PollEverywhere is one of many web 2.0 sites that allow the user, or multiple users, to enter text information via cell phone. We originally covered PollEverywhere in the Session#1 workshop:
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TECHNOLOGY TUESDAYS:
Workshop Dates | Open Lab Dates |
January 13 - Session#8 January 20 - Session#9 February 10 - Session#10 February 24 - Session#11 March 10 - Session#12 April 7 - Session#13 April 21 - Session#14 |
January 27 February 3 February 17 March 3 March 24 March 31 April 14 April 28 |
What's on the Spring 2009 Tech Tuesdays calendar? Last Fall was largely about leveraging existing content for you and your students; this spring is more about content creation. This Spring, we plan to bring you:
USE YOUR CELL PHONE TO VOTE NOW:
At what age are (first) cell phones being acquired?
NPR clip: Three Generations' View of Cell Phones
What's in the future for cell phones and mobile learning? Some technologies are already common in Japan, China, and India, but are just now making it to the US, like the ability to gather information by scanning a barcode with your cell phone's camera:
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Although the barcode technology isn't quite mainstream in the US, a LOT of mobile technologies are -- they are used by your students all the time, which means you can leverage mobile tools for learning in your class. For specific project ideas, including the tools used and instructions, check out Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education, by Liz Kolb:
Or you can follow Liz's blog, http://cellphonesinlearning.com. For example, Liz recently had a really interesting blog post about courses being offered via cell phone in the Louisiana community college system.
Here's an example of one idea from Toys to Tools :
Students can start their own mobile blogs (Blogger):
This could be useful for recognizing course concepts in every day life ( e.g., keep a photoblog of "Economics in Action!" or "Everyday Math!"), or if your students are doing field work, showing steps in a science lab, or visiting an art or historical exhibit.
Here's a tool that we looked at in Session#5, the "Easy Audio" workshop. A collaborative Class (Mobile) podcast can be created using GCast.
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