjust the size of the QR code, drag the blue circle located under the textbox back and
forth.
6) Copy and paste the QR code onto a Word Document to make an activity (if you have a Mac,
you can just drag the code onto the desktop, and then drag the code from the desktop onto a word
document).
To create regular QR codes that take you to a specific URL, use the following website:
1) http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
2) Enter the URL that you want to use.
3) Select the size that you want to QR code to be (S, M, L, XL).
4) Click generate.
5) Copy and paste (or drag) the QR code onto a word document.

2. Google Voice
Instructions for the teacher:
1) First you need to have a gmail account. If you don’t have a gmailaccound then you will need
to set one up at www.gmail.com
2) Once you have signed into gmail, click on the link <more> at the top of the page, and then
click on <even more>.
3) Scroll down until you see the “voice” link, located under the Home and Office section
and click on it.
4) Next, chose if you want a new number or if you want to use your own number (I recommend
choosing a new number so you don’t have to give out your personal number to your students).
5) Enter the area code that you want and then hit search.
6) Choose a phone number, hit continue and then choose a pin number that you will use to access
your voicemails.
7) Next you will need to add a forwarding phone number. Enter your phone number (it can be
your cell phone, work phone, home phone, etc.), wait for the call, and then type the 2 digit code
into your phone. (This is just for setup purposes, you can choose for the Google phone number
calls not to be forwarded to your phone after set up). Now, your Google phone number is all set
up.
8) To set up your voicemail question, click on the settings wheel in the upper right hand corner
9) Then click on the Voicemail & Text tab.
10) Next to where it says “Voicemail greeting”, click on “use phone to record new greeting”.
This is where you will record the question or message that you want your students to hear when
they call you.
11) Give it a name, such as “traveling question”. Make sure that where it says Phone to ring, you
select your phone, and not Google Talk.
12) GoogleVoice will call your phone, and then you can record your question or message. Now
your students are ready to call and leave you messages.
*To change the forwarding messages so that the calls to your GoogleVoice number are not
forwarded to your personal phone, click on the settings wheel in the upper right hand corner.

3. -Where it says “forward calls to”, uncheck the box next to your phone number and click the box
next to GoogleChat.
*You can find your google phone number on the left hand side of the screen.
To listen to your voicemails from Google
1) Log into your gmail account, click on <more> at the top of the screen, and then <even more>.
Scroll down and click on voice.
2) Your inbox will appear. Click on the Play button underneath the phone number to listen to the
message.
3) To reply via text message, click on the link that says “text”, and text your response.
Instructions for the students:
-Call the following phone number (your Googlevoice number).
-Listen to the message.
-Leave a voicemail responding to the message.
Posterous
Instructions for the teacher:
1) Go to www.posterous.com
2) Click on Sign Up in the upper right hand corner.
3) Fill in the following information: e-mail address, username, and password
4) Fill in the needed information on the second page.
5) From your home page, click where it says: Manage Spaces (found on the lower left side of the
screen).

4. 6) Click on where it says the name of your “space”
7) On the right hand side, click where it says: Privacy Control.
8) Make the following changes to your privacy settings:
-Who can view? Set to *public
-Who can post? Set to *Anyone can submit Guest Posts for your approval
-Who can comment? Set to *Everyone
Making these changes will allow your students to easily e-mail to this account, when
the students sends something to be submitted, you will receive an e-mail in your inbox
that is linked to the Posterous account. You must approve that post, prior to it being
posted to the website. Once you approve it, anyone can view it on your page.
9) Have your students e-mail posts to you. Your Posterous e-mail account that they will be e-
mailing is: Yourusername@posterous.com.
10) Remember your must check your e-mail to approve posts before they appear on the websites.
11) View all posts by selecting Spaces at the top of the screen.

5. 12) Select your space’s name.
13) Click where your site is listed to view the complete list of posts. Mine is
saralotz1.posterous.com
*Remember, for your posts to appear, you need to approve them through your e-mail
address linked to the account.
Instructions for the students:
1) Tell students the information you want them to look up (i.e. weather, news, definitions, ect)
2) Using the e-mail on their mobile device, have them e-mail your
account (youruseername@posterous.com)
3) Have students view their peer’s posts and add comments by going to the following page:
yourusername.posterous.com
Socrative
Instructions for the teacher:
1) Go to: http://www.socrative.com/
2) Select: Free! Get started now on the left hand side of the screen.

6. 3) Enter the following information: e-mail & password. Then select, create account.
4) On the next screen, fill in the requested information.
5) The next couple screens that you see will walk you through the steps of how Socrative.com
works. Click next until you are past the tutorial (about four screens).
6) Once past the tutorials, you will be at your home page, it should look like the following screen
shot:
7) Select the option for Manage Quizzes, towards the bottom of the page. This is where you will
make a quiz that can later be used to play Space Race.

