Strategies for using mobile phones in classrooms

Toni Twiss one of this years eFellows gave this presentation. She is sponsored by Vodafone and has a class set of cell phones which we had the opportunity to play with. The focus of the presentation was: The potential of the cell phone in the classroom. She compared the cell phone to a Swiss army knife as a useful tool.

She discussed several uses of the cell phone in the classroom.

1. Calculator software can be downloaded from this website to turn a cell phone into a graphics calculator. maths 4 mobile
2. Use of the calendar and organiser functions (potential here for TCS students?)
3. Running class polls and games. Poll everywhere
4. Images – for use with photos, videos and slide presentations. Contexts – fieldtrips, anytime a student is required to document a process or event.
5. Access websites like TKI’s StudyIt
6. Sound recording sound. She suggested that the best browser to use of a cell phone can be downloaded from Opera Mini

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