This document discusses various ways that cell phones and mobile technologies can be integrated into classroom learning. It provides examples of projects where students used cell phones to document field trips, conduct science experiments, create podcasts and blogs, take notes, organize schedules, send text alerts, write collaborative novels, and more. The document argues that cell phones should be embraced as they allow "anywhere, anytime" learning and prepare students for the mobile workforce. Guidelines are provided for appropriate cell phone use in schools.

1. Technology and the Classroom Cell Phones & Social Networking

2. PollEverywhere Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

3. Why Cell Phones? Accessibility 71% of U.S. population have Internet access at home 55% have broadband 84% of U.S. population own cell phones Low Cost End of 2012 education technology spending will reach 56.2 billion dollars. How Students’ View Cell Phones 3 Generations of Cell Phone Users (NPR) How Students View Learning Free Agent Learners Anywhere, anytime, any place at any pace 1-800-2chacha OR Text CHACHA The 21st Century Professional World Future jobs require mobile skill % of U.S. Adults believe that schools are preparing students for 21st Century workforce?

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5. Questions… Do ALL students need their own phone? NO! Groups, Web Options, Landlines What if my school does not allow cell phones on campus? Activities work very well off-campus for homework Can I use a BASIC phone? YES! Phone call, text message, take a picture… Does it costs money? The resources are FREE, students should know their plans Students with disabilities? Speech to Text & Text to Speech Options

6. How Students Can Document Learning on a BASIC cell phone SMS Texting Group Brainstorming, alerts, polls, surveys, quizzes, MMS Texting Send pictures/videos to instructor & other students Phone Call Record interviews, observations, brainstorms, quizzes…etc.

7. Arguments for Using Students’ Everyday Tools

8. Access 76% of secondary students have their own cell phones 80% of secondary students have MP3 players (Project Tomorrow, 2008, Apr. 8). 84% of children between the ages of 8 to 10 have a video game player in their household (Rideout et al, 2005). 93% of teenagers use the Internet 55% of 12-17 year olds have a profile on Facebook or Myspace (Lenhart et al, 2007).

9. WELCOME To The Era of the…Free Agent Learner Technology enabled bottom up learner ANYTIME ANYWHERE ANYPLACE ANY PACE

10. Millennials Rising (Neil Howe and William Strauss) How 21st Century Students learn best… Collaboratively Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any pace Structured activities Relevancy with real world *They want to do this with the TECHNOLOGY of their generation

11. For Example… 1-800-2ChaCha Txt 242242 ChaCha.com

12. Fundamental Shift in 21st Century Workforce Technological changes are displacing low-skilled workers and making room for more high-skilled creative and innovative workers. Employers are calling for schools to integrate new skills into education

13. 12% of U.S. adult popular believe that students are being prepared for the 21st century workforce Partnership for 21st Century Skills

14. Mobile Job Opportunities for Students

16. SMS & QRcodes & Call Ins

18. Search for “cell phone skills” on Monster.com

19. Fundamental Shift in Citizenship Practices 74% of all 18-24 year olds were politically active on the Internet during the 2008 campaign During the 2008 campaign, 49% of younger voters (18-24) shared information via text message about the campaigns.

20. Research says… "The proportions of textisms that kids used in their sentence translations was positively linked to verbal reasoning; the more textspeak kids used, the higher their test scores” 2) "The younger the age at which the kids had received mobile phones, the better their ability to read words and identify patterns of sound in speech.” http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/news.cfm/newsid/14

21. Why cell phones should NOT be integrated in learning. Text @wif28254 + your message to 87884 http://wiffiti.com/screens/28254

23. 25% have text messaged their friends about answers during a test or quiz.

24. 20% have searched the Internet via their mobile phone during a test or quiz.

