1. Using Mobile Apps for Education William Stowe

2. What are Apps? Online apps – basically web pages – interaction designed specifically for small screens – mobile devices

3. Why uses apps? When was the last time you saw a student outside of school with a textbook? When was the last time you saw a student with a mobile device? Look around the room, there are mobile devices out now.

4. Connections How many of you checked your email? How many of you updated your status/location? – FACEBOOK The apps help build the connection

5. Poll Don’t forget: You can copy- paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

6. How I Address Multiple Devices Smartphones Computers Other devices

7. Poll Don’t forget: You can copy- paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

8. Create a Google Account and Add Items to Your iGoogle Page Select a QR generator Select a Tiny URL generator Select Google maps Optional add more if you want.

9. iGoogle Account w/Gadgets

10. Create a SITE on Google From the iGoogle page select MORE Click on SITES Name your new site

11. Insert an image On your iGoogle page select the map gadget Open it up to full screen Enter Collin county college Frisco TX Copy the screen (function print screen or just print screen Open PPT & Paste Edit image and save as a PNG file

12. Create and Insert Form Create a simple form with a questions about the image. Edit confirmation to provide correct answer Return to Practice 2012 page and insert form next to image.

13. QR Code and Test Use URL from site create QR code for mobile devices. Test with your smartphone

14. Field App

15. Map/Location apps

16. Other Simple Apps

17. Magmito http://m.magmito.com/107786/biol14 01fuel http://m.magmito.com/107786/biol14 01fuel

18. Concept Map App

20. Twitter Collaboration/Teams Hashtags Issues

21. Why is this important? It is 24-7 Provides you or your school real time feedback Connections

22. Orientation Apps (Lost Students)

23. Human Biology Study/Practice App

24. Experimental Procedure Apps

25. Over Come Accessibility There is always technology sitting unused. You have to ask around to find it. Problem-sometimes you might not get tech that works or you have to be your own tech support. – Tip - always run multiple browsers

26. Students Responses

27. Students Data

28. Questions William Stowe wstowe@kilgore.edu