Presentation for 2012 Mame

1. Cell Phones:
Education
Technology and
Learning
Liz’s Mobile Business
Card
Send a new text: Liz Kolb, Ph.D.
50500
University of Michigan
In message: elikeren@umich.edu
kolb http://cellphonesinlearning.com
Twitter: @Lkolb
http://contxts.com Presentation Link: tiny.cc/kolbmame

2. Scavenger Hunt Qrcode Polling
Around Room…
Use your cell phone bar code scanner to
scan some barcodes and answer some
poll questions!

3. Don’t have a Smartphone to read
QRcodes?
 http://snapmyinfo.com/

4. Create QR Polls and Surveys
 http://polltogo.com/

5. Agenda
 Background…‖How I Changed My Mind
About Cell Phones‖
 Activities
 Text Message Only
 Media
 Voice
 Step by Step Integration and Safety
 Improving on Traditional Learning with
QRcodes

6. Send a new text to:
37607
In Message:
Number associated with answer

7. Classroom technology requested by new teachers
80
70
60
50
40
30
20 % of New Teachers
10
0

8. % of new teachers who would like technology
in their hands of the students
90
80
70
60
50
40
% of New Teachers
30
20
10
0
Tech. NOT w/ Tech. W/ Students
students

9. Teacher Beliefs Impede the Use of
Everyday Technology Tools
 Beliefs are a strong indicator of future behaviors
(Pajares, 1992).
 Teacher beliefs are formed through life experiences such
as cultural, work-related, and academic encounters
(Rokeach, 1972; Nespor, 1987; Raths, 1997; Bruner, 1996).
 Most of today’s teachers and preservice teachers did not grow up
with models of everyday technologies in their own education.
 3% of the 264 teachers interviewed in the PBS survey thought cell
phones could have educative benefit (Levine, et al 2008).

10. ―Some of the most crucial steps in mental
growth are based not simply on
acquiring new skills, but on acquiring
new administrative ways to use
what one already knows.”
-Seymour Papert

14. Complexities of Technology in
Education
 Access
 Cost vs. Benefit
 Lack of Research to Demonstrate
Effectiveness
 Lack of PD for teachers

17. Complexities of Technology in
Education
 Access
 Cost vs. Benefit
 Lack of Research to Demonstrate
Effectiveness
 Lack of PD for teachers

18. Cost of Using Student’s Own
Technology
Free!

19. Complexities of Technology in
Education
 Access
 Cost vs. Benefit
 Lack of Research to Demonstrate
Effectiveness
 Lack of PD for teachers

20. Coventry University: Research on cell phones in
learning says…
"The proportions of textisms that kids used in
their sentence translations was positively
linked to verbal reasoning; the more
textspeak kids used, the higher their test
scores‖
"The younger the age at which the kids had
received mobile phones, the better their
ability to read words and identify patterns
of sound in speech.‖
http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/news.cfm/newsid/14

21. Chester NY Middle School
 Kids who used their cell
phones to boil down the
main points of the
stanzas got 80% of
the questions about
a poem correct on a
state test.
 Kids taught the same
poem in the traditional
way – reading, reciting
and discussing – got
only 40% of the
questions right.

22. Complexities of Technology in
Education
 Access
 Cost vs. Benefit
 Lack of Research to Demonstrate
Effectiveness
 Lack of PD for teachers

23.  http://newyork.cbslocal.com/video?autoStar
t=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=636
7021

24. No Cell Phone? Use iPodiTouch
 Tiny URL
 http://tiny.cc
 Web access
 Need Wifi
 Can do a lot off line with Apps
 Free Texting Apps
 Text for Free

25. Text Messaging (SMS ONLY)

26. http://wiffiti.com/screens/73806

27. O is for Overview.
 Conduct a brief overview of the main subject of the visual.
P is for Parts.
 Scrutinize the parts of the visual.
 Note any elements or details that seem important.
T is for Title.
 Read the title or caption of the visual (if present) for added
information.
I is for Interrelationships.
 Use the words in the title or caption and the individual parts of the
visual to determine connections and relationships within the
graphic.
C is for Conclusion.
 Draw a conclusion about the meaning of the visual as a whole.
 Summarize the message in one or two sentence

