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Welcome to Class! Please Take Out Your Cell Phones!. Mark Frydenberg Bentley University http://cis.bentley.edu/mfrydenberg mfrydenberg@bentley.edu @checkmark. Polling ( PollEverywhere ). Polling (mClkOnLine.com). Mclkonline.com. What do teens do with their phones? ( Pew ).
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Welcome to Class! Please Take Out Your Cell Phones! Mark Frydenberg Bentley University http://cis.bentley.edu/mfrydenberg mfrydenberg@bentley.edu @checkmark
Polling (mClkOnLine.com) • Mclkonline.com
Prensky, 2004 Computer in your pocket Listen to podcasts
Problems • Texting during class • Cheating on exams • Bullying • Sending photos
Stream or Record Video • Qik.com Interviews
Note Taking Apps • Synch notes with Dropbox or the cloud • Posterous easily posts text or photos to the web
Other ideas • Time experiments with stopwatch • Take photos of results of experiments for lab reports • Take photos of whiteboards for future review • Use bluetooth to transfer project materials between group members • Receive SMS & email reminders from teachers • Record yourself giving a presentation • Download and listen to podcasts • Using GPS to identify locations
App Development Native Apps Web Apps Built on HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript Work on multiple phone platforms Avoid the “app store” • Build an app compiled for a specific phone platform. • Requires coding / programming skills • Uses SDK from phone vendor. • Requires dev license from vendor to publish on App Store / Marketplace
Software Tools PhoneGap.com MobileNationHQ.com AppMakr.com • Often web-based, drag n drop environments • No or minimal coding • Limited functionality? • May produce an app (to publish on an app store) or a mobile web site • Create apps for multiple phone platforms
MySchoolApp: Native App for Windows Phone 7 • Modify the template and recompile to make an app for your school • Implemented in Visual Basic, C# • Code available on CodePlex • Free to post on Marketplace with edu account from DreamSpark
Dev Tool Example: AppMakr • Create an account on AppMakr • Need an iOS Developer Account ($99) • Developer.apple.com/iphone • iOS Provisioning Portal –allows testing apps on other devices (ad hoc distrib) or on App Store
Thanks! Mark Frydenberg Bentley University http://cis.bentley.edu/mfrydenberg mfrydenberg@bentley.edu @checkmark