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“Take Out Your Cell Phones! It’s Time for
Class!”
Tampa, Florida
March 9-12, 2010
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Cell Phone Conundrum
To ban or not to ban? Conceding the battle to win the war
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Cell Phones & Students
99.7% have a mobile device94% send and receive messages27% own a smart phone
Source: 2009 study by Ball State University (IN)
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How Do Students Communicate?
59% use SMS to keep in touch17% call and talk9% send IMs7% send e-mail
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And in your classroom?
62% admit to texting during class
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Last Year’s Conference
One or two great ideas
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Polleverywhere.com
Replaces “clicker” response systemsLet’s try it out first!
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Take Out Your Phones!
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Clickers vs. Cell Phones
Clickers:Extra expenseOccasionally lostGiven to friends to
“click in” for each other
Something else to carry and forget
Cell Phones:Non-incremental
costRarely lostNever given awayAlways brought to
class
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What the Service Offers
Anonymous text responsesAutomated attendance-takingEasy way to engage and interact with
class
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What I Did at NAU
Tried it FREE firstUp to 32 responses
Bought an education subscriptionUp to 400 responses$699/year
Created ONE poll per class periodCheck engagementSpark discussion
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Sample Slides
First Day – “Who’s Here?”Most popular Internet featureResponse to in-class videos
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Driverless Cars in 10 Years?
GM predictionFirst tests in 2015First real road deployment in 2018
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Issues We Encountered
Not all students have unlimited text plans
Classroom walls blocked cell reception
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What Students Had to Say…
70% participated every time we had a poll
95% said it increased engagement in class material
93% would recommend it to other teachers
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Comments From My Class To You
“It will save your students money” “Easy way (for me) to participate in class
without others knowing my opinion” “Helped me pay attention more” “Do your students a favor – they always have
their phones and it’s fun!” “I got my parents to pay for an unlimited text
plan since I’m using my phone for education!”
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On the Horizon…Project K-Nect
Qualcomm-sponsored pilot test for math educationOnly 31% of 8th graders score at/above
proficient level
Southwest HS in Jacksonville, NCStudent-generated & videotaped solutionsIf they get this in K-12, they’ll expect it
from US!
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One Last Question…