Includes details of challenges faced with allowing the use of cell phones in the classroom, establishing guidelines for appropriate use, how to monitor inappropriate use, etc.

1. Presented
by
Drew Loker
Smart
Devices
in
the
Classroom

2. Copyright Notice
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Photo by Drew Loker

3. Introductions
•Who are you?
•School, subject
•What motivated you to sign up for
the class?
• I am Drew Loker
• I teach Photography and Desktop Publishing here at
West Brook.
• I signed up to teach this class because 6 months ago, I
was about as ANTI-cell phone as you could get.
• Now, I am encouraging and teaching my students to use
these devices.
• Even for photography, a camera cell phone has almost
replaced carrying a full size camera.

4. iPhone image
wins major
photo contest
• This winning image
prompted me to
reconsider what cameras
students could use for
class projects.

5. Facebook & Twitter
• You may not like them, but they can help
• Promote class
• Post information
• Follow your students after they leave...after 15
years of teaching since 1992, this has become
more important to me.
• Facebook is more for longer term communication
• Twitter is more for short term, like you are going to
a contest, field trip or other event.
• Sites like Instagram and Tumblr with strong social
networking are the new Facebook. In fact, I have
heard numerous students say they rarely use their
Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/bmtisd
https://twitter.com/beaumontisd
Take a few minutes to
“Like” and “Follow”.

6. West Brook
Photography
• Page vs Group

7. Instagram
• Some students are masking social activity in photo apps like this site.

8. Are you
on board?
1.Already allowing and you have lots of great ideas -
SW
2.Want to allow but don’t know where to start - NW
3.On the fence/looking the other way - NE
4.Still dead set against it, but you are here – SE
Level groups
• Split into groups based on
how you came in today...

9. Brainstorming - In your small groups,
discuss...
1. Do you
allow?
2. Why or why
not?
3. Concerns
4. How are
you using?
•One person record from each group the consensus of the group (top ideas) into
the Google Docs Session Document (the email I sent…but I will push it out now as
well).

10. "For us it was not about the device...We wanted to...change how we were
instructing..." Katy ISD Chief Information Officer Lenny Schad said.
Whether it's a
smart phone or
tablet, mobile
devices are part of
our daily lives.
And it's the world
our children our
growing up in.
Play Katy ISD News Clip
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- For years, schools worked to keep cell phones turned off and out of the
classrooms. But now, instead of fighting it, some districts are welcoming this new world of
mobile learning. Katy ISD Is leading the way.

11. In addition to the obvious uses of tech devices,
Cloud Computing is a vital resource and step in the
direction of collaborative work.

12. Preparing for the
Future
• In the presentation “Did you
know” about technology facts and
predictions, it is suggested:
• The top 10 in-demand jobs in
2010 didn’t exist in 2004.
• We are currently preparing
students for jobs that don’t yet
exist using technologies that
haven’t been invented in order
to solve problems we don’t even
know are problems yet.
Screen shots from Peru Commercial
showing Surface Computing

13. Preparing them for technology use
• "Think about not only incorporating technology into your lessons, but creating
more and more compelling assignments so that 21st century skills, the kinds
of things students will have to develop in terms of critical thinking, problem
solving, collaboration, global participation -- that these are incorporated into
assignments. The best spaces will incorporate social media, and interacting
with others. "
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/27/social-networking-schools_n_840911.html

14. Part 1 - Develop an
ActivityBack to your small groups
◦Brainstorm a new activity that will encourage problem solving, social interaction for
one or more people in your group.

15. Part 2 - Develop Appropriate
Use
◦Pick a specific challenge of inappropriate use and brainstorm ways to supervise and usage guidelines.
◦Prepare to share with the rest of the group.

16. Break
• iAuthor Clip from Apple
• Find “Tech in Use” poster in
Eduphoria.
• Download it to your L drive
and edit for your class.

17. Part 3 - Tech Tips for
You
Image apps, Photograph
student work, samples
•Document activities in
the classroom
•Camscanner - image to
PDF...very helpful
http://kk.org/cooltools/archives/6208
Play CamScanner Video Demo

18. Camera
•Capture
Activities in
and out of the
classroom

19. Camera
•Document Student
work, easy to email

20. Camera
• Digitizing examples once held up.
• These samples show just a few of the slides I
have created to help teach various concepts.
• Some of these took a lot of time to try to show
and/or were dangerous to the item or even the
student (glass, chemicals, etc.)

21. Show Work
Areas
• This image was recently used to email a parent to show where their
student sat, the set up of the room, etc.

22. Also, if you have screen captures (very useful) or photos
you have transferred to the iPad via the camera connectivity
kit, then this would apply.

23. Screen Captures
• Press and hold Home and
Sleep for half of a second.
• What ever is on your
screen will be saved to
your photos.
• Go to "Saved Photos" in
your photo album.
• Let's try it now.

24. A good tip for old tech devices, like an iPod or iPhone that is
no longer in use, is to use them in the classroom. Play some
music to avoid streaming audio over the internet. Or use the
camera app with out using your actual phone.

25. Keynote
• Kind of expensive at
$10, but allows
PowerPoint control of
existing or newly
created
presentations.
• I have created and
delivered several
presentations from
the ground up on the
iPad.
• Editing Presentations
on the go is a real
asset of an iPad.
• PowerPoint allows continuity between
lessons, across the class day.
• Easy to keep track of stopping points
each day.

26. When recording digitally there are some apps that allow you
able type in notes that sync with the audio. Then, as you
listen to the recording, when you touch on the screen in the
typed areas, it moves the audio playback to that exact spot.

27. DropBox is very useful and indispensable for
•Getting work on to your device from your desktop.
•Especially when the document size exceeds the max for your
your email account.
•Manage documents at home, school and on the road.
•Near perfect back up/synchronization
Play DropBox Intro Clip
DropBox

28. DropBox
• DB is not just a Cloud Drive like Google
Docs, Box.net or other Cloud Services
• DB keeps an ORIGINAL copy on your local
computer AND instantly Synchronizes with
the Cloud Backup.
• If you loose connection to the internet,
you still have your local volume.
• Mobile App gives one of the best ways to get
images off of your device.
• Only down side if is you make a lot of
changes and log into a computer you haven’t
used in a while. It can take some time for the
files to show up.
• The solution is to simply go to the website
interface.

29. DropBox • Notice the large file size...way to large to email

30. GoTasks
• If you have challenges
keeping up with too many
things to do, this App is for
you!
• I have tried them all...this is
the best one.
• This app is one I pretty much
MAKE my students install.

31. Alarms
• Excellent way to keep
on track from one
class to the next.
• Timer is set to go off
about 7 minutes
before the end of
class.
• Allows me to pace the
end of class better.
• I also use it to get a
clean captain going
during lab days.