Implementation of mobile devices in the classroom

1. Implementation of mobile devices in the classroom http://www.flickr.com/photos/umpcportal/3221591123/ by Joseph Volk

2. Original Brainstorm

3. Then the idea came to me…

4. Problem statement Drake Middle School will implement a fair use policy that will allow student to use mobile devices appropriately within the educational setting. Staff will have consistent expectations that are enforced uniformly across the school that will allow students to mobile devices within current instructional practices.

5. Needs Assessment • Survey for needs assessment

6. Objectives Drake Middle School will adopt a modified mobile device and cell phone policy by August 22nd, the first day of school. The new policy will state that students are allowed to use mobile devices for educational purposes within the classroom environment. Objective 1 The staff will know how the new policy is different from the old policy. Objective 2 The staff will participate in two applications for mobile devices that can be used in their classroom immediately for formative assessment. Objective 3 The staff will research and share out different uses of mobile devices in the classroom.

7. Lesson Plan

8. Instructional Materials The next several sides will show additional instructional materials used in presenting a mobile device policy that addresses the issues presented from the needs assessment.

9. Mobile Devices in the classroom http://www.flickr.com/photos/umpcportal/3221591123/

10. Engage- Directions: As department groups, look at the different statistics on teen cell phone use. • Teen phone use data • From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning • Discuss your observations and answer the question below as a group using a mobile device at Wiffiti.com http://wiffiti.com/screens/65595 • What are three interesting facts that your department group focused on after reviewing the data on teen cell phone use?

11. Agenda • Engage- Teen use of cell phones • Video-A Vision of K-12 Students Today • Objectives and outcomes • Change in education and technology integration • Drake Statistics • Readings about mobile technology- Jigsaw and tabletop blog • Need for mobile devices- and uses • Compare and contrast old and new policies • Consistency • Benefits of fair use policy • Individual content uses • Closure

12. Technology in education today • New State Standards have embedded technology within them. • We are teaching for jobs that have not even been created. • Students need to become digital citizens http://chathamedu618sp11.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Skills+and+National+Educational+Technology+Standards+(NETS) http://www.berthoudrecorder.com/2010/08/02/state-board-of-education-approves-common-core-standards/

13. 21st Century Technology skills • Digital Age Literacy • Inventive Thinking • Effective Communication • High Productivity

14. Mobile Devices in the classroomDrake’s Stats- 18 responses Do you have a mobile device connected to the internet? (I am defining mobile device as a I-POD touch, Smartphone, I-Pad, Laptop) 80% of staff have a device Should students use mobile devices for educational purposes at home? 94% strongly agree or agree depending on assignment Should students use mobile devices for educational purposes at school? 89% strongly agree or agree depending on assignment

15. Mobile Devices in the classroomDrake’s Stats Do you wish you had more technology available for learning in the classroom? 89% would like more or a lot more technology Drake staff can effectively monitor mobile devices used in the school. 39% agree or strongly agree that we can monitor mobile devices Drake staff can effectively enforce the use of mobile devices following a school policy. 44% agree or strongly agree that we can enforce the mobile use policy.

16. Mobile Devices in the classroom What would be considered educational uses of mobile devices? Calculator, stop watch, recording skits, extended conversations about content matter, building communication, presentations, web 2.0 tools, and creating digital citizens http://apps-school.com/index.php

17. Statistics on mobile devices (cell phones) being used inappropriately in the past at Drake Discussion topic • 123 total incidents • 18 students who were repeat offenders with one students repeating 6 times. • 43 Lunch time violations • 9 Texting violations • 18 IPod violations • 71 recorded cell phone violations with 32 violations occurring with cell phone misuse or cell phones being turned on. • 29 different staff members have confiscated phones • 700 students x 180 days = 126,000 students days- • 123 incidents/ 126,000 student days = 0.00097 incidents per student per day.

18. What does the research say? Groups will get different readings 10 minutes break up article and read the different sections. Table top blog Tabletop blog- Each group will use butcher paper and place the title of their article in the center of it (If a group would like to use inspiration on a laptop, they may). Each member will add important statements from their jigsaw to the butcher paper (Silently). 3 minutes total time for individuals to add statements and read others from their own group. Each group will then rotate clockwise with their markers and read the next group’s blog. (Silently) You can add to the blog and comment on others. This rotation will happen until each group is back at their original tabletop blog. (Time 15 minutes) Critical learning- (After completing tabletop blog) As a full staff, discuss what was observed through this process. Look for connections made from the different articles.

