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Smart Phones in Education
- 1. Cell Phones in Education Kim Wesson ED 598 Final Project Spring 2010
- 2. Do you know what today’s smart phones can really do? Kim Wesson
- 6. Can this teacher reach this student?
- 16. These rules against cell phone use in school do not appear to be working. Kim Wesson
- 18. “ The use of cell phones, particularly smart phones, continues to explode, yet the incorporation of these phones into the school curriculum is generally discouraged.” Kim Wesson
- 20. How many students have this? Kim Wesson
- 21. How many students have cell phones with smart phone technology stashed in their backpacks? Kim Wesson
- 25. “ The curriculum in U.S. schools today traces its roots to the 19th century. In 1892, at Harvard College the Committee of Ten promulgated a curriculum that American schools needed to enact in order to prepare students to attend Harvard College. You don’t need 21st century computing technologies to teach a 19th century curriculum.” (Norris et al., 2009 ). Kim Wesson
- 26. The problem with this pedagogical philosophy is that it does not prepare 21st century learners; it prepares 19th century learners Kim Wesson
- 29. Did you just say IN SCHOOLS??? It sounded like you said something about cell phones-But I know I didn’t hear THAT!!! Kim Wesson
- 31. They can already do this. Kim Wesson
- 43. You mean like MAKE US USE THEM?? IN SCHOOL???? Kim Wesson
- 47. to replace regular and graphing calculators; Kim Wesson
- 52. To put homework on a phone; Kim Wesson
- 53. To use as a whiteboard archive ; Kim Wesson
- 63. “ MY teachers never did that stuff, and I turned out ok.” Kim Wesson
- 79. Cell phones can also be used as an alternative for classroom response systems (“clickers and buzzers”) by utilizing polleverywhere.com, “which lets anyone post a poll or multiple-choice questionnaire that others can complete using cell phone texting.” Kim Wesson
- 82. * To increase portable computing devices available at little to no cost to the school; Kim Wesson
- 84. Universities increasingly use smart phones and hand-helds to replace huge textbooks in a cost effective manner. Kim Wesson
- 85. “ American campuses have joined the classes-via-cell-phone trend, including Louisiana Community & Technical College System and Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Ball State nursing students began using mobile devices last school year, and downloading course material has literally taken a considerable weight off of students’ shoulders. Brandon Campbell, the nursing school’s lead technology services specialist, said electronic nursing manuals accessed on a mobile device replaced a two-foot stack of reading material that students once lugged around from class to class. Campbell and Kay Hodson-Carlton, coordinator of learning resources and extended education at Ball State’s nursing school, said acceptance of cell phone-based course material was nearly ubiquitous.” (Carter, 2009 ). Kim Wesson
- 86. At the Presbyterian Women’s College, Croyden, Australia, international attention was turned to the university when the use of mobile phones for exams was implemented. (Prensky, 2008). Kim Wesson
- 87. Universities are using this….. To replace this,,,,,,, Kim Wesson
- 89. The tools we use are changing. When is the last time you wrote one one of these? Kim Wesson
- 90. Is our instruction changing? Kim Wesson
- 92. And students like them. Kim Wesson
- 93. “ Well, phones like this one here don’t work right any more. I feel much happier and more relaxed about all this now.” Kim Wesson
Editor's Notes
- My research presentation is about Cell Phones in education. Presently, smart phones are not used as educational technology in the K-12 setting very much at all, and are generally prohibited throughout Alabama. However, post secondary institutions are increasingly depending on smart phone technology to enhance learning and communication with the student body, as well as staff, as this PPT shows., in K-12 education, the use of smart phone technology is viewed as a foreign and unusual concept, to say the least. The purpose of this PPT is to: 1. Inform school staff, students and other interested stakeholders on the use of smart phones in education. However 2. Make the case that smart phones can be used as effective educational technology. Because smart phones are prohibited from use in k-12 schools, my PPT will show how smart phones are already being used elsewhere, such as universities in America, and in Australia, for example; and how they CAN be used in both instruction and learning. Many people tend to find educational technology intimidating or foreign. Therefore, I tried to use many colorful graphics. I attempted to use humor to maintain interest and dispel anxiety that many teachers have when confronted with new technology. I used “Mayberry” characters periodically throughout the PPT to reflect the humor that those unfamiliar with this idea may initially view the concept, and to relax “technology anxiety” experienced by teachers. I also attempted to use graphics which show the contrast and irony between our “nostalgic” approach to curriculum and the mindset of the digital natives we teach. I love their facial expressions: Shocked, suspicious, and confused. That is the initial reaction of many to the idea of handheld computing devices, especially smart phones, in the school setting.
- Most adults are less technologically literate than the students we teach, and this affects our choices of teaching methods. This cartton uses humor to highlight our unfamiliarity with the capabilities of smart phones.
- A smart phone is often more powerful than our outdated computers.
- Notice the contrast between the technology in the picture and the type used by the digital natives we teach. However, many of our instructional approaches are the same ones that Hellen Crump used.
- This fact, shared with me by our instructor, is amazing.
- Digital natives think and process information differently than previous generations.
- Today’s students are comfortable using technology to locate and share information. It just may not be appropriately used.
- This is my favorite slide because it emphasizes the cost effective aspect of smart phone use. It also illustrates that smart phones can augment or even replace existing computers in school often at no cost to school systems.
- These cartoon characters are suspicious and amused. That’s how many educators feel about this topic: they don’t realize that it is already implemented.
- Some people feel outraged as such an idea.
- Teachers associate smart phones with the only uses they see kids demonstrate- recreation, leisure, etc. etc.
- Although using cell phones to accomplish work-related tasks is a foreign idea in K-12 schools, smart phones are staple equipment in the business world.
- Teachers experience a great deal of frustration with students wasting valuable instructional time using cell phones inappropriately. Maybe they are using them inappropriately because they are not taught or allowed to use them to complete tasks, the way they are used in the workplace.
- Note the timeliness. This is from the news today.
- This is from NPR today 4/20/2010.
- We can replace inappropriate behaviors with appropriate behaviors, increase productivity and save the school money at the same time. We need to teach uses appropriate and beneficial for the academic environment, not MySpace.
- Now, not everyone may be initially receptive to this idea.
- The following slides show some uses that students will have for smart phones in the academic setting.
- No more excuses for not having notes, losing notes, or makeup notes.
- Students can research academic data bases just like we can, right from their phone. Just think, you can log into Academic Search Premiere or Ebscohost from your IPhone. So can they.
- The following slides will show uses that teachers have for smart phones in instruction. Keep in mind, as far fetched as these ideas may sound, they are already being implemented in classrooms.
- Many initially have reservations about the idea of having a cell phone in school. Period. The uses for it may be even more, well, modern.
- This is my second favorite slide.
- Here are examples of colleges and universities already doing this in the United States…..
- More examples of colleges and universities implementing smart phone technology in a practical manner,,,,,,,,,,
- Smart phone technology is also used at universities in Australia with great success…..
- Maybe it will be okay after all.
- I have some great references, including our instructor.