29. Your autobiography in 6 words
 http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_
polls/MTQ2NjM0MTczNA
Send text to 22333
 In text type 48813 then 6 words

30. 6 Word Memoirs
 http://www.polleverywhere.com/polls
/ODg2ODQwNDYw/results

31. Text Message Alerts!
Sending out FREE mass text messages to
large or small groups of people.
http://remind101.com (one way messaging uses
phone numbers)
http://www.classparrot.com (2 way messaging
uses phone numbers)
OR
http://cel.ly (2 way messaging uses short codes)

32. Text on the Fly Activity!
 http://cel.ly
 Follow directions in your text

33. Summer Text Program: ―Learning
Does Not Take A Vacation‖
Norwich Free Academy (Connecticut)
 Text of the week!
 Monday is vocabulary day
 Tuesday is science facts
 Wednesday is mathematics
 Thursday is history
 Friday covers a variety of topics including
general knowledge and cultural literacy
 Each day is a theme
 Parents and Students Opt in

34. Text a Quiz or Study Cards
 https://studyboost.com/

35. Follow Experts on Twitter via
SMS
To Follow via SMS send: ―follow @twitterid‖ to
40404 (no twitter account needed)
 Politicians
 http://tweetcongress.org/
 Breaking News (CNN, NPR…)
 Authors
 http://www.squidoo.com/TwitterAuthors
 Scientists
 http://sciencepond.com/
 Historians
 Send ―follow lkolb‖ to 40400

36. Multimedia Projects
Pictures, Videos, Voice and Text

37. Connecting Math to Everyday
Experiences
 http://cellblock.com
 http://bigmacmath.wikispace
s.com/cellblock

38. Posting a picture (using an email
address) from a basic phone
 Add a new contact in your phone
 Name the contact
 Add the email address under the email
option (lizk@cellblock.com)
 SAVE
 When you send…select the contact to send
your picture to.

39. Send/Store Mobile Pictures and
Videos
 http://flickr.com
 Flickr Mobile
 Click on Upload by Email

41. EXAMPLE: Mobile Podcasting Project: Field Trips
High School Chemistry
Students on a field trip
at Cranbrook Science
Museum in MI.
Cell Phones pictures
documented chemical
elements.
Used: Camera on cell
phone and sent to
drop.io at
http://drop.io/CKCHEM4

42. iReporting

43. Tumblr in Classroom
Geology Rocks!
 http://geologyrocks.tumblr.com/

44. Mobile Blogging
Tumblr
 http://www.tumblr.com/
 Phone call, picture, text or video post
directly to blog
 Goodies
 TumblriPod App too!

45. Voice and Phone Calling

46. Murmur Oral History Project
http://murmurtoronto.ca/fortyork

47. Mobile Podcasting Project: Author
Study
Middle School 6th-
7th Grade
Used:
http://hipcast.com
Web link:
http://541sparkes.bl
ogspot.com/2007/
07/author-blog-
6.html

48. Homework: Poem in Your Pocket
 http://emsdigitalpoetry
.wikispaces.com/Poem
+in+Your+Pocket+Da
y
 Middle School English
 Poetry Via Phone
 http://google.com/voic
e

49. Mobile Podcasting Project: Connecting
Algebra to Real World
High School Algebra
Used
http://yodio.com
Web link:
http://www.yodio.co
m/yo.aspx?cardId=
LvAhgDUPZd6UbBg
sTMN2aC

50. Geograffiti: VoiceMarks on Map

51. Conference Recording
 http://Freeconferencep
ro.com
 Record up to 250
people on one phone
call at one time.
 Bring in experts!
 Record group
discussions for HW
 Record Open House
 Hold a 19th Century
Salon

52. iPadio: Phonecasting
 http://ipadio.com
 Create personal podcasts (public or
private)
 Attach to any blog
 RSS feeds
 No time limit
 Free!