19. Articles on mobile learning • Language Arts reading-Cell phones in the Classroom http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/03/cell-phones-in-classrooms.html • Science reading (read all articles)-Cell phones get top marks in class http://www.mobilelearningcanada.com/?tag=classroom • Electives- Using Mobile and Social Technologies in Schools http://www.nassp.org/Content.aspx?topic=Using_Mobile_and_Social_Technologies_in_Schools • Math- Creating a Connection/Research and Guidelines on Online Social and Educational Networkinghttp://otopdf.net/term-of-use/read-ebook?=http://socialnetworking.procon.org/sourcefiles/CreateandConnect.pdf • Social Studies-Mobile Goes Mainstream http://www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2704 • World Language and special education-ELL to Gohttp://thejournal.com/articles/2011/05/02/ell-to-go.aspx • Administration- The ABCs of BYOLhttp://thejournal.com/articles/2011/05/02/the-abcs-of-byol.aspx • Counselors- Confronting Cyberbullyinghttp://thejournal.com/articles/2011/05/02/confronting-cyberbullying.aspx • Complete staff- Missed Opportunity? • http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/1105/journal_201105/#/44

20. Collaboration • Joe… Rod, Here is the rough draft of the mobile policy I have drafted, based off of research and information collected from the staff survey. I did add a few things that may be different then traditional the thinking. Please read and send me feedback on what improvements I should make as soon as possible. Along with creating a policy, I am creating a 1 hour 15 minute professional development for my class to help get the staff to think about and accept a mobile policy. Once I have a policy that you think could work, I will share my overall presentation with you as well as my professional development. We can then decide on a mode of how to approach the staff with this idea.  Rod… Joe, I’m good with all of it except the cost for the offenses! It will never fly! I also think it gives kids an excuse to carry it in their back pocket which completely upsets a few of your peers. If this will fly then all students must be able to have their phones on the at all times, just not to be used unless in the pretext of classroom instruction. Just my thought,

21. Joe… Rod,  Thanks for the input. I like your push back and those were my areas of concern.  Here are my thoughts on those two points. I am still in the creating stage and trying to think outside the box to help with implementation and buy in. The more ideas I have, the better. Why do you feel that the ransom will not fly? Any other consequences that could work? My thinking behind the fine(ransom) is to become a major persuasion for students by the school and there parents. I know if my child kept getting their mobile device taken away and I had to pay a price to get it returned, I would be upset, and we would have a deep talk about this issue. If the students use their mobile devices correctly and at appropriate times, then there should be no threat of it being taken away. Of course this is a gray area because of consistency of staff enforcement. We would need clear and consistent expectations on from the staff.  Do you feel parents would be outraged by the fine?   The mobile device policy  requiring students to turn off and place mobile devices in the locker from bell to bell is still in place. However, when asked to bring to class (the staff has to plan ahead of time)  students can then take them to use in that class only. Currently, many of our student have their cell phones on them even with our current policy. Most students have them tucked into their pockets and as long as they are not seen or heard, they are not searched. My major selling point for staff which makes it easier to enforce is the mobile device being turned on. If the device is on, then it is considered a violation if not in the presence of an educational learning environment. Now that still leads to issues with it being used in an educational setting and being used inappropriately.  Already, we can not look at a students cell phone and messaging which means it may be harder to prove. The consequences for these actions may be loss of privileges(use of mobile device in class), loss of points, lower great, referral, etc... If it goes to a referral or is proven that inappropriate use has taken place during the school day, then we can  fine the students.

22. Rod… Joe, The fine is not consistent with district policy, I’m not sure we would be allowed to put the ransom/ fine in place. Knowing that not all parents think like you we would get major push back from the parents who always think it is our fault and their child did nothing wrong. I am not comfortable going down the ransom road! I also think that our kids are going to carry their phones with them no matter what and we will be fighting a losing battle with making the school policy stricter and then allowing them have their phones only when we want them too. Enforcement is going to be a nightmare with discussions/consequences filling our very valuable time. I hope that this part of the policy would keep the management part away from the main office and let Jen deal with the more serious discipline issues. I think we are fighting a losing battle in this two way thinking. On one hand we say technology is coming it is for the best and we better stay ahead of the curve. On the other hand we get crazy because a kid has his phone on him, not using it but just in his pocket.  The enforcement/consequence portion of any policy is very difficult.

