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Cell Phones in the Classroom

RJ McClure–Joshua Poole–Reid Shaver

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Why Cell phones?

  • Very valuable tool (many educational apps and resources)
  • Fast
  • Time saver (grading)
  • 77% of teenagers have a cell phone (Pew Internet)
  • Socrative and Poll Everywhere

http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Teens-and-smartphones/Cell-phone-ownership/Overall-cell-ownership-steady-since-2009.aspx

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TweetChat

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Step 1

Use your twitter account or sign up with twitter if you don’t have one already.

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Step 2

Choose Hashtag to Follow

Hashtags identify specific topics and those hashtags allow Tweetchat to connect you with people talking about similar things.

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Step 3

Converse In Real Time

Each tweet automatically gets the hashtag added and the room auto-updates.

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How To Use In Classroom

You can ask a question and have students answer by tweeing with the hashtag you give them.

This is a good way to see what everybody thinks and not just the students that talk aloud in the classroom.

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Why

Students get excited about using their cell phone in class and this is a way they can use it for a educational purpose.

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What Is Celly?

  • Twitter, Poll Everywhere, Chat Rooms, etc. all combined into one site.
  • Able to use on all cell phones, other mobile devices, and computers.
  • Uses a text based communication system through the creation of cells.

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How Can Celly Be Used In School?

  • Polls/Assessment tool
  • Warm up/Closure
  • Review Sessions outside of school
  • Constant Communication between: student/student, teacher/student, teacher/parent
  • Reminders for important dates

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Pros/Cons

Pros

  • Constant Communication
  • Cell numbers are kept private
  • Students can work on projects, homework, review sessions via text and not be face to face
  • Chats can be curated and private
  • Easy to send reminders or important dates
  • Allows shy students to “speak” and voice opinions

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Cons

  • Constant text notification to curator
  • Students can create and curate their own cells
  • Inappropriate comments when cell is not curated
  • Presents the opportunity to use cell phones for other purposes in classroom

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Trial Time

  • 5 steps to join:
    1. Text start to 23559 (Celly)
    2. Choose your Celly username (6-20 characters)
    3. Type TechPre
    4. Respond to next text with Z
    5. You have now joined my cell

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