Turning Cellphones into Learning Devices
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Sanja Vidakovic Laura Hilimire Crystal Mollineaux Patrick Yakam Tanisha Johnson Anna Starr
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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Sanja VidakovicLaura Hilimire
Crystal MollineauxPatrick Yakam
Tanisha JohnsonAnna Starr
PROS:- Availability- Portable (outside and inside class)
- HW reminders via text messages - Contextualized Activities - Cheaper than Computers - Voice Recording - ResearchCONS: - interruption of class - cheating - inappropriate material - small screens & buttons - access of other options such as games
http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/21/school-discourages-texting-by-giving-students-phones/
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.”
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
