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CELL PHONES, SMART
PHONES AND MOBILE
DEVICES, OH MY!
Glenda L. Rose: dr.glenda.rose@gmail.com
This presentation has been adapted from one
presented by Denise Guckert and Jorge Goyco.
Cell phones, smart phones, and mobile devices
are here and can be great tools for adult
education.
2. By the end of this session, you
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should be able to…
identify and access common cell
phone functions on your own cell
phones.
survey students for their access to cell
phone and cell phone functions.
teach students proper cell phone
etiquette.
identify ways students can use
common cell phone functions in their
classrooms.
identify free apps for Android
phones/pads and iPhone/iPads that
4. Warm-up
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Grab your cell phone.
Line up by your level of phone
“know-how.”
Split the line.
Do the “line dance” to share one
cool thing you use your phone for
right now.
5. How To Vote via Texting
1. Standard texting rates only (worst case US $0.20)
TIPS 2. We have no access to your phone number
3. Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do
6. How To Vote via PollEv.com
TIP Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do
7. How To Vote via
PollEv.com/username
TIP Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do
8. How To Vote via Twitter
1. Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do
TIPS 2. Since @poll is the first word, your followers will not receive this tweet
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Why use cell phones for
education?
• It’s already being done around the world
AND in the US – even in Texas!
• Research shows us that YOUR students
are probably using cell phones!
14. Group Activity
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Each pair find another one for
groups of four.
Help each other locate the cell
phone functions on the following
slide.
15. Common Cell Phone Functions
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Voice Calls Contact List
Voice Mail Text Messaging
Camera Email
Video camera GPS
(Global Positioning
Clock System)
Calendar Web Browsing
Alarms Wi-Fi Connectivity
Calculator Bluetooth
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Exploring your students’
resources
How many students in your class have cell phones?
What do they already know how to do on their cell
phones?
What kind of plans do they have? How about getting
students to bring in their bills for a literacy activity?
What does it cost if they go over their plan’s limit on
phone call minutes, text messages, or data used for
emailing, web browsing, downloading, and using apps
17. Developed by Susan Gaer
http://www.susangaer.com/esl2009/Cell%20phone%20Features
.pdf
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Cell phone policies and
etiquette
Talk about phone etiquette and the policies
for using cell phones in your classroom –
for personal use AND for educational use.
30. Developed by Susan Gaer
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/28354750/Cellphone-
Northcarolina
31. 31 Instructional Resources
Choose instructional activities based on
what your students already have as far as
cell phones and plans.
Use grouping so every student does not
have to have a cell phone.
Have fun!
33. Using Cell Phone Cameras
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http://mlearninginadulted.wikispaces.com/Camera+Ide
as
34. Lesson Plan for Cell Phone by Susan Gaer
Developed
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Camera
http://mlearninginadulted.wikispaces.com/Your+favorite+cloth
es
35. Posted by Susan Gaer
Student Example
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http://susangaer.com/esl2009/favorite_clothes.pd
f
36. Cell Phone Scavenger Hunt
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Cell Phone / Digital Camera Scavenger Hunt
Rules:
Teams CANNOT split up. The entire team must stay t ogether for the entire
2 hours. All members of the group must be in the picture for it to count.
Email all pictures by 5 pm.
Each picture only needs to be on one cell phone or camera.
You may be awarded extra points for creativity, or have points taken away
for “stretching” the rules.
Be careful and exercise good judgment.
50 Pointers
1. Your group in front of a convenience store (7-11, Valero)
2. Any fast food restaurant drive through ordering intercom
3. A church sign that is not in English
4. A pond or lake
5. A water fountain
100 Pointers (You must ask permission to take a picture of a person!)
1. A person with blond hair.
2. A person wearing glasses
3. A person wearing something green
4. A person wearing something with “Longhorns” on it (word or logo)
5. A person walking a dog
6. A cashier
7. A waiter or waitress
8. A person mowing grass
9. A person from any country other than the US and Mexico.
250 Pointers
1. Any emergency vehicle with its lights on
2. A member of the group talking on a public pay phone
3. The site of a building “under construction”
4. A traffic light that is yellow
6. An animal in a field (cow, horse, donkey, mule, goat, sheep or llama)
7. A bird in a tree
8. A black cat
400 Pointers
1. A train crossing (100 extra points if the train is crossing at the time!)
2. A bus picking up passengers
3. Any license plate not from Texas.
4. Any Texas license plate with the letter “Q” in it
4. A word in English that no one in the group knows
5. A firefighter or police officer in uniform. (100 extra points if the group takes the
picture with him or her)
6. A statue
7. The state flower in bloom
37. ANDROID
37 SmartPhones
Smartphones have it all plus “apps.”
