Course Technology Annual Conference

Using Mobile Technology in the Classroom and

Beyond

Professor Gina M. Bowers-Miller, M.Ed, LPC

Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA

gmbowers@hacc.edu

Presentation Topic

Using Mobile Technology in the Classroom and Beyond

This presentation will share the use of mobile applications and devices in a computer course at Harrisburg Area Community College. CIS 145, "Using Mobile Technologies" explored apps for tablets, laptops and cell phones. Students in this course completed a group project using & comparing 3 different mobile devices & apps. The projects and results will be shared as well as an overview of the favorite apps from the class. Projects included Mindmapping, Zombie Preparedness, Cloud-based projects and more.

~ Gina Bowers-Miller, Harrisburg Area Community College

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg Area Community College

CIS 145, “Using Mobile Technologies”

1. Apps

– Classroom Demo’s

– Course Wiki

– Group Projects

– Favorites

2. Mobile Devices

– Student Survey

• Droid over iPhone

• iPad wins

• How students are using their devices

3. Lessons Learned

Mike Fisher- http://digigogy.blogspot.com/2009/02/digital-blooms-visual.html

Welcome to CIS 145

Using Mobile Technologies

• Emergence of Mobile Technologies in Web 2.0, 3.0, and beyond

• The mobility and evolving nature of these technologies

• Popularity and usefulness

• Hands-on exploration of the devices and mobile applications

• Integrating these emerging technologies into their everyday life

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In the beginning…..

Two Major Projects

1. Group Project Requirements:

• 3 different mobile devices

• 3 related apps or software programs

– online photo album using a cell phone and an iPad and comparing Picasa, Photobucket &

Shutterfly, or creating and posting your resume to a job site using a minimum of 3 different

devices and 3 or more related resume builder / storage sites, a Wiki used for group project

• Each member - test 3 different apps

• Each member - use different type of device

• Create a “sample” of that app ----- Calendar system, Music streaming, Project Wiki, feed reader

2. Classroom Demo

• Explore an app related to the chapter topics- something new to you…

• Demonstrate the app to the class, describing your experience

• How could this app be useful for you or your classmates or on the job

Welcome to CIS 145

Using Mobile Technologies

https://classroomwiki01.wikispaces.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DTUDczwtyc&feature=youtu.be

No longer available- a lesson

Class Articles

Class Links

Lectures & Content

Classroom Demo

Group Projects

Mobile Apps - Links

Mobile Devices in Education - Links

Evolving Content

• Useful?

• Works on multi-platforms?

• Create & show sample?

• How would you rate it?

• Would YOU use it?

Group Projects

-- News Aggregators

Organization--

Presentation: http://portal.sliderocket.com/CSWZW/Edited-Powerpoint-Group-Project-Get-it-Done

Photos--

* Get It Done * Todo.ly * G-Tasks * Tasks Plus

Group Projects

• ITTT –

(if this than that)

• Cozi Organizer

• Wellness-

• MindMeister

Zombie Survival

I

Preparing for a

disaster, games,

and exercise

apps …

Zombie Survival

It’s REAL- even the CDC says so…Group Website: http://bigbadpig.wix.com/survivalapps

Photo Collage & Word Clouds

Study guides,

posters, key words,

creative expression

Organize

your photos

with flare!

Class Articles- A Changing Wiki

~ Website that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser.

~ Hawaiian wiki to hurry; quick, fast … We discovered a glitch in Wikispaces…

Class Links-A Changing Wiki

So Many Apps.. So Little Time!!!

http://www.go2web20.net/

Favorites

Favorite Sites/Apps

• Lastpass- password saving vault

• Box & Dropbox cloud storage

• Spotify - music streaming

• Seat Guru – airline seat review

• Trip Advisor- trip planning-reviews

• Go2Web20.net – apps, apps, and more

• LoseIt – Weight Loss-Fitness

• Invisible Hand- Shopping

• Prezi- Slide show

Videos

• Web and Random Acts of

Kindness – Jonathan Zittrain, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P65XdTlk4

vA

• The Machine Is Us/ing Us -

Michael Wesch, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT

_g&list=PL01C06F0B5E2B9EE4&index=1

• Common Craft Videos –

Lee LeFever-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-A1l4Jn6EY

LastPass

Secure, encrypted

vault… access

online or with

client..

Symbaloo-http://www.symbaloo.com/#

A visual method of organizing your favorite sites!

Mobile Devices

• Devices

Emerging Mobile Technology

Survey Classes

Fall 2011 & Spring 2013

Most Frequent Phone Tasks

2011 2013

1. Email 60% 38%

2. Facebook 50% 44%

3. Call family/friends 50% 69%

4. Pictures 45% 47%

5. Set Alarms 70% 44%

6. Texting 80% 88%

Tablet Tasks

Favorites

• Email

• More specific uses

than general surfing

• E-textbooks

________________

• Main workhorse

device is computer

or laptop

• Not a Mobile

Device…Yet!

2011 2013

1. Email 67% 67%

2. Facebook 33% 50%

3. D2L/LMS 33% 50%

4. Listen to Music 33% 50%

5. Check Weather 0% 50%

6. E-Textbooks 0% 17%

7. Surf the Web 100 % 33%

• Own a tablet 16% 18%

Lessons Learned

1. Wikispaces cannot be edited by more than 1 person at a time!

2. All teams are not created equal

3. Apps go away & sites change

4. Wikispaces cannot be edited by more than 1 person at a time!!

5. What was free yesterday may cost today

6. If it can go wrong, it probably will… during finals week

7. Why doesn’t this work? Sometimes it cannot be explained!

8. Wikispaces cannot be edited by more than 1 person at a time!!!

In the “Real” World…

Contact Information

• Professor Gina M. Bowers-Miller, M.Ed., LPC

Harrisburg Area Community College

gmbowers@hacc.edu

• My assistant Mango, & her X-Box!– ex-box…

• Thank You to the students in

CIS 282A~CIS 145, Spring 2011 - Spring 2013,

for your hard work & allowing me to share it!

• Link: http://goo.gl/NYGcg

• https://classroomwiki01.wikispaces.com/