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“Take Out Your Cell Phones! It’s Time for Class!”

“Take Out Your Cell Phones! It’s Time for Class!”. Tampa, Florida March 9-12, 2010. Cell Phone Conundrum. To ban or not to ban? Conceding the battle to win the war. Cell Phones & Students. 99.7% have a mobile device 94% send and receive messages 27% own a smart phone.

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“Take Out Your Cell Phones! It’s Time for Class!”

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  1. “Take Out Your Cell Phones! It’s Time for Class!” Tampa, Florida March 9-12, 2010

  2. Cell Phone Conundrum • To ban or not to ban? • Conceding the battle to win the war

  3. Cell Phones & Students • 99.7% have a mobile device • 94% send and receive messages • 27% own a smart phone Source: 2009 study by Ball State University (IN)

  4. How Do Students Communicate? • 59% use SMS to keep in touch • 17% call and talk • 9% send IMs • 7% send e-mail

  5. And in your classroom? • 62% admit to texting during class

  6. Last Year’s Conference • One or two great ideas

  7. Polleverywhere.com • Replaces “clicker” response systems • Let’s try it out first!

  8. Take Out Your Phones!

  9. Clickers vs. Cell Phones • Clickers: • Extra expense • Occasionally lost • Given to friends to “click in” for each other • Something else to carry and forget • Cell Phones: • Non-incremental cost • Rarely lost • Never given away • Always brought to class

  10. What the Service Offers • Anonymous text responses • Automated attendance-taking • Easy way to engage and interact with class

  11. What I Did at NAU • Tried it FREE first • Up to 32 responses • Bought an education subscription • Up to 400 responses • $699/year • Created ONE poll per class period • Check engagement • Spark discussion

  12. Sample Slides • First Day – “Who’s Here?” • Most popular Internet feature • Response to in-class videos

  13. Driverless Cars in 10 Years? • GM prediction • First tests in 2015 • First real road deployment in 2018

  14. Issues We Encountered • Not all students have unlimited text plans • Classroom walls blocked cell reception

  15. What Students Had to Say… • 70% participated every time we had a poll • 95% said it increased engagement in class material • 93% would recommend it to other teachers

  16. Comments From My Class To You • “It will save your students money” • “Easy way (for me) to participate in class without others knowing my opinion” • “Helped me pay attention more” • “Do your students a favor – they always have their phones and it’s fun!” • “I got my parents to pay for an unlimited text plan since I’m using my phone for education!”

  17. On the Horizon… • Project K-Nect • Qualcomm-sponsored pilot test for math education • Only 31% of 8th graders score at/above proficient level • Southwest HS in Jacksonville, NC • Student-generated & videotaped solutions • If they get this in K-12, they’ll expect it from US!

  18. One Last Question…

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