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Turning Cellphones into Learning Devices

Turning Cellphones into Learning Devices. Sanja Vidakovic Laura Hilimire Crystal Mollineaux Patrick Yakam Tanisha Johnson Anna Starr. PROS and CONS. PROS: - Availability - Portable (outside and inside class) - HW reminders via text messages

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Turning Cellphones into Learning Devices

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  1. Turning Cellphones into Learning Devices Sanja Vidakovic Laura Hilimire Crystal Mollineaux Patrick Yakam Tanisha Johnson Anna Starr

  2. PROS and CONS • PROS: - Availability - Portable (outside and inside class) - HW reminders via text messages - Contextualized Activities - Cheaper than Computers - Voice Recording - Research CONS: - interruption of class - cheating - inappropriate material - small screens & buttons - access of other options such as games

  3. What it looks like: http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/21/school-discourages-texting-by-giving-students-phones/

  4. Opinions • District Superintendent Ileana Eckert says "I think we're in the middle of a new revolution. It's part of who they are today. Why not use something in a positive way that they're bringing with them." • Katie Titler a Teacher from Milwaukee MS says “Specifically for Foreign Language it’s a great way to both formally and informally assess speaking, which is really hard to do on a regular basis because of class sizes and time.”

  5. Text Question at GA StateUniversity

  6. Classroom Activities • SS take pictures of their daily activities at home in order to use the pictures to tell a story about the Chapter “Chores” • Teacher sends a picture with directions for SS to record themselves on the phone and send it back to him/her

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