Smart Phones & Tablets...

Research Tools for Students?

by Rich McCue - rmccue@uvic.caUniversity of Victoria Libraries - richmccue.com

For a Copy of the Slides:

RichMcCue.com ->

Publications

University of Victoria

UVic Library

What Mobile Devices do You

Own?

How do you use Your Mobile Devices for Homework and

Research?

1.Everyone find a pen & paper.2.Make a list of all the educational uses for SmartPhones & Tablets you can think of.3.Save the paper (we’ll be using it in a couple of minutes).

Pen & Paper...

Apps for Students in 1985:

EverNote: Your Second Brain

Platforms: iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows, Chromebook

http://evernote.com

Take Pictures of whiteboards or notes & access anywhere + makes notes searchable!

Google Scholar -> Evernote

Peer Review

Hands on Time!1.Get out the piece of paper and take turns capturing them in Evernote.

- NEXT-2.As a group, find an article in Google Scholar about a topic of interest, -or- if you can’t settle on anything, search: goats galapagos islands.3.Capture that article in Evernote, by “sharing” it to Evernote.

SmartPhone Microscope

Translate Text

Landmarks

Books & Products

Photocopier / Scanner Alternative: JotNot Pro or

CamScanner

iBooks & Kindle

YouTube

Khan Academy

Google Drive = Collaborative Document

Editing

Google Drive Hands On!

1.Open Google Drive on your device.2.Open “Arbutus Demo” document.3.Add the names of everyone in your group to one of the bullet points.

Google Hangouts – Free Conference Calls & Desktop Sharing

Google+ Hangouts allows you to video conference with up to 10 people & do desktop sharing.

The quality is usually quite good, but in the end it is only as good as your internet connection is.

Fun Tools

RunKeeper

Hudl Technique

Google Photos

For a Link to all the apps & a Copy of the Slides:

RichMcCue.com