#1: E-reader or Text Book

Students access full text websites and use the cell phone as an e-reader or text book. For teaching Shakespeare, there's an app for that! 

by Lee Ann Spillane @spillarke

Photo from my classroom April 2011

#2: Dictionary or Word Play

Students with texting plans can text Google  (466-453) to define a word by sending 

define: (put word here). Responses returned in less than 30 seconds. 

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Or if word play is what vocabulary learners need try the Jumbli.tv app or Words With Friends.

Photo from my classroom April 2011

by Lee Ann Spillane @spillarke

#3 Timer

Simple, but effective - use the timer feature on a mobile phone for timed activities. Make one student timer representative when completing the activities. Hey presto, competition in the classroom, involving other skills for a variety of class reps in the classroom. In my experience, students love the horn sound of the 'Alarm' tone, but there are others you can choose from.

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@ICTEvangelist | Mark Anderson

Image courtesy of my phone

#4 Send SMS reminders

Use an SMS system (e.g. Remind101) to send reminders to learners.

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• Next session
• To bring particular materials
• Don't forget the homework due
• Lesson cancelled

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#5 Receive SMS from Students

Using an SMS System (e.g. ) can allow you to receive communications from your learners via text, without giving out a personal phone number.

Can help you stay in touch with learners who may have particular queries and provide a fast response.

@mattsmeeth 

http://swani.manicmig.co.uk

http://www.elearningetc.co.uk 

#6 Free Text Wall

Use the Q&A Poll from Poll Everywhere to create a text wall for free:

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Can be used to display instant comments, feedback, answers etc during a class or seminar.

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Polleverywhere

@mattsmeeth 

http://swani.manicmig.co.uk

http://www.elearningetc.co.uk 

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#7 SMS based Chat Room

Use GroupMe.com to create a free SMS based private chat room to discuss topics or encourage learners to collaborate / support each other

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@mattsmeeth 

http://swani.manicmig.co.uk

http://www.elearningetc.co.uk 

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#8 Calendar

Use the calendar for reminding students about tasks and homework assignments.

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My students phone

#9 Use Posterous as a class blog for language students

students use their mobiles to take pictures of places they visit, which they can then email to the class Posterous site or via the Posterous app to make them appear on the blog. Students can also produce text to accompany the pics. 

The posts can then be discussed in class later or students can write comments on them. This provides great writing and speaking practice in another language 

by: @dreadnought001

http://mobileesl.blogspot.com/

Images courtesy of my class Posterous site

Sadly, posterous is no more. :’(

#10 Use StudyBoost to review/study

Students and teachers can create a set of study or review questions on this site. The questions are then sent by text to the students so that they can review using their phones.

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by: @coxtl Tamara Cox

www.e-literatelibrarian.blospot.com

You can watch a video about how it works here.

#11 Phone Blogging 

Students can use their phone to blog with text or voice. Many blogging platforms will connect to a phone including Blogger and Wordpress. 

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Phones can be used to create voice blogs (phlogging) with services such as .

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by: @coxtl Tamara Cox

www.e-literatelibrarian.blospot.com

7 Tools for Blogging on your Phone

Details about iPadio can be found here.

#12 Create a mobile group 

Teachers can create a group using a service such as Remind 101, Celly or Broadtexter to send texts to parents, students, clubs or school faculty.

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This is an easy way to send reminders, homework assignments, or other news.The teacher creates the group and it is up to the student/parent to use their phone to join. You post the message or reminder once and it goes out to everyone.

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by: @coxtl Tamara Cox

www.e-literatelibrarian.blospot.com

A great resource for more mobile phone ideas:

Teaching Generation Text

#13 Vote/Poll using a QRcode & a smartphone

Any question & any number of answers can be created easily and quickly for any kind of group event. Votes are recorded and displayed on a webpage. Votes shown in a pie chart and a table.

ttp://qwikvotes.comh

@BobToms100 & @qwikvotes

#14 Convertir unidades de medida Unit converter

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Dear seeing his post, on the uses of cell phone, I tell that I use in my physics classes to the function unit converter, where students can turn to other units of measurement, eg m, a, cm, or mm, the cm3, etc, that allow you to solve problems.�Well it is my humble contribution

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Augusto Burgos

Argentina

#15 Class video projects

• Invite students to prepare a 1-minute video in class.
• They may prepare, negotiate, discuss and plan for their project based on the class time. 
• Once they are ready, they use one mobile device to record their video.
• Then, they can share the video file with the teacher using blue-tooth.
• The whole class can watch those videos using the class projector for feedback and follow-up discussions.

Ismail Fayed, @tweet4education

#16 Develop language skills with cell phones

1. Have students do their oral reports using Google Voice. If they don't like how they sounded the first time, they don't have to send the message. They can re-record until they have something with which they are happy.
2. Use as an assessment tool to easily capture student's reading level. Not only do you have a recording, you have a transcript and a place to keep notes. Rather than talk to a parent about how a student has progressed across a year, let them listen to it their child themselves.
3. Have students share something interesting about themselves and post the recordings on a class page or in a blog where other students can listen or comment.

The Innovative Educator. Lisa Velmer Nielsen  March 27, 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2012 . http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2012/03/develop-language-skills-with-cell.html

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