Using Mobile Devices in the Classroom

Chris Haskell, Boise State University ED Tech program 8:30am-9:30am

• repurpose cell phones, twitter and other social networking tools intended for other uses for educational purposes
• tools with modifications are part of educational evolution
• mobile devices allow students to create their own meanings and methods of leveraging resources
• send a text to your cell email; each cell number has a unique email address
• students can be engaged in scavenger or information hunts with text messaging/twitter/email and voice to email messaging; cell phone quests
• extend the classroom experience to the rest of their lives; reinforce principles we teach in the classroom with mobile devices
• show and tell information resource activities might be good for our library
• k7.net is a great voicemail to email method for asking questions or distributing messages.