This document discusses how mobile technologies like cell phones, QR codes, and Twitter can be used to engage students in learning. It provides examples of polling students in real-time with their phones, translating words via text, and encoding web content and audio clips into QR codes. Guidelines are offered for managing cell phone use in the classroom, and additional resources on the educational uses of mobile technologies are referenced.

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Making Teaching & Learning Mobile
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Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aUQLIPdtg8&v=0aUQLIPdtg8&gl=US

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Polls, Phones & Pods

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Solve for X
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MjEzMjYyNzIyNw

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40 Responses
for free now.

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“Poem in October”
Dylan Thomas
What did you notice from
listening to the poem?
http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/MTI5MTEwMDM2Mw
Audio recording from http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/arts/literature/Five-Poems-to-Hear-Aloud.html

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Google SMS
Send a text to 466453 (Google)
SMS define (word)
Send a text to 466453 (Google)
SMS translate (word) to (language)
http://www.google.com/mobile/sms/search/

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Phonecasting with iPadio
http:/
/ipad.io/UCR

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Using Google Voice
Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7PoWsFlsKU&feature=player_embedded

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Managing the Cellphone Classroom
http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/35840
by Lisa Nielsen

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1. Upon entry and departure of class, please ensure cell phones are turned
off and stored in your backpack.
2. On days when we are using cell phones for learning, please ensure they are
set to silent.
3. Only use phones for learning purposes related to classwork.
4. When phones are not in use on a day we are using cells for learning place
them face down on the upper right side of your desk.
5. If you notice someone in the class using their cell phone inappropriately,
remind them to use proper cell phone etiquette.
6. If at any time your teacher feels you are not using your cell phone for class
work you will be asked to place your phone in the bin in the front of the
room with a post-it indicating your name and class.
• After the first infraction each month you can collect your phone at the end of
class.
• After the second infraction you can collect your phone at the end of the day.
• After the third infraction your parent or guardian will be asked to retrieve
your phone. If you use the phone inappropriately again during the month
your parent or guardian will be required to retrieve your phone.
• At the beginning of each month, you have a clean slate.
Classroom Management
From Lisa Nielsen at http:/
/www.techlearning.com/blogs/35840

15. Using QR Codes

16. iOS Android
To scan, you need a QR code reader.

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QR codes every day

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Let’s try it out!

20. On your iPad /
iPhone / iPod,
launch Qrafter.
It should look like
this picture.

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Now, position the iPad camera over the QR code.
It will chime. Hit “Go to URL.”

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This diagram displays which plate boundary?

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This diagram displays which plate boundary?

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9 127
Calculate.

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9 127
Calculate.

26. How about this one?
Remember to choose “Scan with Camera” first.

27. Anyone tweeting?
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28. GoQR.me, QRstuff.com & QRjumps.com
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29. GoQR.me, QRstuff.com & QRjumps.com
options for encoding, sizes & output

30. For the audio ones, use http:/
/qrvoice.net/
Add the text in “say what?”. Click the QR button. Slide to choose the
size. Click on the QR code. Right-click (control+click) to copy-paste.

31. Fantastic ideas for QR codes.
from Tom Barrett & Paul Simbeck-Hampson
http://bit.ly/i9JO59

32. The Periodic Table in QR codes
Image
from
h+p://www.flickr.com/photos/periodicvideos/5915143448/sizes/l/in/photostream/

33. The Periodic Table in QR codes
Image
from
h+p://www.flickr.com/photos/periodicvideos/5915143448/sizes/l/in/photostream/

34. Poe in the Pit / Interactive Comic
http://poeinthepit.com

35. The Pit & the Pendulum / Interactive Comic
http://poeinthepit.com

36. Unitag.fr

37. Last one. Try this.

38. Twitter

39. Twitter

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@michaelmgrant

42. Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKAIzU90zA8

43. Cybraryman’s Cellphones in Class
http:/
/cybraryman.com/cellphones.html

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