A workshop at AECT 2011 led by Drs. Michael M. Grant & Joanne Gikas.

1. Strategies for
MOBILE TEACHING & LEARNING
Michael M. Grant, PhD
Joanne Gikas, EdD
November 9, 2011
Michael
M.
Grant
2011

2. Michael M. Grant
The University of Memphis
@michaelmgrant
http:/
/viral-notebook.com

3. Joanne Gikas
The University of Memphis
@ecampusUM
http:/
/ecampus.memphis.edu

4. http://viral-notebook.com

5. Don’t know what
to do with that
square thingy?
Just wait.
Download the
slides &
resources from
this URL.
http://bit.ly/aectworkshop

6. What’s our goal?

7. 1. Introductions & goals
2. Polling & text messaging
3. Phonecasting & Phlogging
4. QR codes
5. Mobile apps war
6. Capturing student artifacts
7. Twitter
8. Building ebooks
9. Demos
Agenda

8. Polls, Phones & SMS

9. 40 Responses
for free now.

10. Solve for X
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MjEzMjYyNzIyNw

11. TextTheMob & polltogo

12. remind101

13. JG:
We
need
two
images
for
Celly
and
ClassParrot
Celly & classParrot

14. Definitions with Google SMS
SMS Send a text to 466453 (Google)
Define (word)

15. Phonecasting with iPadio
http:/
/ipad.io/UCR

16. Screenshot
Image
needed
if
we
go
with
this
Slidecasting with iPadio & Slideshare
http:/
/slidesha.re/siqqJs

17. Using Google Voice
Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7PoWsFlsKU&feature=player_embedded

18. Using QR Codes

19. Android iOS
To scan, you need a QR code reader.
Not one of these? Check your app store/online for a reader for your
phone. Blackberry, I’m told, has one built into the system.

21. QR codes every day

22. Let’s try it out!

23. Links to Slideshows

24. This diagram displays which plate boundary?

25. This diagram displays which plate boundary?

26. 9 127
Calculate.

27. 9 127
Calculate.

28. Anyone tweeting?

29. URL Sites
Shorteners QRjumps.com
Goo.gl GoQR.me
Bit.ly QRstuff.com
To create, you need a QR code generator.

30. In Bitly.com

31. In Bitly.com

32. GoQR.me, QRstuff.com & QRjumps.com
options for encoding, sizes & output

33. GoQR.me, QRstuff.com & QRjumps.com
options for encoding, sizes & output

34. GoQR.me, QRstuff.com & QRjumps.com
options for encoding, sizes & output

35. Fantastic ideas for QR codes.
from Tom Barrett & Paul Simbeck-Hampson
http://bit.ly/i9JO59

36. Poe in the Pit | Interactive Comic
http://poeinthepit.com

37. The Pit and the Pendulum | Interactive Comic
http://poeinthepit.com

38. No smartphone? Try Snapmyinfo.com

39. On laptops or netbooks? Try QR Reader
http://www.dansl.net/blog/?p=256

40. Image
needed
Unitag.fr

41. Unitag.fr

42. Last one. Try this.

43. Mobile App War!
h:p://bit.ly/aectworkshop

44. Capturing Student Artifacts

45. Posterous Spaces

46. Make a statement (text, photo, video)
about mobile teaching & learning.
Put your name in the Subject Line.
SMS Send a text to 901-451-9321
Send an email to
MMS post@viralnotebook.posterous.com
Send an email to
Email post@viralnotebook.posterous.com

47. Normal.
• Email post in with post@posterous.com
• 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.

48. 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.

49. Allowing others to post without adding emails.
• Under Settings >> Commenting & Posting
• Set to “Anyone can post, I will moderate.”
Ways to post in Posterous.

50. Allowing others to post without adding emails.
• Under Settings >> Commenting & Posting
• Set to “Anyone can post, I will moderate.”
• Others can email to
post@yoursite.posterous.com
• Others can MMS to
post@yoursite.posterous.com
Ways to post in Posterous.

51. Bypassing Posterous' Limit to One Cell Number
• Directions at http:/
/bit.ly/mobileteach
Google
Gmail Posterous
Voice
Note: Google Voice does not support MMS.
Ways to post in Posterous.

52. “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

53. Postie

54. Twitter

55. Twitter

56. twtpoll

57. TweetChat

59. HootCourse | Home Screen

60. HootCourse | Essay Screen

61. HootCourse | Classroom Option

62. HootCourse | Embed Option

63. Tweeting?
@michaelmgrant

64. Building eBooks

65. Sigil converts HTML to ePub.
ePub works for iBooks, Nook & Adobe Digital Editions.
Image
from
h:p://betanews.com/wp-­‐content/uploads/media/74/7482.jpg

66. eBook
App
Word
HTML
Sigil
ePub
To
Device
- Webpage
- Dropbox
- Email
- Sync
Using Sigil to Create an eBook
http://bit.ly/sigiltut

67. Using Calibre to Create eBooks
http://calibre-ebook.com

68. Great How-To Text
http://www.elizabethcastro.com/epub/

69. Demos

70. Cybraryman’s Cellphones in Class
http://cybraryman.com/cellphones.html

71. Download slides
& resources
from this URL.
http://bit.ly/byodevice

72.
Michael
M.
Grant
2011