Mobile Devices in the classroom

1. Mobile Devices in the classroom

2. Directions: As department groups, look at the different statistics on teen cell phone use. Teen phone use data From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning Discuss your observations and answer the question below as a group using a mobile device at Wiffiti.comhttp://wiffiti.com/screens/65595 What are three interesting facts that your department group focused on after reviewing the data on teen cell phone use?

3. A Vision of K-12 Students Today Video

4. Mobile Devices in the classroom

5. Objectives Drake Middle School will adopt a modified mobile device and cell phone policy. The new policy will state that students are allowed to use mobile devices for educational purposes within the classroom environment. Objective 1 The Drake staff will know how the new policy is different from the old policy. Objective 2 The Drake staff will participate in two applications for mobile devices that can be used in their classroom immediately for formative assessment. Objective 3 The staff will research and share different uses of mobile devices for their content that can be implemented into their classroom.

6. Agenda Engage- Teen use of cell phones Video-A Vision of K-12 Students Today Objectives and outcomes Change in education and technology integration Drake Statistics Readings about mobile technology- Jigsaw and tabletop blog Need for mobile devices- and uses Compare and contrast old and new policies Consistency Benefits of fair use policy Individual content uses Closure

7. Technology in education today New State Standards have embedded technology within them. We are teaching for jobs that have not even been created. Students need to become digital citizens

8. 21st Century Technology skills Digital Age Literacy Inventive Thinking Effective Communication High Productivity

9. Digital Age Literacy— The ability to use “digital technology, communications tools, and/or networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information in order to function in a knowledge society” Basic, Scientific, and Technological Literacies Visual and Information Literacy Cultural Literacy and Global Awareness

10. Inventive Thinking—As technology becomes more prevalent in our everyday lives, cognitive skills become increasingly critical. “In effect, because technology makes the simple tasks easier, it places a greater burden on higher-level skills” Adaptability/ Managing Complexity and Self-Direction Curiosity, Creativity and Risk-taking Higher Order Thinking and Sound Reasoning

11. Effective Communication - Effective communication skills are essential for success in today’s knowledge- based society Teaming and Collaboration Personal and Social Responsibility Interactive Communication

12. High productivity- In the Digital Age, success is “powered by technology, fueled by information, and driven by knowledge.” Prioritizing, Planning, and Managing for Results Effective Use of Real-World Tools High Quality Results with Real-World Application

13. Mobile Devices in the classroomDrake’s Stats- 18 responses Do you have a mobile device connected to the internet? (I am defining mobile device as a I-POD touch, Smartphone, I-Pad, Laptop) 80% of staff have a device Should students use mobile devices for educational purposes at home? 94% strongly agree or agree depending on assignment Should students use mobile devices for educational purposes at school? 89% strongly agree or agree depending on assignment

14. Mobile Devices in the classroomDrake’s Stats Do you wish you had more technology available for learning in the classroom? 89% would like more or a lot more technology Drake staff can effectively monitor mobile devices used in the school. 39% agree or strongly agree that we can monitor mobile devices Drake staff can effectively enforce the use of mobile devices following a school policy. 44% agree or strongly agree that we can enforce the mobile use policy.

15. Mobile Devices in the classroom What would be needed for Drake staff to monitor the use of mobile devices at school? • Raising staff awareness of appropriate and inappropriate uses and making sure everyone is keeping an eye on it all the time • Active teachers, consequences, guidelines for students on what is acceptable. • All teachers on same page- acceptable verse unacceptable, unclear messages cause confusion and issues with students • Continuous reminders about expectations and acceptable use policy • A clear policy that is signed by students • Staff consistency What would be needed to enforce the appropriate use of mobile devices at school? • Clear straightforward policy enforced by administrators and teachers alike, predictable consequences • Strict consequences that are consistently enforced by teachers and administration • Students understanding consequences for inappropriate use • Teacher training and professional development around management of policy In what ways could digital devices be used in the classroom for educational use? • Research, application, photography, blogs or discussion boards, Response to teachers questions like clickers, check for understanding • Google docs, Google Voice, Voice Thread, language labs, Tweeting, Calendar for due dates

16. Mobile Devices in the classroom What is your worst fear for allowing students to use digital devices in the classroom? Mobile devices not being used for educational purposes such as sexting, cyberbulling, videotaping, creating classroom distractions, and texting What would be considered educational uses of mobile devices? Calculator, stop watch, recording skits, extended conversations about content matter, building communication, presentations, web 2.0 tools, and creating digital citizens

17. Statistics on mobile devices (cell phones) being used inappropriately in the past at Drake Discussion topic 123 total incidents 18 students who were repeat offenders with one students repeating 6 times. 43 Lunch time violations 9 Texting violations 18 IPod violations 71 recorded cell phone violations with 32 violations occurring with cell phone misuse or cell phones being turned on. 29 different staff members have confiscated phones 700 students x 180 days = 126,000 students days- 123 incidents/ 126,000 student days = 0.00097 incidents per student per day.