25. 17% have taken pictures of a test or quiz with the cell phone in order to send the pictures to their friends.Common Sense Media 09

26. Even MORE of a problem Most students do not envision these activities as cheating. More than half of the students surveyed did not think these acts were serious offenses of cheating, rather they think of it as just “helping out a friend.” Common Sense Media 09

27. 70% of U.S. schools completely ban cell phones from campus 63% of students admitted to sneaking in cell phones and using them during class anyway. In a seven class a day, five day school week, the average student sends at least three text messages per class. Common Sense Media 09

28. Life Consequences Students are sometimes “sexting” “to friends for their entertainment value, as a joke or for fun." Six teens face child porn (13 to 15) charges after being caught "sexting" each other. Criminal Charge! IN PA, 3 girls (12, 12, 16) charged with child pornography for sexing. Picture of them in bras. 15% of teenagers have risque photos of themselves or their friends on their cell phones. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/01/15/pn.sexting.teens.cnn

29. Current Banning and Structures are NOT working Students still “cheating”, “Off-task”, or “inappropriately” using cell phones in schools Students still bring them to schools and use them when told not to. Students still do not understand consequences of their use Students have no idea how to use them in future job force!

30. The Solution?

31. Bottom-Up What is in Your Backpack?

32. "Kids tell us they power down to come to school.”-Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow (2008)

33. Technology in Education We use the Internet because it is a great resource and a majority of our students have access at home. We are comfortable with our current technology But…

34. 71% of U.S. household’s have Internet access 82% of U.S. Citizens own Cell phones. Park Associates and CTIA wireless association, both 2007

35. By the end of 2010 it is estimated that… 54% of 8 year olds will have their own cell phone! Over 90% of Secondary Students will have cell phones Amoroso, (2006). Tween Market has the potential to double by 2010. Yankee Group Retrieved from www.yankeegroup.com/researchdocument.dorid=14058

36. 2007: Middle School Principal’s Journey “Last year the school ran out of calculators needed for a math exam, So I let a student use the calculator function on his cell phone. The student was excited to use a phone instead of a calculator. I found 19 of my 22 students had phones.” -Kipp Rogers, Principal at Passages Middle School in Virginia

37. Addressing: Safety & Access Dr. Kipp Rogers Says… "For the most part, the kids respect the rules. I never had any problems with kids using them inappropriately in my class. We spent a lot of time talking about their digital footprint and that what they do can be tracked.” He said he initially worried about "the haves and have nots," but students work in teams for most assignments requiring cell phones, so there is always at least one phone among the group.

38. First Project How to use Google to find information with their phones. (GOOGLE (466453). http://www.google.com/mobile/products/sms.html#p=default Using key words, students can look up definitions, download weather, get directions, search for information about a location or object, translate a word or phrase into Spanish or French or receive the latest sports scores for their favorite teams.

39. iReporting Students also use their phones to take photos and assemble reports and story projects on Blogger.com Some classes have blogs developed by the students with uploaded text, photos and audio clips. Most of the programs he and the other teachers use are free.

40. Reviewing “Students sat in small groups in the classroom, staring intently at a projected image at the front of the class. A question popped onto the screen. I gave the students a six-digit number and said, ‘Go.’ Instantly thumbs began dancing over cell phone keypads. Within seconds, phones trilled the signal that a text message had been sent. At the same time, answers began dropping into view on the screen, one answer for each group of students, identified by a student's cell phone screen name.” – Tony Neeley, Science Teacher In less than an hour, the students worked their way through more than 70 questions for a semester exam review, with every eighth-grader participating!

41. Teacher’s Reactions Teachers said participation is up and discipline problems are down in classes using cell phones. Rogers is looking for ways to expand the phones' uses. "It's fighting a losing battle to ask them to leave them at home.” Learn more from Dr. Rogers: http://passage.nn.k12.va.us/

42. Student’s Reaction Sixth-grader Cassie Garn said her English teacher uses cell phones for several exercises. "This is more interesting and people pay attention," she said. "It's fun. It beats writing stuff down and everybody likes to try to be first." “My teacher roams the room to make sure students are sending answers and not texts to friends.” "It's all related to work," Garn said. "We're not texting other people."

