Screen Shot of Geograffiti
Using cell phones for educational purposes is becoming increasingly popular in K-8 classrooms. Students are able to use cell phones for many different purposes and there are many websites that allows them to call or text in and leave audio recordings. Some of these websites include; Google Voice, iPadio, Yodi, Tumblr, Geograffiti, UhaveAudio, and Phonecasting.
One specific website that I took a closer look at was Geograffiti. They recently lowered their age limit from 13 years old to K-12 classrooms. It is a tool for students to call in and record their voice to appear on a map, pin pointing their location. According to a blog post by Liz Kolb, there are many different ways to use Geograffiti in a K-12 classroom:
1) Center Time (K-3)
Students can work on fluency, oral presentation skills, reading, creating an argument, reasoning, inquiry, questioning, by calling in to Geograffiti.
2) Homework, Field Trips, Spring Break
Students can work with their parents over spring break or summer break and leave voicemarks about their experiences, vacations, and what they learned over the break. Students on a field trip could record their observations (such as a trip to the zoo or a science museum).
3) Language Study
Students learning a new language can call in voicemarks and practice their new language skills
4) Social Studies
Students can ask others (friends and family) to call in from different parts of the country to give their perspective on local, national, and international social and cultural issues.
5) Oral Histories
Students could document oral or local histories by conducting interviews that would be placed on the map.
6) Real time Math
Students could call in to Geograffiti when they recognize that they are doing algebra, geometry or physics in their real life, they could describe the situation and put it into mathematical terms.
Students can work on fluency, oral presentation skills, reading, creating an argument, reasoning, inquiry, questioning, by calling in to Geograffiti.
2) Homework, Field Trips, Spring Break
Students can work with their parents over spring break or summer break and leave voicemarks about their experiences, vacations, and what they learned over the break. Students on a field trip could record their observations (such as a trip to the zoo or a science museum).
3) Language Study
Students learning a new language can call in voicemarks and practice their new language skills
4) Social Studies
Students can ask others (friends and family) to call in from different parts of the country to give their perspective on local, national, and international social and cultural issues.
5) Oral Histories
Students could document oral or local histories by conducting interviews that would be placed on the map.
6) Real time Math
Students could call in to Geograffiti when they recognize that they are doing algebra, geometry or physics in their real life, they could describe the situation and put it into mathematical terms.
Some of the advantages to using cell phones in education is that it is something kids can take ownership in and have very quick responses or collection of data appear right in front of them through the use of technology. A major disadvantage teachers think about is that students will use their cell phones for personal use in the classroom or perhaps cheat on tests or assignment.
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