7. 8) From the next screen, select create a quiz.
9) Give your quiz a name at the top of the scree, then select the type of question you want to use
(multiple choice or short answer).
10) To make a practice multiple-choice question, select multiple choice.
11) You will notice that you now have the choice to write your question, as well as give multiple
choice options for the response. You do not need to use all 5 answer options if you do not need
them.

8. 12) After you are satisfied with your question, and possible answers, make sure you identify the
correct answer by clicking the box next to the answer number.
13) To add another question, select multiple choice or short answer at the bottom of the screen.
14) To add a short answer question, select short answer, and type your question in the space
provided.
15) To save your quiz, once you are satisfied with the questions you have written, select save at
the bottom of the page. You will then return to the page with information about all the quizzes
you have made. Select, main screen at the top of this page to return to the main screen.

9. 16) From the main screen, select the option for Space Race. It is located towards the middle of
the page.
17) Select the quiz that you just created. Select the amount of teams you want your class divided
into. Select auto-assign color. Finally, select next.
18) Your screen will look like the following:
19) Have students log-in (see student instructions).
20) At the end of the activity (once the rockets have moved from the left side of the screen to the
right side), select end activity.
21) To get the results on your students’ performance, you have the option to have the report e-
mailed to you, or downloaded.
22) In the future to access your activities, you will go to the following website: t.socrative.com
Instructions for the students:
1) Tell students to go to the following website using their mobile device: m. socrative.com
2) They will need to know your room number, which is found by you logging into your class
page (t.socractive.com). It is found at towards the top of the page, this number is unique to you

10. and your class.
3) Once your students enter your room number, they will get a screen that says: Please wait for
teacher to start next activity...
4) From your teacher web-page (t.socrative.com) start the activity.
5) Students are requested to fill in their last name, and first name.
6) Students then complete the activity, when they are done they will see the following screen:
Wiffiti
Instructions for the teacher:
1) Go to www.wiffiti.com
2) Click on Sign up in the upper right hand corner.
3) Once you are logged in, click on Make a Screen at the top of the page.
4) When you are making a screen, you will see 4 steps on the left hand side of the column. Leave
step 1 blank. In step 2, I always uncheck “add twitter messages”. In step 3, you can choose to
only have G rated messages appear on your screen, in step 4, if you want, you can add a
background picture however it’s not necessary.
5) In the title area, type in your question. This is what will appear on your published screen.
Then click, “Publish Screen”.
6) On the next page, answer “no” to the question, “Is this screen installed in a location?” and
then click Publish Screen.
7) Now your students are ready to text their answer to wiffiti.

11. 8) To make the screen larger, hover your mouse over the bottom left hand corner of the screen
and then click on the box that appears.
Instructions for the students:
1) Tell students to read the question and then text their response to the indicated number.
2) In the body of the message, first type the code starting with the @ sign, then a space, and then
their response.

12. ¡Búsqueda de tesoro!
Nombres:________________________________________________________
Instrucciones: Escuchar el mensaje del código QR. Ir al lugar que indica el mensaje. Buscar a
otras personas que están haciendo las acciones o que hicieron las acciones en cada lugar. Escribir
la acción en la pizarra y sacar una foto con la pizarra y la persona que está
haciendo la acción.
Busca a alguien que….
Lugar: __________________________________ (1pt)
______está tomando café (1pt)
______ está comprando un postre (2pts)
______ bebió café ayer (3pts)
______ le compra un café a un amigo (4pts)
Lugar:____________________________________ (1pt)
______ está leyendo un libro (1pt)
______ está haciendo investigaciones (research) (2pts)
______ está estudiando con un amigo (3pts)
______ estuvo aquí ayer (4pts)
Lugar:___________________________________ (1pt)
______ está comiendo desayuno (1pt)
______ le está mandando un mensaje de text a un amigo (2pts)
______ le está contando un cuento a un amigo (3pts)
______ comió un bagel de Einstein’s ayer (4)
Lugar:____________________________________ (1pt)
______está haciendo la tarea (1pt)
______está hablando por teléfono (2pts)
______está yendo a clase (3pts)
______está comprando algo de la máquina expendedora
(vending machine) (4pts)
Lugar:____________________________________ (1pt)
______ está estudiando la química (1pt)
______ está poniendo leche en el café (2pts)
______ está escribiendo un reporte de ciencias (3pts)
______ está comiendo un bagel (4pts)
*Once youhavebeentoallfivelocations and havetakenpictures, report back totheclassroom.
Youmust be back bythe time classends, orelseyouwill be disqualified.
Theteamwiththemostpointsearns a specialprize!
Total:____________