ITOUCH IPHONE IPAD
38. Google Voice
(http://www.google.com/voice)
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Free phone number and voice mail that you
can access through your computer or your
smart phone.
Students can call to practice leaving
messages.
Also a free smartphone “app”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Q9MJdT
5Ds
39. DropBox
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iPad/iPhone/Android
DropBox
Dropbox is a free service that
lets you bring your
photos, docs, and videos
anywhere and share them
easily.
Cost: FREE
40. Google Translate
(http://www.google.com/translate)
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iPad/iPhone/Android
Google Translate
Translate a word, phrase or
speech to many languages
including
English, Spanish, French and
Arabic.
It can even speak it back to you
in the translated language.
Cost: FREE
41. KINDLE
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iPad/iPhone/Android
Borrow or purchase books to
read with built in
dictionary, ability to
highlight, bookmark pages, and
read on your phone OR a
computer.
Cost: FREE
42. Merriam-Webster
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iPad/iPhone/Android
America's most useful and
respected dictionary.
In addition to all the definitions
from Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, the app
offers voice
search, synonyms, antonyms, e
xample sentences, Word of the
Day, and more.
Cost: FREE
43. Word Wizard
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iPad/iPhone / Android
Wonderopolis
Wonderopolis offers
multidisciplinary daily content
through a Wonder of the
Day®, containing a curious
question, written
text, vocabulary words, graphic
images and video to fuel
learning, and inspire curiosity
and exploration in and out of the
classroom.
Cost: Free
44. Words with Friends
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iPad/iPhone / Android
Scrabble-like game
where players can
interact with each
other on the phone
or computer
(Facebook) while
playing.
Cost: Free
45. 45 Just a few social media sites
Social media are the online technologies and practices that
people use to share
content, opinions, insights, experiences, perspectives, and
media themselves. They are media for social interaction. You
can tell social software because it is no fun to use by yourself
– an account with no friends connected has no value.
Howard Greenstein, Harbrooke Group
47. Can you now…
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identify and access common cell
phone functions on your own cell
phones.
survey students for their access to cell
phone and cell phone functions.
teach students proper cell phone
etiquette.
identify ways students can use
common cell phone functions in their
classrooms.
identify free apps for Android
phones/pads and iPhone/iPads that
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Notas del editor
This slide is for display to the audience to show them how they will vote on your polls in your presentation. You can remove this slide if you like or if the audience is already comfortable with texting and/or voting with Poll Everywhere.Sample Oral Instructions:Ladies and gentlemen, throughout today’s meeting we’re going to engage in some audience polling to find out what you’re thinking, what you’re up to and what you know. Now I’m going to ask for your opinion. We’re going to use your phones to do some audience voting just like on American Idol.So please take out your cell phones, but remember to leave them on silent. You can participate by sending a text message.This is a just standard rate text message, so it may be free for you, or up to twenty cents on some carriers if you do not have a text messaging plan. The service we are using is serious about privacy. I cannot see your phone numbers, and you’ll never receive follow-up text messages outside this presentation. There’s only one thing worse than email spam – and that’s text message spam because you have to pay to receive it!
This slide is for display to the audience to show them how they will vote on your polls in your presentation. You can remove this slide if you like or if the audience is already comfortable with texting and/or voting with Poll Everywhere.Sample Oral Instructions:Ladies and gentlemen, throughout today’s meeting we’re going to engage in some audience polling to find out what you’re thinking, what you’re up to and what you know. Now I’m going to ask for your opinion. We’re going to use your phones or laptops to do some audience voting just like on American Idol.So please take out your mobilephones or laptops, but remember to leave them on silent. You can participate by submitting an answer atPollEv.com on your laptop or a mobile phone.The service we are using is serious about privacy. I cannot see who you are or who voted.
