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Cell phones get top marks in class -- dailypress.com on 2009-04-30
- Assemble albums
  - Katie Bercury on 2009-04-30
    
    Examples...
- Conduct experiments and comparisons
  - Katie Bercury on 2009-04-30
    
    Examples
Cell phones get top marks in class -- dailypress.com on 2009-04-30
- checks her cell phone after sending her class work to the teacher for display on
  the projector
- Mary Passage Middle School students use cell phones for assignments in math,
  science and English classes
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- - code of ethics and work in teams.
  - A question popped onto the screen. Neeley gave the students a six-digit number
    and said, "Go." Instantly thumbs began dancing over cell phone keypads. Within
    seconds, phones trilled the signal that a text message had been sent. At the
    same time, answers began dropping into view on the screen, one answer for each
    group of students, identified by a student's cell phone screen name.
    Katie Bercury on 2009-04-30
    
    What Poll Everywhere looks like in the classroom
  - four out of five teenagers carry cell phones.
  - They are not to send text messages to anyone outside the building during class
    hours
    Katie Bercury on 2009-04-30
    
    Details of an AUP
  - They are not to take photos. They are not allowed to upload anything to YouTube
    or other Internet sites not approved by the school.
  - he initially worried about "the haves and have nots," but students work in teams
    for most assignments requiring cell phones
  - take photos and assemble reports and story projects
  - blogs developed by the students with uploaded text, photos and audio clips.
  - Teachers said participation is up and discipline problems are down in classes
    using cell phones.
Top News - Conference explores benefits of mobile learning on 2009-04-30
- problem sets
- [and] they can IM, post to blogs, create videos, take pictures, draw and take notes, access Windows 6.1, access Windows Media Player, create PowerPoint presentations, take quizzes, and have access to a virtual hard drive," said Kliewer.
  - Katie Bercury on 2009-04-30
    
    The specifics of what you can have kids doing with phones
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- - all the data reportedly are recorded and stored for the teacher
  - allows teachers to monitor their students' phones in real time, as well as create and send out assessments, multimedia, and notes.
  - “This program has taken average-level kids to the honors level," said Kliewer. "Students who felt shy participating before are communicating via phone, which usually leads to them participating more in class."
    Katie Bercury on 2009-04-30
    
    Achievement gains through engagement
  - ot every teacher is cut out for mobile learning. "I'll be honest: It takes a lot of time outside of the classroom, and a lot of knowing how to integrate solid curriculum. It's not for everyone,"
  - open school-wide discussions on AUP, and the more we trust students, the more autonomy we give, the less students behave irresponsibly. I like to think of it as the Responsible Use Policy
    Katie Bercury on 2009-04-30
    
    Trusting students by teaching students
  - You can't implement technology and then restrict it. You can't implement technology without fully understanding what you want to accomplish with it. What skills should your students have? How can you implement technology into the curriculum seamlessly?
    Katie Bercury on 2009-04-30
    
    The hard questions that we have to spend time with
Top News - Conference explores benefits of mobile learning on 2009-04-30
- devices not only engage students, but help them to be productive.
- Mobile devices can help with homework alerts, students can download lectures, they can access school portals, control their own learning ... Students want to be just as organized and productive as adults, and mobile devices can help them to accomplish that,"
  - Katie Bercury on 2009-04-30
    
    More concrete what can be done, and why it works
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- - It's not just a trend, it's the future."
Top News - Conference explores benefits of mobile learning on 2009-04-30
- the question of whether mobile learning is good for education comes down to one question: "What is the purpose of school?"
  
  "For 150 years, no one has asked this question, and schools have remained the same--based on the model that a school is meant to deliver information to its students," Magner said.
  
  "But times have changed, and students can get information from the internet, as well as many other places. Schools need to be the center that provides not simple information, but collaborative experiences based on that information. School should be the place that connects parents, students, and communities--and technology can leverage all of this by providing the information. Technology makes school progress possible."
  - Katie Bercury on 2009-04-30
    
    The "Why" of using cell phones, and of using technology at all.
- The project is an offshoot of Wireless Reach, a global mobile learning initiative from wireless provider Qualcomm that aims to empower underserved communities through the use of 3G wireless technology. Schools in China, Guatemala, Indonesia, and Vietnam also have taken part in the Wireless Reach project.
  - Katie Bercury on 2009-04-30
    
    Global progresss--where are we?
Top News - Conference explores benefits of mobile learning on 2009-04-30
- mobile learning is...
  
