This half day workshop event explored the use of mobile technology to engage learners in the classroom

1. Lyn Lall and Gordon Millner - RSC East Midlands ILT advisors
Engaging learners with mobile devices

2. Session overview
• Opportunity to explore effective use of
technology to support teaching and learning
 Signpost to apps for particular activities and
show examples
 Discuss how apps can be used to enhance
teaching and learning
 Opportunities to share
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3. It’s not about the technology
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4. Session overview and Aims
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5. RSC East
Midlands
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6. Typical activities to engage learners
Collaborate Assessment
Create
resources
Feedback
Use
images/audio
/video
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7. Collaboration tools
 Google docs/Office 365/iCloud
 Dropbox
 SkyDrive
 WeVideo
 Voicethread
 Padlet
 Titanpad
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8. Padlet 8

9. Share any top tools you are using to
engage your learners
Padlet http://padlet.com/wall/basford
or
scan this QR code
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10. Creating/editing tools
 Educreations
 Skitch
 Showme
 Explain Everything
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11. Educreations
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12. Activity
• Skitch – take an image and annotate it e.g
capture a health and safety issue and explain it
or
• Use Educreations to take an image, annotate it
and narrate over it, or e.g explain how to add
fractions
• Or Explain Everything
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13. Which assessment tools are you using
and how?
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http://titanpad.com/assesstools

14. Portfolio tools
 Pinterest
 Wordpress
 Evernote
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15. Activity
Mentimeter
Polleverywhere
Socrative
InfuseLearning
Nearpod
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Assessment and polling

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Features
• Simple
• Anonymous (paid for version has tracking)
• Unlimited no. of questions
• Spontaneous or planned
Mentimeter

17. Mentimeter
https://www.mentimeter.com
Vote at http://www.vot.rs/
Enter voting ID 89 51 20
or
Scan this QR code
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18. Polleverywhere
• http://www.polleverywhere.com/
• Anonymous
• Can add images
• M/C or free text responses
Respond at PollEv.com/leic
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19. Assessment tools
 Socrative
 Nearpod
 Infuselearning
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20. Socrative
Web address http://www.socrative.com/quizzes
Spontaneous questions e.g via PowerPoint
Quizzes
MC,T/F, short answer
Games option
Tracking
Exit ticket

21. Socrative
Student login http://m.socrative.com/student
Or via Student app
Room number to join trivia quiz: 23312

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If you want to adapt an existing Powerpoint make sure you
save it as a pdf
Create presentation e.g. on PC/laptop or ipad
Add video, images, weblinks, questions
Finish with a non interactive slide
Publish
Share
Download nearpod app to your iPad and launch Students
download Nearpod app and enter pin number
Nearpod

24. Nearpod
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25. Next steps
Resources and links to further resources on
RSC East Midlands Moodle
March
18, 2022 |
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26. Infuse learning
http://www.infuselearning.com/
• Only works in Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers
(not Internet Explorer)
• Push questions, weblinks, quizzes to students
• Answer in a variety of formats
•MC/True/False/free text/draw
• Accessibility options
»Multiple languages translation
»Audio narration of questions
• Can create and manage classes

27. Infuse learning
http://teacher.infuselearning.com/
http://student.infuselearning.com
room ID: 38602

28. Infuse learning
Choose pen colour
Choose pen style
Add a picture
Download a picture
Teacher asks a question

29. Infuse learning
1. Draw a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of parallel sides
2. Draw a right angled triangle and label the hypotenuse
3. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
4. The square root of 625 is 25 (True or false)?
5. Place these words in the order they would appear in a dictionary
A. Element
B. Sausage
C. Aardvark
D. Earwig
E. Fish