October 20 TQM PD workshop, Engage them, Don't Enrage them

Today, we talked about a variety of tools you can use in the classroom to engage students with cell phones. Here is a summary, followed by links as appropriate

1. Taking pictures for review or communication. (The picture in this post is an example of a cell phone .jpg) that was sent using MMS to my email account
   
2. Using the voice note feature
3. Using cell phones as calendar scheduling
4. Using cell phones as clickers (see blog posts below, and the link to Jolene's blog here) (if you want the Excel sheet, email me at mapowellATmapowellDOTorg (sorry, the email gets spammed if I link it directly)
   
5. Using Google txt
6. The difference between SMS (simple messenging) and MMS (multimedia messaging)
7. Communicating class summaries using GCAST or simply calling your phone mailbox (see examples here)
8. Collecting data (1 point for every piece of data you get in the next 5 minutes, 2 points if it is out of state, 5 points if it is international) on prices of gas, weather, attitudes on a question.
   
9. Having kids text to your email account
10. The wonders of Jott
11. Using cell phone group lists to communicate to your class
12. Texting if you don't have a phone (here and here)

Give me your comments, or let me know how I can help you make this a part of your classroom!