53. Web 2.0 Voicemail
A cell phone that couples with a website
in order to create MP3 files of
voicemails, transcripts of
voicemails, smart greeting for individual
or groups of callers, and stores all
calling information.
http://google.com/voice
(734) 408-4495

54. Google Voice for Vocabulary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7PoWsFlsKU&feature=player_embedded

55. PodcastActivity: NPR ―This I
Believe…‖
10th Grade English
Wrote their own
This I Believe
Recorded for HW via
Cell Phone
Submitted BEST to
NPR
Focus: Speaking
Skills, Persuasive
Writing
Skills, Editing Skills

56. Free Call Recording with Rondee
http://rondee.com

57. TEXT MESSAGING SAFELY AND
APPROPRIATELY WITHIN
CLASSROOM LEARNING:
STEP BY STEP INTEGRATION GUIDE

58. Step 1: Survey students
 Give Students a Survey

65. Step 2: Mobile Safety

69. DISCUSS MOBILE SAFETY & APPROPRIATE USE
 Part of digital footprint
 Your digital dossier that includes Internet activity
such as social networking, email, chat rooms,
 YOU can’t erase this!!! Permanent record
 EVERYTHING you send via text message
(pictures, videos, text, audio…etc) is PUBLIC!!!
 Example: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
 Mobile ―bullying‖ and ―sexting‖ is public
 MTV Special on Sexting and Quiz
 LG Text Education or That’s Not Cool
 Students should know their plans
 Bring in their cell phone plan and a bill
 Discuss what is charged and how much
 Give Students a Survey
Learn more specific safety tips at Connectsafely

70. Sexting
17% of teens who pay for the full
cost of their phone send sexts
versus 3% of others.

71. "If you take a picture, you can be accused of
producing child pornography; if you send it to
somebody, you can be accused of distributing
child pornography; and if you keep a picture, you
can be accused of possessing child
pornography. Anywhere along this chain of
transmission of the images, you can be charged as a
registered sex offender."
-Parry Aftab, an Internet privacy and security lawyer.

72. Dangers of Texting and Driving
 34% texting teens ages 16-17 say they
have texted while driving.
 52% of cell-owning teens ages 16-17 say
they have talked on a cell phone while
driving.
 48% of all teens ages 12-17 say they have
been in a car when the driver was texting
 40% say they have been in a car when the
driver used a cell phone in a way that put
themselves or others in danger.

73. PSA: Texting While Driving Lesson
Activity 1:
Take Quiz
 Are you a distracted driver?
http://cartalk.com/ddc/
Show Videos
 http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Americas-
New-Deadly-Obsession-Partial-Episode-Video
 http://www.psych.utah.edu/lab/appliedcognition/
Students in Groups
 Identify key risk behaviors in distracted driving
(text to interactive Wiffiti.com board)
 Share with the class

74. Texting Location Safety
Phone apps have location feature
Typically, the subscriber must
give permission and the cell
phone must be enabled for
tracking. Consult with your
service providers for more detail.
Some apps are very persistent
and you have to turn them off
after download…settings

75. Smartphone Location Tracking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vARzvWxwY

76. Texting and Bullying
When kids receive harassing or inappropriate text messages, there are
several things they can do:
•Never, ever respond to the message sender.
•Report it as soon as possible to a trusted adult (and if that person
doesn’t help, tell others until someone does).
•Save or print the message to keep a record, then delete it from the
phone.
•Only keep contact information of close friends and family in their
address book.
•Talk to their wireless provider about how they can help (such as blocking
the messages or changing their number).

77. Step 3: Social Contract

78. Tips for Social Contract
1. The teacher should explain to the students that there should be some rules concerning how
their cell phones will be used in the classroom, and students have an opportunity to be part
of the rule making process (the goal is to have no more than 5 simple rules to follow and a
consequence for non-compliance).
2. Students should be asked to brainstorm rules. During the brainstorm, students should be
encouraged to support their rule with reasons why it should be implemented (such as ―cell
phones should be on vibrate at all times‖, the student should then explain why this is
important. If they can’t, ask for other students to help explain it.)
3. Once there is a workable list of rules, students should be encouraged to narrow the list to
about five rules. The teacher may want to do this himself, or to use the analogy of a
professional job where one is given a cell phone and a contract. One could ask the students
to imagine that they were given a professional contract, hen they could be asked
which―rules‖ they think should be implemented in their classroom. Using this analogy may
also help to eliminate some redundant or unnecessary rules.
4. Once the rules have been selected. The students should be asked to brainstorm
consequences for not following the rules. Once again, asking students to decide on the
best option.
5. The teacher should let the students know that she will be adding these rules and
consequences to a permission form that will be sent home to have parents and the students
sign.

