Using Cell Phones in the Classroom
Using Cell Phones
in and Out of the Classroom
TNTESOL Friday, March 5th 8:00
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Email the homework assignments to a list to parents/students
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1-800-Goog-411
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Free 411 help. Google will also connect you for free. However, they are recording this for a future voice-activated web browser.
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Slydial
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(267) SLY-DIAL (267-759-3425)
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mp3 players
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Calculators
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Calendars
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Spell Check
Text your Questions
Text your questions to Google (466453)
What is the capital of Honduras?
(Capital of Honduras)
What is the temperature in Nashville, TN?
(Weather Nashville)
What is the area code of Oklahoma City?
(Area code Oklahoma City)
What time is it in Paris, France?
(Time Paris, France)
Which is worth more? A single stock of Google or Apple?
(Stock Google) then (Stock Apple)
What does "qi" mean?
(Define qi)
How many liters are in three gallons?
(3 gallons in liters)
What is the square root of 729?
(Square root of 729)
If I have 13,000 yen, how much money do I have in U.S. dollars?
(13000 yen in USD)
How do you say "house" in German?
(Translate house in German)
What is phone number for the Papa John's in Moore, OK?
(Papa Johns, Moore, OK)
You can also post the links to these questions online. In that case, it will look like this:
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You have the ability to set up a reminder via texting or email. You set the day, date and time (within an hour) and you'll get the reminder. You can choose to receive it both text or email or both!
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Sorry, but this is blocked by ENA. You'll have to do it from home.
Ideas for Drop.io
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Homework
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Field trip info
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Class level teacher communications
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Share assignments
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Keep a proof of documented incidents in a safe place
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Scavenger hunt
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Students can call in and tell how they had to use a fraction at one point at home.
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If there was an important event in the evening like Presidential address, spaceship updates, etc., students could call in and give their thoughts.
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On a field trip students could use their cell phones to take a picture of their favorite part and add it to drop.io to share.
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Drop.io can be used for science to describe the weather. Students can also take pictures of different shapes they see outside.
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Drop.io could be used on a field trip. If students have phones with them, they could call drop.io and describe different exhibits. Each student could be assigned a certain exhibit, or they could choose their favorite.
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Drop.io would be great for their scientific investigations that they do at home. They can also call in to record questions that they might have while working on homework.
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They could submit pictures of vocabulary words/concepts (parts of a house, animals). They could call and ask or answer questions as homework.
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As my office, meeting room, meet with students in a conference
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I can't think of many ways with Kindergarten...but this would be cool to use with faculty.
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My students can call in their comments about the their writing. They could send in pictures of things and then we could write about it. I could even have parents call in and answer questions.
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Students can take pictures of items that are considered nouns.
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Upload and download class pictures
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I am going to use for the moon journal idea!!!
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Create a class
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Students join in and get reminders via email or text.