This slide is for display to the audience to show them how they will vote on your polls in your presentation. You can remove this slide if you like or if the audience is already comfortable with texting and/or voting with Poll Everywhere.Sample Oral Instructions:Ladies and gentlemen, throughout today’s meeting we’re going to engage in some audience polling to find out what you’re thinking, what you’re up to and what you know. Now I’m going to ask for your opinion. We’re going to use your phones or laptops to do some audience voting just like on American Idol.So please take out your mobilephones or laptops, but remember to leave them on silent. You can participate by submitting an answer atPollEv.com/username on your laptop or a mobile phone.The service we are using is serious about privacy. I cannot see who you are or who voted.
This slide is for display to the audience to show them how they will vote on your polls in your presentation. You can remove this slide if you like or if the audience is already comfortable with texting and/or voting with Poll Everywhere.Sample Oral Instructions:Ladies and gentlemen, throughout today’s meeting we’re going to engage in some audience polling to find out what you’re thinking, what you’re up to and what you know. Now I’m going to ask for your opinion. We’re going to use Twitter to do some audience voting.So please take out your cell phones or laptops, but remember to leave them on silent. The way you will be able to participate is by tweeting a response to @poll. Your followers won’t be bothered by this message.
Press F5 or enter presentation mode to view the poll\r\nIn an emergency during your presentation, if the poll isn't showing, navigate to this link in your web browser:\r\nhttp://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/ODYzNjE3MjA1If you like, you can use this slide as a template for your own voting slides. You might use a slide like this if you feel your audience would benefit from the picture showing a text message on a phone.
2012 Pew Report
The title of the story is “The Cell Phone.” It is about a woman named Gloria who has a problem when she uses her cell phone at work. Have you ever used your personal cell phone at work? Why did you use your cell phone at work? Do you think companies should allow employees to use their cell phones at work? Why or why not? Talk with your classmates.
Look at the picture. This is Gloria. What kind of job does Gloria have? What do you think she is doing? Do you think Gloria likes her job?
What does the sign say? Why do you think Gloria’s company does not allow employees to use their cell phones at work?
Who do you think Gloria is thinking about? How do you think Gloria is feeling?
What is happening in this picture? Why do you think Gloria is checking her cell phone, even though she is not allowed to use it while working?
What is happening in this picture? Who is the man watching Gloria? What is he thinking? What do you think might happen next?
What do you think the supervisor is saying to Gloria? How is Gloria reacting?
What is a “warning?” Why would Gloria’s supervisory give her a warning? What caused this problem?
What is happening in this picture? What is Gloria thinking about? How does she feel? What do you think might happen at work the next day? What might happen in the future?
Thanks and Evaluations (Slide # 68) (10 min)Ask participants to complete a workshop evaluation form. The evaluation form can be what is typically used in the local program, or trainers can download a form from Texas LEARNS that is used by the GREAT Centers: http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/texaslearns/docs/pd/pdeval.doc Thank the group for their time and participation. Thank the host organization for facilities, etc. FAQ/CMy students are not interested in career planning or in looking for a job or going to college or training (e.g. they are older, homemakers, etc.) Why should they have to do this if this is not why they enrolled?You will always teach lessons that don’t cater to the interests of every student in your classroom, so your task is to help them see how they can still benefit from the lesson/topic and connect it to what they are interested in. For example, do they have family members who might benefit from the information - kids or grandchildren who will need help navigating their way to college? Is there a field that they are curious about, even if they aren’t considering it for themselves? Help them connect to the skills they will learn in this process and how they can transfer to other areas of interest – e.g. reading, writing, computer/internet. We don’t have funding to set up a separate career planning class so how can we use these materials?Most programs don’t have funding for separate career planning classes, and even if they do, it can be hard to recruit students for additional class time. That is why there is so much emphasis on integrating the career planning lessons into your existing class curriculum, so that the lessons can serve two purposes – teaching career planning skills while you achieve your broader instructional objectives, without adding extra class time.
