Smartphones!!
BECCA NISSLEY
JOSH BENNET
MARSHALL EDENS
Apps!!!!
“There’s an app for that”
Apple Store carries over 200,000 apps
There were 60,000 apps on Google’s Android store as of Aug.
2010
Apps range from daily exercise program apps to
interactive periodic table apps
A smartphone is a phone on steroids! And they
are defined by what they do.
E-mail
Photos
Texting and phone calls
Internet access
Video chatting
Music & games
But what makes smartphones adaptable, customizable
and truly useful?
Who has smartphones?
25% of cell phone sales in 2010
13-17 year-olds are the fastest growing smartphone
user demographic!
The most popular smartphone is the iPhone, with
Android following close behind.
How many of your students have smartphones?
Have they expressed interest in using them during
class?
Skepticism
Doesn’t mean they cannot be used effectively in the
classroom.
Taking photos of dissections for later referral
Educational apps
Internet access anywhere?!
Students off task while in the classroom!
Smartphones Outside of the Classroom
Both students and teachers can benefit
Teachers:
Manage schedules
Handle multiple email accounts
Access to in-progress work on the go
Access to useful apps
Students:
Access educational websites or blogs
Transfer school files
Download apps to help them study
Apps for students!
Most are inexpensive or free
Anatomical charts
Interactive star maps
Equation sheets (physics or math)
The Periodic Table!
Writing Style Guides
Horticulture tips
3D Molecular Models
Access to online tutors (WARNING – this is a major concern
for cheating!)
Apps for Teachers!
Ditto…inexpensive/free
Anything listed on the last page!
Subscriptions to science / educational blogs and newsfeeds
Access to Journals
In depth scientific databases
TED videos
Back-up for other equipment (cameras, flashdrives, etc.)