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Cell Phones as Cell Phones as Educational Learning Educational Learning

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Hour 1: Introduction and

Discussion

Introduction:• Welcome to the Cell Phones as

Educational Learning Tools Workshop!

• In this workshop you will create your own lesson with the cell phone as the focus

Resources:

• For this workshop you will be using two main resources:

• This PowerPoint and• The wikispace

http://multimediatechnology.wikispaces.com/

Please keep both open for easy access

Topic: The Cell Phone: The Next Educational Innovation

Population:This Multimedia workshop is designed for educators who are interested in taking the cell phone from distraction to educational learning tool.

Outcomes: By the end of this course students will be able to:1. Use the cell phone in an educational setting.2. Design assignments and assessments through the use of a cell phone.3. Use existing technology in conjunction with the use of cell phones.

AgendaHour 1:

Pre-trainingCell Phones: The Next Educational Innovation VideoCell phone distraction and fear conversation

Hour 2:Resources and Brainstorming

Presentation of possible uses for cell phones in the classroomTeam brainstorming activity

Hour 3:Creation

Begin creation of authentic assessmentHour 4:Creation

Continue Creation of authentic assessmentHour 5:Sharing

Group/team sharing of assessment

Pre-TrainingBefore we can begin creating cell phone based lessons. We first must understand

the history of cell phones in the classroom.

Please watch the following video so that we can begin to wrap our brains around the

task at hand.

Cell Phones: The Next Educational Innovation

This video was created by myself to show the evolution of cell phones in the educational setting and the difference in opinions that

comes with their use, and how cell phones can and will be the next educational innovation. This video can be permanently found at

http://principlesofdistanceeducation.blogspot.com/

Please feel free to use and share the video as you see fit!

Video Graphic Organizer

Please use the following graphic organizer to follow along with the pre-training video or to use as a

summary of the video. This graphic organizer is available for

your use athttp://mywebspiration.com/view/336707a335d0

At this point please return to the Multimedia Workshop Wikispace

and click on the tab Hour 1 Activityhttp://

multimediatechnology.wikispaces.com/

Hour 2: Incorporating Cell Phones into the

Classroom

Ways to Incorporate Cell Phones into your

classroom

• In this section of the workshop I will introduce two possible resources for you to use with cell phones in your classrooms:– Yodio.com – Polleverywhere.com

Resource Tutorials:

Please watch the Yodio.com and the Polleverywhere.com tutorial videos located on the workshop wikispace

under the tab Hour 2 Activities.

After you have watched the tutorials come back to this PowerPoint for

your next steps.

TeamBrainstorming SessionIn your grade teams that you created based on

the Hour 1 Discussion please brainstorm a list of at least five possibilities for both Yodio.com

and Polleverywhere.com.

Make sure that the ideas that your team brainstorms could actually be used in your

classroom because we will come back to them in Hour 3!

You may choose to use the brainstorming template found here or under the Hour 2 tab.

Brainstorming Template.doc

Ideas for BrainstormingIf you are struggling with coming up with

ideas please visit the following website for great ideas on how to incorporate cell phones into your classroom!

http://k12cellphoneprojects.wikispaces.com/

Also feel free to join this wiki and add your ides to the idea bank!

Hour 3: Individual Creation of

Authentic Assessment

Creating a Cell Phone Friendly Lesson

The next two hours of this multimedia workshop have been designed to let you begin creating

two cell phone friendly lessons with both Yodio.com and Polleverywhere.com.

Use your time to create your lessons while you still have my guided help. If you experience any difficulties or have any questions please skype me at kkhetzel. I will be online and I

will be answering any and all questions in the order that I receive them.

HAPPY CREATING!

Hour 5:Sharing Your Creations

Sharing Your Creations

On your team pages that you have created on the workshop please share and upload your

creations so we can all see how you have used Yodio.com and Polleverywhere.com in your

classrooms.

This is often the most helpful part of the workshop because this is when we are able to collaborate

and share what you have created. You never know, what you created may fit into someone

else’s classroom too!

Workshop Evaluation

In the Hour 5 tab under the discussion area please fill out the

workshop evaluation.

Thank you for attending this multimedia workshop!

Kassidy Hetzel