44. Keep them in the front of the room until you are going to use them.

45. All messages/media sent or published must be related to lesson.

46. If you are referencing someone else in class, you must have their approval before posting or publishing.

48. #1 Mobile Podcasting/Live Radio Using a cell phone to record and then posting the recording to a public or private website that has an RSS feed and can be downloaded as an MP3 file.

49. #1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Field Trips High School Chemistry Students on a field trip at Cranbrook Science Museum in MI. Cell Phones pictures documented chemical elements. Used: Camera on cell phone and sent to drop.io at http://drop.io/CKCHEM4

50. #1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Radio Theater Elementary School 3rd-6th graders Used: http://hipcast.com Web link: http://stjosephschooltrenton.com/blog/

51. #1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Author Study Middle School 6th-7th Grade Used: http://gabcast.com Web link: http://541sparkes.blogspot.com/2007/07/author-blog-6.html

52. #1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Science Inquiry Questions High School Earth Science Used http://gabcast.com Web link: http://mrsleeswebblog.blogspot.com/

53. #1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Connecting Algebra to Real World High School Algebra Used http://yodio.com Web link: http://www.yodio.com/yo.aspx?cardId=LvAhgDUPZd6UbBgsTMN2aC

54. #1 Mobile Podcasting Project: Live Radio Broadcasts High School Students Community Live Radio Show in Maine Used http://blogtalkradio.com Web link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lobstertalk

55. #2 Mobile Note taking and Organization Using your cell phone to create speech to text reminders (free), emails, twitters, scheduled items on web-based calendars, get translations, and more (39.99/yr)!

56. #2 Mobile Note taking and Organization http://dial2do.com Create an account Send Emails Transcription Translation Post to your Google Calendar, get SMS reminders of your events. Create reminders Listen to any website or news feed

57. #2 Mobile Note taking and Organization Project: Student’s Mobile Scheduling High School Technology Students Created a Google Calendar where all assignments are posted and sent via cell phones Also use Remember the Milk to set up “To Do lists” for students via cell phone Used http://dial2do.com http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/08/kicking-off-school-year-web-20-style-w.html

58. #3 Text Message Alerts! Sending out mass text messages to large or small groups of people. (free trial, $20,$100) http://textmarks.com

59. #3 Text Message Project: Text Homework Alerts Jimbo Lamb High School Math Teacher Pennsylvania Text for Homework Uses: http://textmarks.com http://mrlambmath.wikispaces.com/

60. #3 Text Alert Project: Text-An-Expert 9th Grade High School Social Studies “Who was the first man to walk on the moon” Power of Networks in Digital World

62. Translating Romeo and Juliet to “text speak”

63. Start in class with translating a few lines to a wiffiti board.

64. Voting on best “translations”

65. Move to Homework

67. #3 Mobile Novel Project: Cell Phone Bestseller Popular in Asia to Read Novels Via Cell. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/world/asia/20japan.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

68. Use a cell phone to write a private or collaborative novel, poem, chapter review, or short story to “publish” on a cell phone. #3 Mobile Novels http://textnovel.com

69. #4 Mobile Photo and Video blogging or Posting Posting an image, video, or text message to a web blog or private photo place on the web directly from your cell phone.

70. Flickr Mobile: Post Pics/Videos to Internet

71. #4 Photoblogging Project: iReporting Mobile Journalism High School Students Document Inauguration Tools: Flickr, Twitter, YouTube http://wainauguration.org/

72. #4 PhotoPosting Project: Documenting Lab Activities Mathematics teacher has students document their mathematical steps and lab activities, then put them into a slideshow along with process explanation. Web link: http://mathematicslearning.blogspot.com/2008/04/mobile-has-changed-my-way.html

73. #4 PhotoPosting Project: Cell Phones & Facebook to Document Everyday Culture Psychology teacher in Michigan has students document everyday cultural experiences with cell phone and sends them to class Facebook account. Web link: Protected in Facebook

74. #4 PhotoPosting Project: Send Videos of Homework to Cells Physical Education Teacher in Australia Web link: http://mrobbo.com

75. #4 PhotoPosting Project: Documenting Australian Environment 9th Grade Geography students in Australia Web link: http://australianenvironment.wordpress.com/

76. #6 Location Mobile Blogging Posting an image, audio file, or text message to a specific location on a map directly from your cell phone.

