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FREEways for Making Teaching and Learning Mobile

Page history last edited by Michael M Grant 12 years, 3 months ago

  



One of the significant promises of mobile learning is ability for teachers and students to use their own mobile computing devices. In this hands-on session, we’ll take a look at FREEways for teaching and learning that are appropriate for a variety of mobile computing devices and platforms. Specifically, we’ll explore QR codes, capturing student responses and artifacts easily inside Posterous, using polling for formative assessment, and phonecasting/phlogging for representing knowledge. BYOM — Bring your own mobile!


Slidedeck

 


QR Codes

QR Codes quickly explained

 

Overview & Examples | http://themobilelearner.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/qr-codes-and-mobile-learning/

Overview & Examples | http://thinkedu.net/blog/web2/qr-codes/

 

QR Code Generators

Goo.gl |

Snap.vu |

Bitly.com |

QRjumps.com | Registered users get larger sizes & URL bundles

GoQR.me | Size options and download & embed options

QRstuff.com | Lots of options for things to encode

QRmedia.us | List of code generators

JagTag | Proprietary generator that does not require a reader app. Not free yet, but be on the lookout for more of these.

 

QR Code Readers

Quickmark | for Android

Quickmark | for iOS | $.99 | currently experiencing difficulties with iPhone 4

Qrafter | for iOS | Free

NeoReader | for iOS | Free

Barcode | for iOS | Free

Check your app store or search online for your phone model and QR Code Readers to see if one is available for your phone.

 

Using Blackberry?

Here's the how to and video

  1. Launch App World.
  2. Press menu key and select 'scan a bar code' from the list.
  3. Hold camera over QR code, and let it focus on the code and a link will pop up.
  4. It will ask you if you want to navigate to that link, select yes.

 

Desktop QR Code Readers

QR Reader | http://www.dansl.net/blog/?p=256

 

Without a Reader?

http://snapmyinfo.com/blog/read-and-decode-qr-codes-without-a-smartphone/

 

Integration Ideas

Paul Simbeck-Hampson & Tom Barrett's presentation of ideas | http://bit.ly/i9JO59

Learning the Skeleton | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV-e0qolrt8

Tom Barrett's purposes | http://edte.ch/blog/2010/11/25/qr-codes-improve-web-access/ 

McGuffy School District's video of ideas | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayW032sKtj8 

Barbara Schroeder's 10 ways to use QR codes | http://itcboisestate.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/10-ways-to-use-qr-codes-in-your-classroom/ 

A Library Scavenger Hunt | http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/2011/03/qr-code-quest-library-scavenger-hunt.html

 

Humor

Oh, Qrap! | http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/06/oh-qrap.html 

 

Signs to Use with Teacher Professional Development

QR codes sign to print out | Signs for Professional Development


Polling & Text Messaging

Polling

Polleverywhere | http://www.polleverywhere.com/

Text the Mob | http://textthemob.com/ 

Polltogo | http://polltogo.com 

Regarding how the credits work: Above a free threshold, it's pay-as-you-go using a credit system.

      • All polls are given a complimentary 20 free credits (1 credit = 1 vote)
      • If someone is expecting more voters for a poll (e.g. you have a class of 100), the user would assign 80 credits to the poll. Of course, to be able to do this the user must have credits in their account (they can be purchased under "Account management").
      • Credits are quite cheap: 200 for every 99 cents with PayPal.
      • Note that any unused vote credits for a poll are refunded after the poll time limit ends (or if the poll is deleted from your account).

 

SMS Text Messaging

Texting is powerful and pervasive | Infographic | http://viral-notebook.com/blog/2011/10/28/texting-is-powerful-pervasive/ 

 

Remind101 | http://remind101.com/ | Free. | Thanks to @jrhode.

Celly | http://cel.ly/ 

Class Parrot| http://classparrot.com/ | Thanks to @rmbyrne. | http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/2011/10/bring-on-text-messages-with-classparrot.html 

The first 500 credits (messages) are free. Every month we'll add another 200 free credits to your account.  You can also get more by inviting your peers to use ClassParrot. We'll give you 200 credits for each person you invite who starts using ClassParrot. We'll also start them off with an extra 200 credits when they accept your invitation.

Google SMS | You can text "Define (word)" to 466453 (which is google) and get definitions back. | Thanks to @kipprogers.