79. 5 Rules for Cell Phones in Schools
Set rules based on business regulations for cell phone use
(look at business contracts)
Social contract with students
 Must be on vibrate at all times
 Keep them in the front of the room until you are going
to use them.
 All messages/media sent or published must be related to
lesson.
 If you are referencing someone else in class, you must
have their approval before posting or publishing.
 Create a permission form (in addition to the School’s
AUP)

80. Step 4: Permission Form

81. Sample Permission Form

82. Dear Parents and Guardians,
We are starting a new project this year in our biology course. The
students will be taking pictures of different biological species that
they encounter in their everyday lives and posting on a private
class website. In order to capture the species in the everyday
lives of the students, I have given them the option of using their
cell phones to take the pictures and send them to the class
website. While the students are not required to have a cell
phone for the project, they are welcome to use their own if they
choose to and if you allow them. In class, we will be discussing
issues of mobile safety and etiquette before starting the project.
I will be using the ConnectSafely Guidelines for Mobile Safety
(http://www.connectsafely.org/safety-tips-and-advice.html ). If
you would like to participate in this conversation, please feel free
to attend the class sessions on March 5th and 6th during any of
the biology class periods:
8:00-9:00
9:10-10:10
2:10-3:10

83. In addition, I will be holding an
information night about mobile safety
and the project on March 3rd at
7:00pm. I will go over the project in
detail, show you how it works, and
also answer any questions you may
have about using cell phones in
learning.

84. There is some research that supports the
need for using student cell phones in
learning and teaching students how
cell phones can be a productive and
important tool for their future
professional growth. This will be
discussed in detail at the information
night as well as during the March 5th
and 6th class sessions.

85. Finally, you are welcome to participate in this
project! We are using a private space in a photo-
sharing site called Flickr, where all the photos will
be sent and eventually posted to a map at the
exact location they were uncovered. You are
welcome to take a picture of a biological species
that you encounter, send it to kolb@flickr.com
along with a short text message on what you
think the species is and the location of where you
took the picture! Feel free to check the website
each week to see the learning progress. Login:
Kolbbiology Password: Biokid

86. I hope to see you in class and/or on the March 3rd information night. In
the meantime if you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to
contact me at kolb@gmail.com or by phone 777-222-5777.
I give permission for my child to use their cell phone for phone calling for
this project:
______________________________________________________.
(parent signature)
**They can only use _____ number of calling minutes for this project
I give permission for my child to use their cell phone for text messaging
for this project:
______________________________________________________.
(parent signature)
**They can only use _____ number of text messages for this project
I give permission for my child to use their cell phone for mobile Internet
for this project:
______________________________________________________.
(parent signature)
I give permission for my child to use their cell phone for taking and
sending pictures and/ or videos (circle one or both) for this project:
______________________________________________________.
(parent signature)
**They can only send _____ number of media messages for this project

87. Rules agreed upon by students and teacher
1. Cell Phones Must Be on Vibrate at All Times
2. Cell phones should be placed in the front of the room at
the beginning of class (at the designated table in your
numbered slot) and whenever they are not needed for
instruction
3. All mobile messages or media sent from your phone
during class MUST be related to the lesson or activity
4. If you are referencing someone else in class, you must
have their (recorded verbal or written) approval before
posting or publishing.