77. #6 Location Mobile Blogging Project: North American Lighthouses http://flagr.com - free

78. #5 Survey or Quiz Audio Blast! Send an audio quiz or survey to multiple cell phones at once. Receive instant feedback as they take quiz/survey Results all compiled in private account. Hey Cosmo: Blaster

79. Listen to Any Podcast or RSS Feed Via Phone http://podlinez.com/ Get a phone number for ANY Internet podcast (long distance charges may apply)

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81. #6 Web 2.0 Voicemail A cell phone that couples with a website in order to create MP3 files of voicemails, transcripts of voicemails, smart greeting for individual or groups of callers, and stores all calling information. http://google.com/voice

82. Google Voice in Foreign Language http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/CellPhonesintheLanguageClassro/192995

83. #6 Create Your Own Mobile Scavenger Hunt http://www.scvngr.com

84. QRcodes Bar codes for cell phones. Take a picture of a bar code and receive information on your phone. http://kaywa.com

85. Geo-Blogging Project: Orienteering http://kaywa.com

86. http://mrrobbo.wordpress.com/

87. #2 Avatar Project: Spanish Oral Exams High School Spanish 2 & 3 Students Developed an Avatar to take oral exams Used http://voki.com Focus: Engagement in oral speaking, oral speaking exams, culture representation with images

88. Live Video Streaming from Cells http://qik.com/ http://qik.com/video/2564183

89. Follow a teacher in his first year of using cell phones George Engel (HS Math Teacher) http://www.cellularlearning.org

90. What Is Social Networking?

91. Why Social Networking in learning? Creating Positive Digital Footprints 53% of Employers Check Social Networking Sites For Potential Job Candidates Showing students “how to set up or clean up profiles” Communicate with MOST students Communicate with SOME parents Engage students by using a student technology “toy” and turning it into a learning “tool”!

92. Microblogging: Twitter

93. WHAT IS TWITTER? Micro-Blogging social network where you post messages in 140 characters or less. You can follow or be followed.

94. Twitter in 1935

95. Examples of TWITTER in Education Twitter Stories by Elementary Students http://twitter.com/manyvoices High School English Teacher’s Office Hours http://twitter.com/MrWilsonBDHS Social Studies: Follow members of Congress https://valtsvirtual.wikispaces.com/American+Government English Twitter Assignment: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=22572 Gater Radio on Twitter: http://gatorradio.blogspot.com/

96. Facebook & Myspace Most popular social networking sites amongst Teens

97. Examples of Use 11th Grade English Facebook Everyday Life Connects with Classroom Concepts

98. Examples of Use English 10 Great Gatsby Facebook Profiles that are characters from novel

99. Examples of Use AP English Facebook Reading Response

100. Examples of Use Language Arts Class Homepage Office Hours

101. Examples of Use Western Civilization 10th grade MySpace Medieval Spaces Historical Figures

102. Authors on Facebook

103. Doctors on Facebook

104. Study Groups

105. Discussion Groups

106. Activism/Fundraising

107. Support hotlines

108. Teachers on Facebook

109. Cardinal Stritch Cohorts Group

110. Applications on FB for Learning Polling Connect with Native Speakers in Languages or Language Exchange with Other FL Students Manage Books that students read Create Flash Cards Citation help Organize class work Learn about Middle Ages with KNighthood Study group Organization Math challenge Conduct online courses Homework Help Group Calendars Record Class Lectures and Post to FB Make a Quiz

111. Start a business or support a business Students can create their own business and market via Facebook. Students can team with a local business and market the local business. http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/facebook-for-business-superguide/

112. Social Networking/Cell Phones/and Video Games Digital Footprints

113. Movie: Digital Dossier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79IYZVYIVLA

114. In Cyberspace… Don’t assume anything you send or post is going to remain private. There is no changing your mind in cyberspace—anything you send or post will never truly go away. Don’t give in to the pressure to do something that makes you uncomfortable, even in cyberspace. Consider the recipient’s reaction. Nothing is truly anonymous.