23. Mobile device policies

24. Staff Resources

25. Assessment • Post Assessment or https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG82VHVyWkk0VjJEbXBZd2RVY0RYcGc6MQ

26. Additional Resources Twenty Ideas for Using Mobile Phones in the Language Classroom http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ914893.pdf Think Mobile Phones for Learning http://thinkingmachine.pbworks.com/w/page/22187713/Think-Mobile-Phones-for-Learning 25 Interesting Ways* to use Mobile Phones in the Classroom https://docs.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/present/editid=0AclS3lrlFkCIZGhuMnZjdjVfODgzZnNucW5zZGM&hl=en_GB Cell phones as learning tools – (Video) http://k12online.wm.edu/K12_Kolb_Cell.mp4 Should Students Be Allowed to Use Digital Devices at School? http://www.insidetheschool.com/articles/should-students-be-allowed-to-use-digital-devices-at-school/

27. References Bjerede, M. (2010, March 4). Cell phones in the classroom [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/03/cell-phones-in-classrooms.html Surprising field studies suggest cell phones could be effective learning tools. Article ca be used with language arts teachers to explore how mobile devices can be used in their classrooms. Bloch, E. (2010, May 4). How are teensusingtheircellphones? [Web log post]. Retrievedfrom http://www.flowtown.com/blog/teens-and-their-mobile-phones?display=wide A collection of statisticsaround teen cellphoneuse. Displays severalgraphsthatcompares ageappropriateness. Demski, J. (2011, May 2). ELL to go. The Journal. Retrievedfrom http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/ 05/02/ell-to-go.aspx Twoschoolstransformtheir ELL programs by givingstudentsaround-the-clockaccess to some of the latest mobile devices. Thisarticlecan be used by both World languageteachers and specialeducation to seehow mobile devices can be used to supportdifferent learning. Deubel, P. (2009, March 20). Mobile devices: Facingchallenges and opportunities for learning [Online forum message]. Retrieved from Mobile learning Canada: http://www.mobilelearningcanada.com/?tag=classroom The potential of using mobile technology to promote learning in education.This post will be anexcellentsource for science teachers to seeseveraloptions for using mobile devices in theirclassroom. Eisele-Dyrli, K. (2011, February). Mobile goes mainstream. District Administration. Retrieved from http://www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2704 A morebroadlyacceptedconceptthanever, the arrival of ubiquitous mobile learning in K12 iswellunderway. Anexcellentresource of SocialStudies to usebecauseitconnects to the history of mobile education. Jeffco School Board. (2010). Acceptableuse policy. RetrievedJune 16, 2011, from http://www.jeffcopublicschools.org/publications/conduct_code.pdf The code of conductis a referencesource for administrators, staff, parents, students, and the districtcommunity.

28. References Kolb, L. (2009, November 18). From toy to tool: Cell phones in learning [Web log post]. Retrieved from Blogger: http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/2008/09/ new-statistics-on-teen-cell-phone-use.html CTIA-The Wireless Association® in conjunction with Harris Interactive survey. The survey lookedatteenagersaged 13-19, across the United States. Therewere 100 questionsaboutcell phones, perceptions, and attitudes. Levy, P. (2011, May 2). Confrontingcyberbullying. The Journal. Retrieved from http://thejournal.com/ articles/2011/05/02/confronting-cyberbullying.aspx Expertssaythatschoolsneed to stop worryingaboutexternalinternetpredators and take on the threatwithin: cyberbullying. Thisarticlecan be used as a steppingboard for counselors in addressingsocialissues with cyberbulling in the schools. MetiriGroup. (n.d.). 21st centuryskills. RetrievedJune 15, 2011, from NCREL website: http://www.metiri.com/features.html 21st Century skills and standards for students. This list givesdetails of each of the standards and skillsneeded by students. National School BoardsAssociation. (2007, July). Research and guidelines on online social and educationalnetworking (Vockley and Lang, Ed.). Retrieved from http://socialnetworking.procon.org/sourcefiles/CreateandConnect.pdf Online socialnetworkingisnowbeingused in alllevels of education by teens and Tweens alike.Thisarticlecan be used for mathematicsteachersbecause of the statisticsthatcan be compared

29. References Nesbitt, B. (2007, November 28). A vision of K-12 students today [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8 This video shows how digital natives view technology in schools today and in the future. Schaffhauser, D. (2011, May 2). The ABCs of BYOL. The Journal. Retrieved from http:// thejournal.com/articles/2011/05/02/the-abcs-of-byol.aspx A bring-your-own-laptop program brings districts closer to the goal of getting computers into the hands of the students. This article will allow administrators to see the best approach to providing more technology in schools on limited resources. Using mobile and social technologies in schools. (2011, May). NASSP, nassp board position statements. Retrieved from http://www.nassp.org/Content.aspxtopic=Using_Mobile_ and_Social_Technologies_in_Schools To promote student learning through the use of mobile learning devices and social media in instruction that further prepares students to be active, constructive participants in the highly connected world in which they already live and will soon work. Excellent resource for electives to discuss mobile device uses through out the school.