88. Consequences
The student will be asked to write a letter home to
you and explain why they did not follow the rules in
class. They will also be asked to come up with better
class guidelines around cell phones use in schools so
this does not occur again.
I will adhere to the classroom rules for cell phone use
___________________________________________
________. (student signature)
Thank you
Liz Kolb

89. Step 5: Alternatives

90. Alternative Ideas
 Select an online resource that couples with cell
phones, but also has web-based options for uploading or
sharing. For example if you use Flickr to send pictures to and
from mobile phones to a private place online, students who do
not have a cell phone, can still upload to Flickr via the web.
 Grouping students. Purposely putting students in groups or
pairs where the teacher knows that at least one of the group
members has a cell phone that can be used for the project is a
simple way to keep the students who do not have cell phones
anonymous (because the teacher can say, ―someone in each
group should take out their cell phone to use for this activity.‖)
 Allow students to use your own cell phone.
 Landlines (many web-based cell phone resources have toll free
calling numbers) for phone calling activities.
 Center activities for K-8 students where the teacher can use
one cell phone with all the students during center time.
 Hardcopy options that they hand in to you, and you upload the
work to the online resource.

91. Step 6: Parent Information Night

92. Parent Night Ideas
 An overview of why you are using the student cell phones.
 Describe the project(s) that will revolve around cell phone
use, and any cost associated with the project and student cell
phone use.
 Alternatives that the students have for completing the project
without using cell phones
 Any change in school cell phone policy as a result of the
project(s).
 Rules of the cell phone use during the project and the
consequences for the students who do not follow the rules.
 Parents should be invited to participate in the activity (within
reason).
 Provide parents with multiple ways for feedback (email
address, a text message number, a voicemail (Google Voice
would be great for this), and an online anonymous survey
(such as Google Form).

93. Mobile Safety Ideas for Parents
 http://www.safetyweb.com/ (monitor your child’s digital
identity).
 Visit websites that have ideas on how to stay safe via
the mobile phone. One example would be
http://connectsafely.com
 Talk to your kids about text bullying and
sexting, especially the short- and long-term
consequences.
 Monitor their child’s cell phone use: Who are they
texting? Who is texting them?
 Suggest that everyone’s cell phone stay on the kitchen
counter or another centralized place while they’re home.
 Set rules about the kind of behavior that is and is not
acceptable—on a cell phone, or anywhere else. Remind
kids of the rules periodically.

94. Learning Connection Ideas
Parents
 Model Appropriate Use: Try not to text or talk on the phone while
driving, try to not interrupt conversations or dinners with cell phone
activities. Also explain and point out to the children when you are
modeling an appropriate use such as, ―I am not answering the phone
because we are having a family dinner and I want to give my full
attention to my family for this hour.‖
 Document Family Activities: Model how to capture pictures or
videos of family vacations or family activities via the cell
phone. Demonstrate how to capture reactions (via audio recording) to
family activities. This is a great way to model data collection in the
real world via cell phone.
 Get involved with the classroom projects: Since parents often
have their mobile phones with them all day, they could capture images
or send text messages into class for the school assignment along with
their children. They could join the class text message alert in order to
receive information from the teacher about homework or other class
activities.

95. Improving on Traditional Learning

96. 9th Graders Text Messaging Romeo and Juliet
• 9th Grade English in Michigan
• Translating Romeo and Juliet to
―text speak‖
• Start in class with translating a
few lines to a wiffiti board.
• Voting on best ―translations‖
• Move to Homework
• Create a whole text message
novel of Romeo and Juliet
• Using Texting to Teach
Shakespare

97. Mobile Novels (http://textnovel.com )
Use a cell phone to write a private or collaborative novel, poem, chapter
review, or short story to “publish” on a cell phone.
http://textnovel.com

101. Qrcode 2nd Grade Trip to Zoo

103. Ubu Tour (http://ubimark.com/in/)

104. Build Your Own QRcodes
 Bar codes for cell
phones, iPods. Take a picture
of a bar code and receive
information on your phone.
 Need to download a free reader
on your phone or ipod
 http://2d-code.co.uk/qr-code-
generators/
 http://www.brosvision.com/qrn
ote/
Mobile Tag in
 http://www.qrstuff.com/ iTunes

105. Tag my Doc (http://www.tagmydoc.com)

106. QRVoice (http://qrvoice.net/)

107. http://www.classtools.net/QR/