Cellphones in the Classroom: From Taboo to Useful Tool Illinois Computing Educators Conference February 25, 2010 St. Charles, IL
STARRING... JASON JANCZAK SOCIAL STUDIES GRAYSLAKE CENTRAL HS D 127 TWITTER:JJANCZAK TRACY TARASIUK READING SPECIALIST 6, 7, & 8 PARK CAMPUS SCHOOL CCSD 46 TWITTER:TRACYT1
WHY Commonplace in our students lives (and pockets!) Motivating and engaging 1:1 Opportunity
WHY Proper/appropriate use Connecting teachers with parents/students Bring outside voices into the classroom
TOOLS & ACTIVITIES Poll Everywhere Google SMS Service text to ChaCha answers text to
TOOLS & ACTIVITIES TextMarks Using voices outside the classroom More ideas: Liz Kolb’s website
ADMINISTRATION Classroom invitations Proper/appropriate use of cellphones need to be taught Teacher/student agreements for use
QUESTIONS? Jason Janczak Twitter: jjanczak Tracy Tarasiuk Twitter: tracyt1