18. What does the research say? Groups will get different readings 10 minutes break up article and read the different sections. Table top blog Tabletop blog- Each group will use butcher paper and place the title of their article in the center of it (If a group would like to use inspiration on a laptop, they may). Each member will add important statements from their jigsaw to the butcher paper (Silently). 3 minutes total time for individuals to add statements and read others from their own group. Each group will then rotate clockwise with their markers and read the next group’s blog. (Silently) You can add to the blog and comment on others. This rotation will happen until each group is back at their original tabletop blog. (Time 15 minutes) Critical learning- (After completing tabletop blog) As a full staff, discuss what was observed through this process. Look for connections made from the different articles.

19. Articles on mobile learning Language Arts reading-Cell phones in the Classroom http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/03/cell-phones-in-classrooms.html Science reading (read all articles)-Cell phones get top marks in class http://www.mobilelearningcanada.com/?tag=classroom Electives- Using Mobile and Social Technologies in Schools http://www.nassp.org/Content.aspx?topic=Using_Mobile_and_Social_Technologies_in_Schools Math- Creating a Connection/Research and Guidelines on Online Social and Educational Networkinghttp://otopdf.net/term-of-use/read-ebook?=http://socialnetworking.procon.org/sourcefiles/CreateandConnect.pdf Social Studies-Mobile Goes Mainstream http://www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2704 World Language and special education-ELL to Gohttp://thejournal.com/articles/2011/05/02/ell-to-go.aspx Administration- The ABCs of BYOLhttp://thejournal.com/articles/2011/05/02/the-abcs-of-byol.aspx Counselors- Confronting Cyberbullyinghttp://thejournal.com/articles/2011/05/02/confronting-cyberbullying.aspx Complete staff- Missed Opportunity? http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/1105/journal_201105/#/44

20. Is there a need for a mobile device policy and the use of mobile devices in the classroom? Time to talk- Discuss table top blogs and readings. Should Drake move forward with allowing students to use mobile devices? What would a mobile device policy look like?

21. Mobile device policies

22. Staff resources

23. What is our #1 issue? Consistency, Consistency, Consistency No staff policy will work unless we have consistent expectations for students by all staff members.

24. Why do we need a Mobile Policy now? Education is changing, technology is an active part of this change. Let’s face it, students already use mobile devices, why not get them to use them for learning. Yes, some students don’t have the newest mobile technology, but the digital divide for mobile devices is much smaller and decreasing each every day. There is the potential for misuse but if we are consistent with our policy and expectations, we can reduce it. Let’s teach are students to embrace the technology and learn to use it appropriately. Even outside the classroom, there are places and times that students should not be using their mobile devices. Driving a car, in church, and in front of Cindy Stevenson when she is presenting. Let’s use the students own technology to teach them.

25. How can mobile device be used in your classroom? Take a few minutes- look at the list below and see how you can use mobile devices in your classroom. Take away at least uses or brainstorm other uses for your own classroom. The following is a list of a few ways mobile device can be used in the classroom Timing experiments with stopwatch Photographing apparatus and results of experiments for reports Photographing development of design models for e-portfolios Photographing texts/whiteboards for future review Blue-toothingproject material between group members Receiving SMS & email reminders from teachers Synchronizing calendar/timetable and setting reminders Connecting remotely to school learning platform Recording a teacher reading a poem for revision Accessing revision sites on the Internet Creating short narrative movies Downloading and listening to foreign language podcasts Logging into the school email system Using GPS to identify locations Transferring files between school and home

26. Closure As we approach this new school year, let us become facilitators of learning. Using a mobile device, complete the follow up survey before you leave. https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG82VHVyWkk0VjJEbXBZd2RVY0RYcGc6MQ

27. Additional Resources Twenty Ideas for Using Mobile Phones in the Language Classroom http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ914893.pdf Think Mobile Phones for Learning http://thinkingmachine.pbworks.com/w/page/22187713/Think-Mobile-Phones-for-Learning 25 Interesting Ways* to use Mobile Phones in the Classroom https://docs.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/present/editid=0AclS3lrlFkCIZGhuMnZjdjVfODgzZnNucW5zZGM&hl=en_GB Cell phones as learning tools – (Video) http://k12online.wm.edu/K12_Kolb_Cell.mp4 Should Students Be Allowed to Use Digital Devices at School? http://www.insidetheschool.com/articles/should-students-be-allowed-to-use-digital-devices-at-school/

