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Maximizing Handheld Devices for Personal and Educational Use

Discover the practical applications and benefits of handheld devices such as cell phones, iPods, and other gadgets for personal organization, classroom functions, and educational enhancement. Learn about their features and explore the positives and negatives of integrating them into daily tasks and learning.

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Maximizing Handheld Devices for Personal and Educational Use

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  1. Handheld Devices By: Juanita Harrell Matt Serge Jana Bender Megan McCue

  2. Definition: Handheld is its ability to handle personal information, including contacts, calendar entries, and task or to-do lists.

  3. Can you name any Handheld devices?

  4. Who has a handheld device with them right now?

  5. Cell Phone Functions: • Camera • Video Camera • Clock • Maps • Memo Pad • Alarm Clock • Voice Recorder • GPS • MP3 Player • Calendar • Calculator • Contact List • Text Messages • Walkie-Talkies • Internet • Email • Games

  6. Cell Phone Classroom Functions: What up Teach? • Monitoring Attendance • Memo Pad • Stopwatch • Texting Homework Questions • Voice Recorder (Taking Notes) • Camera (Pictures/Video of Students) • Grade Reminders Through Text Messages • Music Player for Studying • Taking Surveys • Clock and Time Management

  7. Cell Phones: I WANT YOU to tell me how you use your cell phones!

  8. What are the negatives of using cell phones in the classroom? • Distractions (Ringing) • Poor Grammar Habits (Texting) • Games During Class • Less Face to Face Interaction • What else can you name?

  9. iPod’s General Functions: • Podcasting • Stopwatch • Pictures • T.V. Shows • Pedometer • Music • Movies • Games • Calendar • Running Program

  10. Our Personal Uses: • 100% of us use it for music. • 50% percent of us use it for games. • 25% of us use it for pictures. • 25% of us use it for telling time. • 25% of us use it for the stopwatch feature.

  11. Educational Uses: • Calendar. • Class Notes (downloaded). • Contact Lists for group work. • Mobile Curriculum: • Movies • Quizzes • Book Readings • Poetry • Podcasting for replaying lectures. • Books on CD’s • Stopwatch to time activities. • Music in the classroom. • Personalize Languages. • Math Modeling. • Class Lectures.

  12. Negatives of iPodUse: • Distractions (students lose focus) • What distractions can you think of?

  13. Positive vs. Negative Positive Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrZXqCO0gmI Negative Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsFaii9Fvjs

  14. Other Handheld Devices: • Walkman • MP3Players (other than iPod’s) • Personal Organizers • Mobile Gaming Devices • Stopwatch • Laptops • Blackberry • Digital Camera • Video Camera • GPS • Ebooks • Portable Electronic Keyboards • XM Radio

  15. Then and Now X = Walkman Pictures T.V. Show/Videos Clock Stopwatch Bulky, and not very easy to carry. Weighed 2 pounds and had 30 minutes of talk time before recharging. Cost around 4 grand. = Extremely small and light. Much longer call time and costs have significantly decreased to say the least.

  16. Questions Anyone?

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