Ideas for the Classroom - Smartphones
Below are links to websites that provide ideas of how to use smartphones as educational tools in the classroom.
Smartphone Applications for Young Learners
Depicts the great benefits for younger students and even for preschool aged children. Several apps for an iPhone can help children learn the alphabet and spell first words. DC
Smartphones Allow Access to Limitless Possiblilities
Camera Phones Plaza – Discusses smartphones in education, especially how access to the internet gives students limitless information and many helpful tools. DC
Smartphones Replacing Credit Cards
Business Week article – depicts how Discover is developing the technology to use a smartphone to replace credit cards. This would be a great topic for a consumer math class or a class that covers current events. DC
Apps for Education
Tech & Learning – a quick list of apps for educational purposes including dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, scientific calculator and periodic table of elements. DC
Apple in Education
The Apple website for education provides a wealth of ideas and many video testimonials that show how iPhones (smartphones) can be successfully used in the classroom. There are a multitude of educational applications (apps) available that can, undoubtedly, be beneficial to students in many ways, whether it is to enhance or reinforce learning. CR
25 Practical Ideas for
Using Mobile Phones in the Classroom
If you are a teacher who needs to be convinced of the value of allowing students to use their cell phones/smartphones in class OR if you welcome the idea and would like to see 25 ideas on how you can develop lessons while integrating mobile devices, this is an excellent source and is a quick read. CR