  1. Big: By combining the main functions of a PC with the resources of the internet in an ultra-portable device, smart phones and other mobile devices truly give students the ability to practice "anytime, anywhere" learning
  
  2. Sustainable: Because most students will already have a cell phone or mobile device, parents can buy the technology for their kids, and schools can purchase only the software. Also, students prefer handheld technology to laptops because it's more portable. At the same time, handheld devices, software companies, and educators are creating programs to help implement mobile devices into the curriculum.
  
  3. Able to provide unique opportunities, especially for interaction through blogs and academic-related text messaging.
From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning on 2009-04-29
- What a great way to engage students in "real time" learning. It can extend concepts and ideas in school-based learning to the real world outside of the classroom.
- I am using Textmarks to send the text messages and Flickr mobile to house the pictures.
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- - get student input on the way we tackle the course
  - id want the ability to post key words that are then displayed as a wordle
  - You can embed a widget in a wiki for each question
  - I use widgets (and the mobile voting page) for students without cell phones
  - brilliant for brainstorming
  - http://textthemob.com
  - mymiamia.com?
  - Study Island.
  - free education plans
  - http://www.polleverywhere.com/plans/classroom_response_system_k12
  - our "nirvana" for content would be to let groups of teachers get together and develop great content. Our public is not very well organized now.
  - and being able to let students share phones to vote by deselecting the "vote only once" button
  - :I also love having students create the polls,
  - And PE always works!!!! You cannot say that about a lot of web2.0 sites
  - Once teachers experience it, they get it. The funny thing is, many teachers don't have texting plans - but they know that many of their students do.
  - Dial2do (Speech to Text)
  - http://dial2do.com
My Students. My Cellphone. My Ordeal. - washingtonpost.com on 2009-04-29
- My Ordeal
  - Katie Bercury on 2009-04-29
    
    Would things have gone differently if this educator had been more savvy and experienced in the uses and potential of technology? On the other hand, what happens makes so little real sense that maybe not.
- I'd done what I was supposed to do by law, which was to tell "the person in charge of the institution," i.e., my principal, about it.
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- - No one interviewed the principal until after my lawyer demanded that they do so. They'd simply taken the word of a disgruntled parent.
  - lost all our savings and were forced to borrow huge sums of money to pay for my defense.
  - Looking back, I'm not surprised by the students' behavior. But I struggle to understand how my actions in performing my job could have been so badly misconstrued.
My Students. My Cellphone. My Ordeal. - washingtonpost.com on 2009-04-29
- Although all the charges against me were recently thrown out of court, my experience is a warning for all educators who find themselves trying to negotiate the slippery terrain where rapidly advancing technology intersects with risky adolescent behavior.
- Although all the charges against me were recently thrown out of court, my experience is a warning for all educators who find themselves trying to negotiate the slippery terrain where rapidly advancing technology intersects with risky adolescent behavior.
  - Katie Bercury on 2009-04-29
    
    Liz Kolb talks about this article in her podcast http://www.diigo.com/post?url=http%3a%2f%2fwildfire.gigya.com%2fwildfire%2fWidgetPreview.aspx%3fut%3ddBFII5RbVxUc8nBdc3bMDT7hmmrIvgen1wCG_dxqadJhAAWkNZSIhV-1DGKZvwZ0-DQUg5JS8Y61ukrjwOp8p81S9pP6R_BhovjemyHtbA0dAsx-PMuL2zIosIac-rUvj3lTh1WL6rg0IY1bFO3pdiq0GQ8TwM6enbZKtH_hLTWs8vQjDY3Qox9rE89GXwqHUU8Kvg6LnUA1w-chDVmwjB_NeLaLqdW3iOcooa388CP2vho3AOQGKVY6w2kbQiqkTZuZ_scIOQ-tBjdtY9Oc3Q..&title=
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- - sexting
  - who instructed me to transfer it to my office computer in case we needed it later. Being unfamiliar with camera features on cellphones, I asked the school's technology resource teacher for help, but he didn't have an immediate solution. The student then said that he could text the picture to my cellphone. That left the problem of getting it to my computer, whereupon the boy said that I could send the picture to my school e-mail address.
  - it never occurred to me that my actions could be regarded as suspect: I was conducting a legitimate school investigation with children's welfare in mind, and I did so in the presence and with the full knowledge of other school officials.
  - couldn't find the file where I'd saved it on my computer but then remembered that it was still on my cell. Good thing I'd kept it there, I thought at the time. I didn't know how to retrieve it (I'd never used the photo functions)
Twitter for Professional Development on 2009-04-29

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