This document lists and describes 10 offline activities that can be done with a mobile device. The activities include taking photos, recording audio and video, note-taking, texting, recording snippets of conversation for analysis, keeping a diary of things that made you laugh for a week, and using plastic bags to help maintain mobile devices. The document provides examples for some of the activities and warns that recording conversations requires guidance on what can be recorded and caution.

1. 10 Offline Activities
with a Mobile Device
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3. Niece & My Nokia 6230i (by Nikon D70), Flickr

4. Audio recording
Video recording
Photo capturing
Note-taking Texting

5. Ex. Take a picture of an
animal that swims.
Ex. Record an odd sound
an animal makes! We will
guess what animal it was
in class.
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amazing projects. Photo taken by LexieFlickinger, Flickr, CC 2.0

7. •Students record a
snippet of a conversation
•The rest of the students
analyze the
what, where, when, etc. of
the conversation
**Warning: You need to
guide students in what
they can record & to be
cautious
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8. A Laughing Diary
For a week students
record with their
device something
that made them
laugh.

9. www.schooltechnology.org Photos of elementary students using iPads at school to do
amazing projects. Photo taken by LexieFlickinger, Flickr, CC 2.0

11. Plastic bags
help maintain
mobile
devices!
iPad by zeromk, Flickr

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