Mobile Learning

What tools did you try?

I enjoyed exploring cell/camera phones and ipods in education. I feel these tools would be the tools I would like to incorporate into my class.

What ways are you thinking about integrating mobile technology into YOUR classroom?

I would like to incorporate Poll Everywhere into my classroom. I think the student’s would enjoy the in interaction in class and see the result immediately. I would like to use the poll in class for short answer or multiple choice questions. By viewing and discussing the student’s immediate results will make the assignments more exciting to the students. Although we have a ban on cell phones in class I plan to talk to my administration to see if I can test them out in my classroom. I feel there are appropriate times that cell phones can be incorporated into a lesson.

Camera phones in education. I think my student’s could use their camera phones to take pictures of products that they would like to design for their class project. They could also use this technology to capture bad designs. This technology could spike their interest and creativity. Being able to capture images and share those with the class could mean more involvement and collaboration. The student’s could take a picture of a product write about what is good or bad and add it to their blog.

What challenges (or inspirations) do you foresee?

The problem that I foresee is that the student’s will want to continue using their phones in class and will not want to use pencil and paper. That is not such a bad thing. I am going to compare how many students have cell phones to how many students have a pencil on them in class.