Can SmartPhones and Tablets be more than just distractions, but actually help with our homework? Today we will discuss different strategies to reduce social media distractions and applications that can help turn our SmartPhones or into serious homework tools or bicycles for our minds!

1. SmartPhones…
Educational Distractions
or Bicycles for Our Minds?
by Rich McCue - rmccue@uvic.ca
University of Victoria Libraries - richmccue.com

3. University of Victoria

4. UVic Library

6. Digital Scholarship Commons:
Workshops:
3D Design & Print
3D Scanning with Qlone
Computing Electronics with Arduino
Internet of Things with Arduino
Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality
Intro to Notebook Making

17. Devices are Distracting by Default

20. iPhone

21. Just Say NO!
You can, turn
notifications OFF!

22. Serious Work = Do Not Disturb Mode
iPhone

23. Serious Work = Turn Off Pop-up Notifications
iPhone

24. iPhone

25. Please put your answers in the chat
What Phone Apps do you
use for School Work?

26. Apps for Students in 1985:

28. Android Science
Journal

29. Android Science Journal

30. Calculate the Height of a large object
with your SmartPhone...
App: “Ridged Digital Level”

32. Scholar.Google.com
Peer Review

33. Video Projects: iMovie app or
Premiere Clip

35. Khan Academy

36. Google Keep: Your
Second Brain
http://keep.google.com

37. Take Pictures of whiteboards or notes
& access anywhere + makes notes
searchable!

39. SmartPhone Microscope

40. Socratic.org

41. Socratic.org

43. Photos for Presentations: Unsplash.com

44. Photocopier / Scanner Alternative:
JotNot Pro or CamScanner

45. Fun But Cool Tools

47. Coach’s Eye -or- Hudl Technique

48. Google Photos

49. For a Link to all the apps & a Copy
of the Slides:
RichMcCue.com