making teaching & learning mobile
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Strategies to help make teaching and learning mobile in classrooms with cellphones & smartphones. Presented by Dr. Michael M. Grant at http://viral-notebook.com.TRANSCRIPT
Making Teaching & Learning MobileMichael M. Grant, PhDMidsouth Technology Conference |December 8, 2010
Michael M. GrantThe University of Memphis
@michaelmgranthttp://viral-notebook.com
Tweeting?@michaelmgrant
Please use #MSTC10.
http://bit.ly/mobileteach
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Using QR Codes
QR codes every day
QR codes every day
To scan, you need a QR code reader.
Android iOS
Not one of these? Check your app store/online for a reader for your phone. BB, I’m told, has
one built into the system.
No smartphone? Try Snapmyinfo.com
To create, you need a QR code generator.
Goo.glBit.ly
Snap.vuQRjumps.comGoQR.meQRstuff.com
URLShorteners
Sites
In Bitly.com
In Bitly.com
GoQR.me, QRstuff.com & QRjumps.comoptions for encoding, sizes & output
GoQR.me, QRstuff.com & QRjumps.comoptions for encoding, sizes & output
GoQR.me, QRstuff.com & QRjumps.comoptions for encoding, sizes & output
Fantastic ideas for QR codes.from Tom Barrett & Paul Simbeck-Hampson
http://bit.ly/i9JO59
Collecting Student Responses & Artifacts in Posterous
Posterous. Dead simple sharing.
Make a statement (text, photo, video) about mobile teaching & learning.
Put your name in the Subject Line.
SMS Send a text to xxx-xxx-xxxx
MMS Send an email to [email protected]
Email Send an email to [email protected]
Normal.• Email post in with [email protected]• Posterous recognizes the address & posts it
to your site.
• Other email addresses can be added as contributors. Posterous will recognize these addresses then post automatically.
Ways to post in Posterous.
Normal.• A single cellphone number can be entered
to post.• SMS to 41411• Format: POST Message.
• Posterous does not accept MMS. (It will accept MMS with an email.)
Ways to post in Posterous.
Allowing others to post without adding emails.• Under Settings >> Commenting & Posting• Set to “Anyone can post, I will moderate.”
Ways to post in Posterous.
Allowing others to post without adding emails.• Under Settings >> Commenting & Posting• Set to “Anyone can post, I will moderate.”
• Others can email to [email protected]
• Others can MMS to [email protected]
Ways to post in Posterous.
Bypassing Posterous' Limit to One Cell Number• Directions at http://bit.ly/mobileteach
Note: Google Voice does not support MMS.
Ways to post in Posterous.
VoiceGmail
Posterous
“Anyone can post.”• I don’t recommend keeping this setting 24/7.• Just for security & piece of mind.
Consider a private site.• I have not tried these posting options with a
private site. Please let me know what works.
Consider a Posterous site as an add-on.
Recommendations
Deploying Mobile Learningwith MOBL21
2 ways to use.
Students Teachers• Download app
to mobile device.• Log in with email
& content code.
• Create content online for students.• Push content to
students.
Which platforms are supported?
Right now. Coming.• iPhone• iPod Touch• Desktop with
Adobe AIR
• Android & Blackberry• iPad
Use the “For Workshop Only” cards to log in.
MOBL21 is a lot like a mobile CMS.
Content is organized hierarchically.
Another way to think about it.
Categories >>> Chapters
Stacks >>> Lessons
Content >>> Pieces of a lesson
Groups are made up of users.• For differentiation, put users in different
groups.
Categories are pushed to groups under Share.
Media.• Audio/video: 20 MB max• All images must be uploaded.• No streaming. No embedding.• gif, jpg, jpeg, png, m4v, mp4, mov, aac, aiff,
mp3
Content.• Only 1 study guide per Stack.
There are limits.
Begin with learning in mind.• Be selective on what goes mobile.• Determine which lessons would benefit from
mobile/more access.
Begin with the learner in mind.• Which learners would benefit from increased
access to content (e.g., practice, additional content)?
Think pedagogically.
Remember your mobile toolbox.• This doesn’t have to be the only mobile tool
you employ. Consider others we’ve touched on today, as well as combining with other social media.
Think pedagogically.
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