Cell Phones in the Classroom

Some schools are encouraging students to bring PODs (personally owned devices) to school.

Many students have Smartphones with Internet access.

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Cell Phones in the Classroom

Thanks to ISTE (http://www.iste.org) - International Society for Technology in Education for allowing me to show you this ISTE Webinar about the uses for cell phones in the classroom.

Hello All,
Thank you for registering for the ISTE Webinar, "From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning," presented by Liz Kolb. You can access the recorded Webinar at http://iste.acrobat.com/p17405737/
 
Liz’s contact information:
Liz Kolb
University of Michigan & Madonna University
[email protected]
http://cellphonesinlearning.com
 
Liz has provided these resources:

PBS Ready to Learn Study
http://www.pbs.org/readytolearn/research/cellphones.html

Mobile Math
http://math4mobile.com
http://wiffiti.com/screen/

3rd-6th  graders used http://hipcast.com
Weblink: http://stjosephschooltrenton.com/blog/

Middle School 6th-7th Grade Used http://gabcast.com
Weblink: http://541sparkes.blogspot.com/2007/07/author-blog-6.html

Elementary School 3rd Grade Used http://gabcast.com
Weblink: http://edu6260mrsparsons.blogspot.com/

High School Science Used http://gabcast.com
Weblink: http://mrsleeswebblog.blogspot.com/

High School Foreign Language Students Used http://gcast.com
Weblink: http://outoftheordinarywithrosemary.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2008-10-12T16%3A25%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=7

High School mobile  Podcasts to Reflect on literature Used:  http://utterz.com
Weblink: http://wordsworthreflections.wordpress.com/

High School American Literature Used:  http://polleverywhere.com
Weblink: http://leclaire6english2008.blogspot.com/2008/11/quiet-desperation-or-barbaric-yawping.html

Mathematics teacher has students document their mathematical steps and lab activities, then put them into a slideshow along with process explanation.
Weblink: http://mathematicslearning.blogspot.com/2008/04/mobile-has-changed-my-way.html

Citizen Mobile Journalism  [email protected]

Clean Up New York!  Citizen Activism  http://www.peoples311.com/

11th Grade English http://www.netc.org/focus/examples/messag.php

Canadian Election http://atomiq.org/archives/2004/04/the_youth_text_2004_challenge.html

In Japan, wrote bestselling novel via text messaging.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/world/asia/20japan.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

Listen to webpages on your phone at http://jott.com

Listen to radio on-demand at 1-415-692-4923 or http://www.lexy.com
 
We look forward to seeing you at ISTE's next Technology in Practice Webinar: “Google Lit Trips,” presented by Jerome Bug4 on January 14. <You can find this webinar in the Google Resources - Craig Nansen>

You can check out the entire schedule at www.iste.org/webinars/.
 
Kindest regards,
 
Debren

Other cell phone resources

My Diigo resources dealing with cells phones in classrooms
http://www.diigo.com/user/cnansen/CellPhones

Uploaded with plasq's Skitch! Cell Phones in the Classroom presentation notes
Hall Davidson - Cell Phone Session at FETC 2008
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1085076

Liz Kolb's ISTE Webinar - Cellphones as Instructional Tools
This is the Webinar! (This is not free.)

Discovery Education 2010 - Mobile tools (Jott, Drop.io & Phone.io)