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Going Mobile!. Steve Dembo Steve_Dembo@Discovery.com. What’s in your bag?. 8-18 year olds who own:. 9%. 12%. 37%. 53%. Kaiser Foundation Report: Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds 3-9-05. 94% use the internet for school research
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Going Mobile! Steve Dembo Steve_Dembo@Discovery.com
8-18 year olds who own: 9% 12% 37% 53% Kaiser Foundation Report: Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds 3-9-05
94% use the internet for school research 41% use email and IM to contact their teacher or classmates for help 58% use websites set up specifically for their school or class 87% of their parents believe the internet helps students with their schoolwork Online teens flickr.com/photos/subliminalpudding/5444473/ The Internet and Education: Findings of the Pew Internet & American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/39/report_display.asp
Wireless internet capable (coming soon) Opera Built in microphone Touch screen Plays video (with add on) • Wireless internet • Play high quality video • Read eBooks • Listen to audio • Read blogs
Access to the internet • Take photos • Record video • Display multimedia • Send text / Images (varies by model) • Wireless internet • Take photos • Display multimedia • Send / Receive email (varies by model)
Thinking small • CellFlix Festival • 30 second video • Filmed entirely on mobile phone, edited on computer • High school and college students Video by Forrest Sansom and Bryan Oki
MobilED pilot in Pretoria, South Africa HIV/AIDS Project 15-16 year olds Mobile access to Wikipedia via SMS Server reads content aloud Students create audiocasts for community South Africa
Instant Protest http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/7723.php0
What can you do with the technology your students already have?
unitedstreaming.com Writing Prompts Image Library Quiz Center Articles
Google AOL Technorati Search
LookWayUp.com Answers.com LangToLang.com ConvertIt.com Reference
Same maps as Google Maps and Google Earth Zoom in and out Scroll around map
Wapedia Same info as Wikipedia Images scaled for mobile viewing Simple search interface Separate sites for phones and larger mobile devices
Semapedia Images from semapedia.org
Mobile class website Homework assignments Bulletin Boards Science / Math Fair Follow up information Survey questions School history Semacodes in the classroom? Photo: flickr.com/photos/rosstsai/93413149/
FREE Windows only Publishable on Internet Also supports mobile phones Supports variety of questions Feature rich Easy to use QuizFaber
flickr.com/mob FREE (up to 100 photos) Email photos from phone Large user community Numerous enhancements / hacks Strong RSS support Photos to go
mobilicio.us Mobile version of del.icio.us Great for keeping mobile links organized Can view all bookmarks or just mobile Use in tandem with other sites (Mob5 or Winksite) Keeping track of it all
Winksite.com FREE Large number of options Can be complicated Supports blogs, polls, message boards, calendar Strong RSS support Winksite
Mob5.com FREE Simple interface Very few options Supports images, email and links to phone numbers Mob5
It’s making use of what they already have in their pockets. It’s not about new technologies…
Resources Teach42.com/Going-Mobile Mob5.com/teach42