115. Your Media is NEVER deleted! Cambridge researchers posted pictures to sixteen websites, noting the direct URL to the image, and then deleted the original. They reopened the URLs over a period of 30 days to see whether the pictures were accessible and found that images were still visible on five sites at the end of that month. This is possible because the files remain in photo server caches of the underlying content delivery network (CDN) after they have been cleared from indices that provide data for dynamic pages (such as profiles) and search results. The terms of service for these sites indicate that deletion may not be immediate, with Facebook likening the process to putting a file in the Recycle Bin. http://emergingtechnologies.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=etn&rid=14632

116. Way Back Machine Social networks have been used to post content to embarrass or intimidate students, so it is important for learners to understand that the consequences of such actions may last even longer than they expected. Not only may content remain in caches and backups, but it can be copied to third party sites or be captured in archives without your knowledge or permission, such as the Wayback Machine.

120. 53% of Employers Screen job candidates via Social Networks

121. Looking for a job? Of those hiring managers who have screened job candidates via social networking profiles, one-third (34 percent) reported they found content that caused them to dismiss the candidate from consideration.

122. Specific Reasons for NOT hiring based on Digital Footprint found 40% - candidate posted provocative or inappropriate photographs or information 29% - candidate had poor communication skills 28% - candidate bad-mouthed their previous company or fellow employee 22% - candidate’s screen name was unprofessional

123. The POSTIVE side of Digital Footprints! On the other hand, social networking profiles gave some job seekers an edge over the competition. 24% of hiring managers who researched job candidates via social networking sites said they found content that helped to solidify their decision to hire the candidate.

124. Student or teacher Facebook Post? You Decide… “"Teaching in DCPS -- Lesson #1: Don't smoke crack while pregnant." "you're a retard, but i love you.” "I only have two feelings: hunger and lust. Also, I slept with a hooker. Be jealous. I like to go onto Jdate and get straight guys to agree to sleep with me." "rocking out with some deaf kids. it. is. AWESOME."

125. Should Teacher be Fired? "teaching chitlins in the ghetto of Charlotte” "I am teaching in the most ghetto school in Charlotte”

126. Prosecutors Search Social Networking Sites! Prosecutors use Facebook, MySpace photos Students who made light of drinking received jail sentences for DUI Defense attorneys also use social networking sites to dig up dirt on witnesses PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird.” http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:SgDbAA0gzEoJ:freedom-school.com/reading-room/unrepentant-on-facebook-expect-jail-time.pdf+Unrepentent+on+Facebook&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

127. Check the Fine PRINT: Who Owns your work online? YouTube TeacherTube

128. What Are Your Digital Footprints? Survey Social Networking Sites: Facebook, MySpace Email Twitter Webpages Snapfish, Kodak, Flickr YouTube Google Yourself

129. What is YOUR digital footprint? http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/koppel/interactive/interactive.html

130. Clean Up Social Networking Site 1. Take control of your photos. Your personal and professional life are becoming one, largely due to Facebook. Go through what you have on your social network & untag yourself in photos that an employer might find inappropriate. 2. Set privacy settings. You have less reason to worry if employers can’t access your digital life. 3. Post photos that promote you as a professional. If you have photos from volunteering, studying abroad, working a job, giving a presentation, or any other semi-professional event, post them. They go a long way to help counteract other photos that might negatively impact your image. 4. Put up a clean profile photo of yourself. Even if you got a lot of compliments on your stripper Halloween costume, a profile picture that isn’t associated raucous college partying means a lot to people in hiring positions. 5) Stay active online. By commenting on blogs and forums, updating your profiles, and even creating your own site you can become much more visible and credible online. This gives the people who search you a much more comprehensive picture of who you are and allows you to highlight the good and bury the bad 6. Be mindful of who you accept as a “Friend.” Poor choices could reflect badly on you as a professional. Make sure to monitor their comments on your sites as well.

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