28. References Bjerede, M. (2010, March 4). Cell phones in the classroom [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/03/cell-phones-in-classrooms.html Surprising field studies suggest cell phones could be effective learning tools. Article ca be used with language arts teachers to explore how mobile devices can be used in their classrooms. Bloch, E. (2010, May 4). How are teensusingtheircellphones? [Web log post]. Retrievedfrom http://www.flowtown.com/blog/teens-and-their-mobile-phones?display=wide A collection of statisticsaround teen cellphoneuse. Displays severalgraphsthatcompares ageappropriateness. Demski, J. (2011, May 2). ELL to go. The Journal. Retrievedfrom http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/ 05/02/ell-to-go.aspx Twoschoolstransformtheir ELL programs by givingstudentsaround-the-clockaccess to some of the latest mobile devices. Thisarticlecan be used by both World languageteachers and specialeducation to seehow mobile devices can be used to supportdifferent learning. Deubel, P. (2009, March 20). Mobile devices: Facingchallenges and opportunities for learning [Online forum message]. Retrieved from Mobile learning Canada: http://www.mobilelearningcanada.com/?tag=classroom The potential of using mobile technology to promote learning in education.This post will be anexcellentsource for science teachers to seeseveraloptions for using mobile devices in theirclassroom. Eisele-Dyrli, K. (2011, February). Mobile goes mainstream. District Administration. Retrieved from http://www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2704 A morebroadlyacceptedconceptthanever, the arrival of ubiquitous mobile learning in K12 iswellunderway. Anexcellentresource of SocialStudies to usebecauseitconnects to the history of mobile education. Jeffco School Board. (2010). Acceptableuse policy. RetrievedJune 16, 2011, from http://www.jeffcopublicschools.org/publications/conduct_code.pdf The code of conductis a referencesource for administrators, staff, parents, students, and the districtcommunity.

29. References Kolb, L. (2009, November 18). From toy to tool: Cell phones in learning [Web log post]. Retrieved from Blogger: http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/2008/09/ new-statistics-on-teen-cell-phone-use.html CTIA-The Wireless Association® in conjunction with Harris Interactive survey. The survey lookedatteenagersaged 13-19, across the United States. Therewere 100 questionsaboutcell phones, perceptions, and attitudes. Levy, P. (2011, May 2). Confrontingcyberbullying. The Journal. Retrieved from http://thejournal.com/ articles/2011/05/02/confronting-cyberbullying.aspx Expertssaythatschoolsneed to stop worryingaboutexternalinternetpredators and take on the threatwithin: cyberbullying. Thisarticlecan be used as a steppingboard for counselors in addressingsocialissues with cyberbulling in the schools. MetiriGroup. (n.d.). 21st centuryskills. RetrievedJune 15, 2011, from NCREL website: http://www.metiri.com/features.html 21st Century skills and standards for students. This list givesdetails of each of the standards and skillsneeded by students. National School BoardsAssociation. (2007, July). Research and guidelines on online social and educationalnetworking (Vockley and Lang, Ed.). Retrieved from http://socialnetworking.procon.org/sourcefiles/CreateandConnect.pdf Online socialnetworkingisnowbeingused in alllevels of education by teens and Tweens alike.Thisarticlecan be used for mathematicsteachersbecause of the statisticsthatcan be compared

30. References Nesbitt, B. (2007, November 28). A vision of K-12 students today [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8 This video shows how digital natives view technology in schools today and in the future. Schaffhauser, D. (2011, May 2). The ABCs of BYOL. The Journal. Retrieved from http:// thejournal.com/articles/2011/05/02/the-abcs-of-byol.aspx A bring-your-own-laptop program brings districts closer to the goal of getting computers into the hands of the students. This article will allow administrators to see the best approach to providing more technology in schools on limited resources. Using mobile and social technologies in schools. (2011, May). NASSP, nassp board position statements. Retrieved from http://www.nassp.org/Content.aspxtopic=Using_Mobile_ and_Social_Technologies_in_Schools To promote student learning through the use of mobile learning devices and social media in instruction that further prepares students to be active, constructive participants in the highly connected world in which they already live and will soon work. Excellent resource for electives to discuss mobile device uses through out the school.