This document summarizes a presentation about incorporating mobile apps and devices in the classroom. It discusses using cell phones, laptops, and tablets and popular apps for collaboration, wikis, blogs, and communication. It provides examples of using Google Docs, Zoho, and Windows Live for collaboration and shares a video demonstration of using apps in the classroom. It also lists tasks students perform on phones and tablets and their favorite devices and apps. Finally, it provides additional resources for using mobile technology in education.

1. Course Technology Annual Conference
Tablet Use in Education:
Incorporating Mobile Apps & Devices in Your Classroom
Professor Gina M. Bowers-Miller, M.Ed, LPC
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg, PA
gmbowers@hacc.edu

2. Harrisburg Area Community College
CIS 282 AF, "Emerging Web Technologies"
1. Mobile Devices
• Cell Phones
• Laptops
• Tablets
2. Apps
• Collaborative Suites
• Wikis & Blogs
• Sharing
• Communication
3. Favorites
4. https://classroomwiki01.wikispaces.com/

3. Productivity
“Collaborative Suites”
– Google Docs
– Zoho
– Windows Live
Classroom Demo
– Share an app with the class

4. Welcome to CIS 282
Emerging Web Technologies
https://classroomwiki01.wikispaces.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DTUDczwtyc&feature=youtu.be

5. Class Articles

6. Class Links

7. Classroom Demo

8. Group Projects

9. Mobile Apps - Links

10. Mobile Devices in Education - Links

11. Emerging Mobile Technology
APPS DEVICES

12. Phone Tasks
Accessing D2L or other class materials 6
Check traffic reports and/or driving directions
Check weather reports
15
12
1. Texting
Completing homework 3
Shopping
Create document
6
4
2. Email
Download health related apps 3
Edit photos
Keeping track of finances
5
10 3. Facebook
Email 14
Facebook
Keep a journal or blog
Keeping track of data like passwords, lists etc
13
1
6
4. Connection with
LinkedIn
Listen to music
2
13 family/friends
Main electronic communication with family 13
Main electronic communication with friends 13
Maintain a calendar
Play games
12
13
5. Pictures
Read books and/or news 14
Set alarms and reminders 16
Surfing the web 13
Texting 17
To call friends and/or family 17
To take pictures 16
Twitter 6
Upload files to a Cloud service 3
Watch movies 4
Work related tasks 4

13. Tablet Tasks
List of Possibilities Favorites
Accessing D2L or other class materials
Check weather reports
1
2
• Surfing the Web
Completing homework
2
• Email
Shopping
2 • Facebook
Create document
2
Email
3
Facebook • Majority of students own a
3
Play games computer or laptop
3
Read the news
Surfing the web
3
• Main workhorse device is
Twitter
3 computer or laptop
2
Watch movies
1

14. Next best thing since sliced bread??
Benefits Limitations
• Mobility • Compatibility between Apps
• Flexible-adaptable and devices
• Always ready • Compatibility with existing
• Classroom possibilities Apps and Devices
• Fun • Learning Curve
• Interactive • Downtime- online?
• Good for non-computer • Technical Frustration
classrooms • Cost
• Lifespan of device & app

15. Favorites
Favorite Sites/Apps Videos
• Lastpass- password saving vault • Web and Random Acts
• Box- cloud storage- class of Kindness
• Spotify - music streaming
• Seat Guru – airline seat review • The Machine is us
• Trip Advisor- trip planning-reviews
• Web 2.0 – apps, apps, and more • Common Craft Videos

16. For more information…
• 5 Ways to Use Your iPad to Teach in the College Classroom
http://info.lecturetools.com/blog/bid/52506/5-Ways-to-Use-Your-iPad-to-Teach-in-the-College-Classroom
• 100 Teaching Tools You Should Know About http://edudemic.com/2012/01/tools-today/
• 1,000 Education Apps Organized By Subject & Price http://edudemic.com/2012/02/1000-apps/
• 20 Must-Have Educational Resources For All Teachers http://edudemic.com/2012/02/20-ed-resources/
• Enhancing Introductory Computer Science, Psychology, and Education Studies Courses with Problem Solving, Graphing, and
Feedback Enabled by Tablet PCs and DyKnow Software Tools (HP Technology for Teaching – Project Update)
http://academic.depauw.edu/~dberque/hpgrant/hp.html
• How Mobile Technology Ushered In A New Era Of Adult Education http://edudemic.com/2012/01/mobile-adult-ed/
• iPad Use Explored in Fall 2011 Marketing Management Course http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2012/02/linipadf11/
• iPads Could Hinder Teaching, Professors Say- http://chronicle.com/article/iPads-for-College-Classrooms-/126681/
• The Ultimate Guide To Using iPads In The Classroom http://edudemic.com/2010/12/the-ultimate-guide-to-using-ipads-in-
the-classroom/

17. Contact Information
Professor Gina M. Bowers-Miller, M. Ed., LPC
Harrisburg Area Community College
gmbowers@hacc.edu
https://classroomwiki01.wikispaces.com/