This document provides an overview of several educational technology tools that can be used with smartphones, including QR codes, Swipe, and Plickers. QR codes allow teachers to create links that students can access by scanning the code with their phone and can be used to direct students to websites. Swipe is an app that allows teachers to control presentations from their phone. Plickers is a tool for formative assessments where students answer multiple choice questions using printed cards that the teacher scans with their phone. Other recommended apps mentioned are Quizlet and Flash Cards for vocabulary practice.

1. Teaching with Educational
Technology: Using Smart Phones
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
Akiko Ota, Ed.D
Adult Education Manager
aota1@ccc.edu

2. QR READER
Please download QR Code on your Smart Phone!

3. QR READER
How to Use Features $ for
Ss
$ for
Ts
QR
CODE
Provide QR Code
and let students go
to the link/webpage
that teachers want
them to visit
• Create QR
code for free
• Print QR Code
image / Send
the QR Code
image via e-
mail
FREE FREE

4. QR CODE – PRACTICE
Directions: Scan the following QR CODEs
Website 1 Website 2

5. QR CODE – PRACTICE
1. Go to http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/34116
2. Choose ONE of the links provided (Links 1, 1a. 1b. & 1c.)
3. Go to QRSTUFF.COM http://www.qrstuff.com/ (Link 2)
4. Copy and paste the website link to create QR Code
5. Download the QR Code
6. Copy & Paste to paper, e-mail à Share it with your
colleagues and practice

6. QR CODE - REVIEW
1. Choose the website you want your students to go on their
smart phones
2. Go to QRSTUFF.COM http://www.qrstuff.com/
3. Copy and paste the website link to create QR Code
4. Download the QR Code
5. Copy & Paste to paper, e-mail, PPT., etc.

7. SWIPE
• Using your smartphone to “live control” your
presentation.
• No need for clickers = mobility for teachers/speakers to
move around while giving presentations.
• PDFs only – no animation features (There’s a way to
work around for that.)

8. SWIPE – PRACTICE 1
1. Go back to http://clear.msu.edu/mashups/34116
2. Create your own account
3. Upload the test PDF slides provided to practice
4. Send the Swipe link to your own e-mail that you can
open on your smart phone
5. Open Swipe via your phone à Click “Control Live”
6. Click “Control Live” on your computer
7. Start presentation

9. SWIPE STEPS REVIEW
1. Create your own presentation
2. Save your presentation as “PDF” document.
3. Upload PDFs
4. Get the link – send the link to yourself
5. Open Swipe on your phone
6. “Control Live” for both your phone & computer
7. Start presenting

12. PLICKERS
• Do a quick, 3-5 question quiz to see if students
understood the key concepts in a Reading
• Students love using Plickers cards and they rarely think
of it as Assessment
• Only the teacher needs the app (iOS or Android)
• Great for all levels and classes and classes that are
tech-resistant

13. PLICKERS
• Only A, B, C, D and True/False Options
• Extremely playful and low-stakes, but still gradable and
useful for gathering data on student understanding
• Can laminate, print on card stock, or past into their
textbooks

14. OTHER SMART PHONE-BASED LEARNING
RESOURCES

15. VOCABULARY
How to Use Features $ for
Ss
$ for
Ts
Quizlet
You add words, let
students define,
practice at home,
then play games in
class
• Flashcards
• Multiple games
FREE FREE
• Support for images,
• Flashcards,
• Multiple games
• Class progress
$24.9
9/year

16. VOCABULARY
How to Use Features $ for
Ss
$ for
Ts
FLASH
CARDS
Assign an existing
word list or create
your own and ask
students to practice
at home
• Flashcards with
word
• lists from Common
• Core, Latin Roots,
• TOEFL prep, and
more, or create
your own
FREE FREE

17. Quizlet
• iOS, Android, Web
• Easy to use, both for independent studying and for in-class
practice
• When adding words, the app suggests community definitions for
that word (some of which are incorrect/unrelated)
• Print off flashcards or practice quizzes
• Multiple formats for flashcards (word first, definition first) and for
games (space race, speller, scatter)
• NEW in-class game that lets students use their phones to
compete

18. FLASH CARDS
• iOS, Android
• Best for at-home practice
• When adding words, the app auto fills with the
dictionary.com definition
• Multiple formats for flashcards(word first, definition first),
detailed settings, and a quiz option
• Will pronounce the word with a native-sounding non-robotic
voice
• Share lists via email, Twitter, or Facebook

19. QUESTIONS?
CONTACT AKIKO – aota1@ccc.edu for
• Questions,
• Great websites,
• Smart phone apps, and
• Suggestions!