 


Phonecasting/Phlogging

 

Tools I like ...

iPadio | http://www.ipadio.com/ 

Google Voice | https://www.google.com/voice 

 

Example of iPadio for Early Childhood

 

Example of Using Google Voice for Vocabulary

 

 

Connecting iPadio to Slideshare for Slidecasting

 

Tip: Slideshare requires a direct link to an mp3 file (which you can upload) in order to create a slidecast.  The example above was create by downloading an mp3 file created in iPadio and then uploading it to Slideshare.  However, I was able to use the download button at iPadio to capture the direct URL link to the mp3 and use this in Slideshare without having to download-then-upload the mp3 file.  This way the audio file stays in one place on the web the whole time.  Want to know more about how to slidecast, see http://help.slideshare.com/entries/57609-can-you-describe-how-to-create-a-slidecast-step-by-step


Capturing Student Responses/Artifacts with Posterous & Cellphones

Only a single cellphone number can be entered into Posterous (i.e., the teacher's number). To post by text messaging (SMS), you have to put POST in ALL CAPS before the message and then send it to the 41411 Posterous number.  Your cellphone number must be registered with Posterous. See Poster Help here.

 

Posting with MMS as an Approved Email address

Multimedia text messages (MMS) messages cannot be posted with the 41411 number to Posterous. Instead, email addresses must be used.  For a list of the Email addresses for the various cellphone carriers see this list (Email addresses for Cellphone Carriers). Because this is an email address, the email address must be added as contributors/approved email addresses into Posterous to post.

 

For example, if your cellphone number is 281-555-5555 and AT&T is your cellphone carrier, then you set up 2815555555@mms.att.com as an approved email address, which would allow this number to send MMS to Posterous with an email address.

 

Posting with MMS & "Anyone Can Post"

With the "Settings" set to "Anyone can post", you can then post an MMS into Posterous with post@yourposterousname.posterous.com (e.g., post@viralnotebook.posterous.com). These are moderated and must be approved to publish.

 

Bypassing Posterous' Limit to Only One Text Number

 

With some testing, I was able to connect Google Voice up to Posterous.  The process for posting is this:

  1. Google Voice is forwarded to
  2. Gmail is forwarded to
  3. Posterous

 

This, however, is not the order in which it should be set up.  Instead, follow this order.

  1. Gmail is first. I created a Gmail account specifically for Posterous. 
  2. In Posterous, use your gmail address as the primary address for log in.
  3. In Posterous, I set the Settings to "Anyone can Post".
  4. Then in back Gmail, set up mail forwarding to your Posterous email address, for example post@yourposteroussite.posterous.com.  For example, post@viralnotebook.posterous.com.  Gmail will send a confirmation code in an email to Posterous.
  5. In Posterous, check to see if the post was received. You only want the confirmation code right now.
  6. Enter the confirmation code into Gmail. This should set up the forwarding to Posterous.
  7. Now, you can set up Google Voice by picking your number and doing the phone call verification.
  8. In the Google Voice Settings, under "Voicemail & Text," choose to forward text messages to my email (which should be your gmail address).
  9. That should do it.  You can try sending a text or an email.  The emails should be posted directly into Posterous.  Texts will have to be approved inside Posterous.  Note, gmail does not support MMS.

Twitter 

My Twitter Story

I have become a firm believer that all faculty members and teachers should be using Twitter—either for professional development or as a teaching tool with students or both.

 

My Twitter Story | http://viral-notebook.com/blog/2011/10/25/my-twitter-story-or-why-teachers-faculty-members-should-give-it-a-try/ 

Share your 'My Twitter Story' on November 16 please | http://viral-notebook.com/blog/2011/10/27/share-your-my-twitter-story/ 

 

Backchannelling

"The Twitter Experiment"

 

HootCourse

One tool that I am using is called HootCourse.  It's easy to use and connects easily with Twitter.  In fact, after you set up the tool, you actually don't have to use it for it to work. :)

 

Tools I've heard good things about

http://tweetchat.com/ | l have lurked/observed Kevin Oliver use this tool with his course.

http://twtpoll.com/pricing.php | An easy alternative to polling apps, such as PollDaddy or Polleverywhere.  Does allow embedding in sites.


Demonstrations

AppleTV

Mobile teaching with iPad2 and AppleTV | http://viral-notebook.com/blog/2011/10/21/making-mobile-teaching-work-with-an-ipad2-and-appletv-mlearning/ 

 

Cars 2 AppMATes

 

In the App Store

 

Duo Pop

With Duo Pop, multiple players or teams compete to be the first to answer questions correctly using one of four handheld poppers. Duo Pop, which interacts wirelessly with iPad, launches with three game apps currently available on the App Store – 'Guesstimation™ – Duo,' 'Highlights Hidden Pictures Countdown™' and 'Saturday Night Live – The Game™.' Duo Pop is designed for 2-4 players or teams, ages 6 and up. Duo Pop game apps are available for free from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. Additional content is available for all three apps through In-App Purchase.

 

iPevo camera

http://www.ipevo.com/prods/Point-2-View-USB-Camera

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