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Using Mobile Devices in Adult Education
Nell Eckersley
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LINCS Community
https://community.lincs.ed.gov/group/technology-and-learning
Introductions
•What do you know about Mobile Learning?
•What would you like to learn?
•What is one thing would you like to take away from this session?
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Our Technology Project
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Our Technology Project
•October 23: Emerging Web 2.0 Technologies
• January 23: Face to Face Session: Introducing Mobile Devices for Adult Education
•February 27: Webinar•April 17: Project Management Tools•May 15: Technology Integration Plan Share
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Wiggio: SoMe Tools in Adult Ed
Mobile Learning
Agenda
•What is Mobile Learning?▫Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)▫ Just in Time Learning
•Devices▫Cellphones▫Tablets
•Applications•Using iPads and other tablets▫Navigating the iPad▫Suggested Apps▫How to Find Apps as You Need Them▫Buying iPads for Your Program
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What is Mobile Learning?
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Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)Benefits• Learners supply devices• Learners practice on same device they will use outside of
class
Challenges• Many different devices to troubleshoot• Wi-Fi Access• How to get everyone to the same “place” at the same
time?• Not all learners have their own device• Paradigm shift from “No Cell phones in the classroom”
http://www.examiner.com/article/bring-your-own-device-to-school-why-not
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http://nelightful.weebly.com/mobile-technology.html
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Just in Time Learning
• Just in Time Learning: Learner wants to learn something because there is something s/he needs to do
• Just in Case Learning: xxx •Try to make just-in-case learning feel more
like just-in-time learning
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http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/03/motivated_to_le.html
What can we do with Mobile Learning?•Access documents, video clips, and
audio libraries•Access quizzes and self-assessment as
question or games•Participate in lessons and tutorials•Receive lectures archived or broadcast
live•Read asynchronous postings•Exhibit student work•Participate in virtual learning
communities on the go
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http://www.edutopia.org/mobile-devices-learning-resource-guide
Mobile Learning Devices
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Cell Phones
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Types of Cell Phones
•Simple cell phones•Feature cell phones•Smart cell phones
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Tools to Create Mobile Content
•How to send text messages from your computer http://www.ehow.com/how_5140350_text-cell-phone-computer.html
• Podcast from your cell phone http://www.ipadio.com/
•Google Voice—free phone calls and transcribes spoken word https://www.google.com/voice
•Mobile Learning Solutions http://www.upsidelearning.com/mobile-learning-solutions.asp
•Create mobile websites http://www.weebly.com/
Polls and Quizzes
•PollEverywhere http://www.polleverywhere.com/
•Qiz.Tel http://qiz.tel/ Large catalog of quizzes that can be done on cell phones
•MobileStudy http://www.mobilestudy.org/ http://www.mobilestudy.org/u/11304/m/ Allows you to create your own quizzes that can be accessed via mobile device
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Smart Phone Apps for Learning
•http://www.iear.org/ •http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7Thin
gsYouShouldKnowAboutMobil/204763
•http://101bestandroidapps.com/category/education/
•http://www.apple.com/education/ipodtouch-iphone/
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Tablets: iPad
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Settings
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Organizing Apps•Hold finger down
on any app until they all begin to wiggle
•Then hold finger down on app you want to move, and drag it
•Create folders by dragging one app on top of another app
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Accessing the Multi-tasking Bar
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How to…
•How to close open Apps on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch
•How to change the font in Notes for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
•How to accurately relocate the cursor in Notes for your iPhone or iPod Touch
•How to create Folders on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch
•How to take screenshots of your iPhone or iPod Touch screen
iPad Apps
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ScanLife QR Code
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Evernote
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Using Evernote•Log in:▫Username: nelllac▫Password: ipad20
•What Notebooks do you see?•What Notes do you see?•Open “iPad How to”•Click on one of the links
•http://bit.ly/PnR5kh
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Dragon DictationDragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard.
With Dragon Dictation you can also dictate status updates directly to your Social Networking applications (Facebook and Twitter) or send notes and reminders to yourself….all using your voice. So when you’re on-the-go, stop typing and start speaking – from short text messages to longer email messages, and anything in between.
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Using Dragon Dictation
•Practice this tongue twister: She sell seashells on the seashore
•Open Dragon Dictation•Click the red button and read the tongue
twister. •Notice that the mic is near the top of the iPad•Touch the screen to stop recording•How well did it record your statement?•How could this be used with students? For
your own productivity?
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Kindle and Nook •Free or low cost books (as
well as regular cost books)•Highlight passages and share
material with others•Have all your books available
to you all the time•Picture books as well as
novels
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Sight Words Pro•Over 1,600+ sight words which comprises
up to 85% of the text in a child's early reading materials
•Choose a pre-defined flash card word list, or build and save custom flash card lists
•Add custom words and record your own pronunciations.
• Share custom word lists via Bump™ or email.
•Mark flash cards with stars or flags. • Shake your device to shuffle the words. •Beautiful voice-pronunciations for all
words.
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iTunes UFEATURES:
• Take free courses created and taught by instructors from leading universities and other schools• See all assignments and updates from the instructor • Take notes and highlight text in iBooks and see them consolidated for easy reviewing in the iTunes U app• Take course notes in class, or while playing audio or video lectures inside of iTunes U• Access course materials, including audio, video, books, documents & presentations, apps, and new iBooks textbooks for iPad• Browse collections from education and cultural institutions in 26 countries — including Stanford, Yale, MIT, Oxford, UC Berkeley, MoMA, the New York Public Library, and the Library of Congress
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Using iTunes U
•Open iTunesU• In the search box type New York•Find the Library of Congress “The Life of a
City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906”•How could this be used with students?
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Motion Math HD• Follows a star that has fallen from
space, and must bound back up, up, up to its home in the stars.
•Moving fractions to their correct place on the number line is the only way to return.
•A recent controlled experiment showed that by playing Motion Math HD, learners improve their ability to estimate fractions and their attitudes toward math. (More info: http://bit.ly/motionmathstudy)
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MathBoard• Teaches addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division problems.
•Appropriate for all levels from kindergarten (with simple addition and subtraction problems) to elementary school where learning multiplication and division can be a challenge.
•Control the range of numbers you want to work with, the amount of questions you want to answer and even assign a time limit per quiz.
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Digital Storytelling with iPads
How to Find the Apps
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http://www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-app-store/
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http://edreach.us/2011/12/20/ipad-edresources/
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http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/258242
Buying iPads
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Prices
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Sample Invoice
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Griffin MultiDock
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What the iPad Comes with•http://www.apple.com
/ipad/built-in-apps/
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Adding Apps to iPads
• If you use Mac Computers▫Apple Configurator makes it easy for
anyone to mass configure and deploy iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in a school, business, or institution. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-configurator/id434433123?mt=12
• If you use PC computers▫limited to 10 total devices for one Apple ID
(iTunes account)
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Cases and Keyboards
•Zaggfolio•Speck
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For February
•Choose one new app or technology tool and use it for your own learning or with students
•Fill out the Technology Integration Plan (on our Wiggio group)
•Create a short PowerPoint to take us through your tool and how you use it, and send to me by Feb 20
•February 27 webinar
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Nell Eckersley•Subject Matter Expert, LINCS Community
Technology and Learning Group•https://community.lincs.ed.gov/• Email: [email protected] • Twitter: http://twitter.com/LACNYCnell • Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/nell.eckersleylac •Blog: http://nelightful.wordpress.com/ •Delicious: http://www.delicious.com/nelleckersley