Adam blackwood - London International Conference on Education - Summary Slides for Mobile Technologies in the Classroom

Getting Close with Mobile Technologies in the Classroom

- Adam Blackwood - A.Blackwood@kent.ac.uk @Adamrsc

Tasks: Have a go…..

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Link to all the Linkshttp://p-qr.com/ehandout

Contact Details:Adam BlackwoodEmail: A.Blackwood@kent.ac.ukTwitter: @AdamrscWebsite: www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/southeast

Revision cards & morehttp://www.studystack.com

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http://p-qr.com/socrative

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NFC App for Android

E-AssessmentTask!

E-Book for iPhone

E-Book for Android

E-Book for Blackberry

How was the lesson?

Your comments / questions..?…My Answers tomorrow

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Room No. 20116

Mobile Phone

QR Codes

Pro Mobiles in the classroom

NFC

Mobile phones..

How mobile is this room?

SmartPhone

Rules for this session

• Turn Mobile Phones on silent

• Please use your QR Code Readers.

• Carry the courses notes from today’s lesson on the Wattpad book with the tag #RSCSE

• Leave all mobile phones on the desk infront of you.

• Ask permission if you want to use them for something other than the task sessions I set please.

• The Twitter Hash Tag for Todays Course is..

#RSCSE

Rules for this session

• Turn Mobile Phones on silent

• Please use your QR Code Readers.

• Carry the courses notes from today’s lesson on the Wattpad book with the tag #RSCSE

• Leave all mobile phones on the desk infront of you.

• Ask permission if you want to use them for something other than the task sessions I set please.

• The Twitter Hash Tag for Todays Course is..

#RSCSE

An introductory lesson on Mobile Devices. Covering using

• The Phone– Bluetooth:

• What is it?• Your personal security.• Device Names – Can you

change yours?

– Data: • Data and WiFi & Chat etc• Phones and SMS and 3G

– Texting & Survey– Charging devices in the

college: Procedures

• How they will be used on this course to help you.

• Texting, Q&A,• Receiving Revision Files• Google• Dictionaries (online and

downloadable apps).• Evidence gathering tools

(Camera, Video, notes)

Got a QR Code Reader?

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http://tiny.cc/qrcodereaderforapple

http://tiny.cc/qrcodereaderforblackberry

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PowerPoint

Classroom Response

Rules

And finally…

Other tools.. For

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What is NFC

http://tiny.cc/bluetoothdoc

How does NFC Work?

How does NFC Work?

NFC Tags and Actions

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64 bytes

So… why bother?

Smart Posters

• Smart Posters• Smart Objects• Tracking – Send a message from locations• Programming Actions on Phones for different

locations• Accessibility• Registration (Note to self!! main menu!)

QR Codes – Making the phone do something…

Re-Direct Sites….Allow the Same QR Codes to be re-directed to other

links, resources

Re-Direct Sites(Digital Signposting)

The ability to easily update Hard Copy Resources with Digital signposts

Re-Direct Site

Email

Text Information

Send a Text

Update a FaceBook or Google+ Site for a project with location

Run a Video

Run an audio file

Link to an eHandout

…???

Example Re-Direct Sites:http://p-qr.comhttp://tiny.cchttp://kimtag.com

Tap and Go Registration?

Poken.com

Personalised Learning

the cards

QR Codes (Using a colour coded standard for the whole course or department)

Re-Customisable easy to write down web links

Quick NFC Link

Text Introduction to Lesson Content

Audio Introduction

Video Summary of todays lesson

Tutors Contact details – Take a picture quickly.

An Information Table Menu

Re-Customisable for each Lesson

ROOM C5

http://p-qr.com/room5If room is Locked at the start of your class, scan the QR

Code or Visit the Web Link for more information

Making Mobile work

• Animated GIFs• Ebooks, WattPad• QR Codes• Enhanced Handouts• URL Shortners• Twitter• iPadio• EverNote• GPS Mapping• Mobeedo

• Mobile Websites• Mobile Surveys• Text Walls• Twitter Votes• Digital Note Taking – PicSay• Bluetooth• GIF• Flashcards• AR• Electronic Registers

Evidence Capturing Tools from a student’s phone..

• http://tiny.cc/picsay

Uses: Tell students to use one of the picture annotation apps available for phones to capture evidence of their progress and achievements using their camera phone and explained using annotations. These can then be sent directly to the tutor via bluetooth or email…

Note: Download for Android…

EverNote – Versatile Cloud solution for

taking notes

• http://www.evernote.com/

Uses: Students could use this app as a way of taking media rich notes which include pictures, audio and video as well as text.

eBooks – Publish your own course materials for students to carry with

them

Kindle• Cross Platform• Publish your own

books• Option to charge for

materials

WattPad• Easy Self Publishing

for existing word documents

• Cross platform

View all the notes online via Wattpad at home. Have a Smartphone? Take away the notes now !Simply download the FREE Wattpad app to your phone and search for the eBook that contains all the notes for this workshop.

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Search for this unique ID in Wattpad on your phone

Audio Feedback

• Use– Mobile Phone– Direct to your computer– Cheap MP3 Recorder– Excellent Student reviews– Easy for students to share and review– Faster / easier for staff– Digital copies for moderatorsFREE Course Resources: http://tiny.cc/usingaudiofeedback

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