GSSD Highschool

Building 21st Century Skills in the High School Classroom

Mobile Device Workshop

  1. eReaders – Kobos, Kindles, iPads
  2.  apps for Destiny Quest, Overdrive
  3. DropBox
  4. Evernote
  5. Google Earth
  6. audio tools —  Dragon Dictation  is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages
  7. popplet
  8. Quick Graph
  9. Show me
  10. Ccal   –  This application is a calendar application that can synchronize with Google Calendar and Picasa. You can add a photo to a date.
  11. Pocket Pond
  12. Gas Buddy
  13. Build-a-Body
  14. 7 Billion
  15. Idioms
  16. Sudoku 2
  17. TuneIn Radio
  18. WebMD
  19. Book Creator
  20. Fotobabble
  21. Sound Hound
  22. WeTxt
  23. Screen Chomp
  24. iplaybook
  25. Explain Everything

Link here to the apps! 

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Additional Resources

  • Creating a plan with students to use cell phones for learning
    • Example
      1.  engagement-audience response-polls, wiffitis, 100% participation, can be anonymous
      2.  communication-group texting, group projects, cooperative learning
      3.  home-school connection-group texts to parents, parents text teacher/student
      4.  homework-phone never lost, answer questions on phone, review notes, etc on the go
      6.  research-googlesms/chacha/text an expert
      6.  organization-calendar/alarm/reminders/calculator/notes
      7.  varied sensory instruction-googlevoice,voki, pictures
      8.  visual-camera/video

 

 

Open Forum:  What is your school policy on mobile devices?