1. Really! Cell Phones can help improve Your Class
Or how to engage students in the digital world,
Joe Barch
N.T.S.E.A. Conference 2018
October 27, 2018

2. welcome!

3. Now take a picture of this slide!
Assisting with note taking,
Engage in classroom activities,
Bring classroom concepts to home, and back,
Provide for missed class time,
Share concepts and less common driving experiences,
Provide for both formative and Summative Assessment.
Projects.
Now take a picture of this slide!

4. First! Establish acceptable use Guidelines in your class.
You can:
Use your phone for taking notes,
Engage in classroom online activities or in class activities.
Audio Record (part of notetaking)
When not involved in the above activities you devices should be stowed out of sight!
Do not use your devices for:
Recording people or the class without permission.
Post to Social websites anything pertaining to this class.
Engage in any other online activities that are not a part of or supporting your learning in this Driver Education class.

5. Let’s look at some classroom uses for the cell phone
We just experienced note taking.
Some other activities are:
Socrative
Kahoot!
Assessments
Concept Demonstrations

6. Open your phones
Search and download Socrative at Socrative.com
Enter classroom “MRBARCHDRED”
Socrative
Take a quick look at Kahoot!
Kahoot!

7. You even might get parents involved!
Cell phones can be used to enhance learning by having students in researching or applying classroom concepts to different situations.
You even might get parents involved!
Homework:
Take pictures and label the car controls and instrument panel of the car you drive.
Car Controls Assignment
Demonstrate the Reference Points for your car at home.
Reference Point Assignment

8. How to get the most out of your Cell Phone
Believe it or not you have a powerful, yet inexpensive recording studio in your hands
QUICK TIPS
Use Landscape for recording
For $100-$200 dollars you can add stands, microphones, lighting and lenses.
Use video editing tools or your phone
Check our Sean Cannell at Think Media TV

9. How to get the most out of your Cell Phone

10. Instructional Right of Way video
You can use your cell phone to:
Make instructional videos
Record classes for absent students
Record guest speaker
Develop a Youtube channel
Bring in unique or the unusual situations and signs.
Virtual Reality with CardBoard Camera
My Youtube account
Instructional Right of Way video

11. It’ Your turn: Work in teams of two. Pick one Demonstration Card
Use one model car and a roadway to support your card. (if you have parallel parking use two cars.)
Use your phone to video the steps for your situation.
You have 12 minutes.

12. Cardboard camera
It is a app (application) that allows your cell phone to take pictures of views 360° in virtual reality!
It does take audio as well so watch what you say.
It can be used with virtual reality goggles to show searching intersections and (my favorite) show how and why a blindspot

13. Let’s try this one together!
Everyone! Open your phone and search your apps for cardboard camera.
It is FREE!
Download the application.
Take a 360° picture

14. It is not just for entertainment!
You can save and store your edited videos.
Share links with students for private viewing.
Make a channel and go public with your work.
Build up subscribers and viewers and get money!
You Tube
It is not just for entertainment!

15. Students can use cellphones to create or enhance projects.
Create PSA’s
You can check for understanding or use as an assessment
Student Video

16. And just last week!
I had a student whose Father was having difficulty helping her with the Hill-start as required on the Vermont road test.
She wanted to audio record it as she performed it. (Good)
We video recorded it. (Better)

17. Things to remember! Cell Phones can be a useful classroom tool!
Establish an acceptable use policy.
Many of the applications are Chrome, PC and Tablet friendly.
Enables students to experience concepts that they may not normally encounter.
Prepare students for In-vehicle lessons where they “see” beforehand LOS and POT changes.
A means of Formative and Summative assessment

18. resources Sean Cannell, Smartphone Accessories
Sean Cannell Studio Set up
WeVideo
Screencastomatic
What's Wrong with Millenials
Joe Barch
Traffic Safety Project Rubric
Reference Point Video Rubric
Socrative
Kahoot!
Cardboard camera

19. Joe Barch e-mail jmbarch7782@gmail.com
Exit question
Socrative
Open up Socrative
Answer the three Exit questions.
The Teacher question is:
What tool or concept are you most likely to try?
The End!
Joe Barch