Can SmartPhone and Tablets be more than just distractions, but actually help with homework and research? This session will look at different strategies and applications that can help turn your electronic devices into a serious academic tools.

1. Smart Phones & Tablets...
Research Tools for Students?
by Rich McCue - rmccue@uvic.ca
University of Victoria Libraries - richmccue.com

2. For a Copy of the Slides:
RichMcCue.com ->
Publications

5. University of Victoria

6. UVic Library

14. What Mobile
Devices do You
Own?

16. How do you use
Your Mobile Devices
for Homework and
Research?

17. 1.Everyone find a pen & paper.
2.Make a list of all the educational uses for
SmartPhones & Tablets you can think of.
3.Save the paper (we’ll be using it in a couple of
minutes).
Pen & Paper...

18. Apps for Students in 1985:

20. EverNote: Your Second Brain
Platforms: iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows, Chromebook
http://evernote.com

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

23. Google Scholar -> Evernote
Peer Review

24. Hands on Time!
1.Get out the piece of paper and take turns
capturing them in Evernote.
- NEXT-
1.As a group, find an article in Google Scholar
about a topic of interest, -or- if you can’t settle
on anything, search: goats galapagos islands.
2.Capture that article in Evernote, by “sharing” it
to Evernote.

25. SmartPhone Microscope

27. Translate Text

28. Landmarks

29. Books & Products

30. Photocopier / Scanner Alternative:
JotNot Pro or CamScanner

31. iBooks &
Kindle

32. YouTube

33. Khan Academy

34. Google Drive = Collaborative
Document Editing

37. Google Drive
Hands On!
1.Open Google Drive on your device.
2.Open “Arbutus Demo” document.
3.Add the names of everyone in your group
to one of the bullet points.

38. Google Hangouts – Free
Conference Calls & Desktop
Sharing
Google+ Hangouts allows you
to video conference with up to
10 people & do desktop
sharing.
The quality is usually quite
good, but in the end it is only
as good as your internet
connection is.

41. Fun
Tools

43. RunKeeper

44. Hudl Technique

45. Google Photos

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