Tuesday March 23, 2010 2:07 Mark Hess 2:08 Shawn Gross: Annah asks about applications with Smartphones, we are managing Project K-Nect Tuesday March 23, 2010 2:08 Shawn Gross 2:08 [ Comment From Annah Annah: ] what are some examples of smartphone use in the classroom? In a nutshell, students stated that they wanted to be connected beyond the school walls, have access to curriculum with real world applications, access to social networking technologies and utilize mobile devices (handheld devices). Please start submitting them now. The chat itself will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern. MORE >>

This tool allows you to upload and convert any video, or any Youtube/TeacherTube video so that it can immediately be viewed on a cell phone. tried this with one of my favorite YouTube videos called A Vision of 21st Century Student, if you want to view and/or download the video on your mobile phone, you can do so by doing the following steps: 1) Login to your mobile web browser (YES! 2) Login to txt60.com 3) Type in the code: 899506 The video should immediately download to your cell phone for viewing! I recently came across a resource called TXT60. txt60 MORE >>

I have written before about trying to find a way for basic cell phones to replace the expensive classroom performance systems (CPS). Last week I posted about Wiffiti , an instant brainstorming tool that uses cell phones like CPS clickers. The polls utilize text messaging, so you get a text message number to "vote" for your selected answer (similar to the American Idol text message polling). Then students can take out their cell phones and text their option. Finally, if students do not have cell phones they could vote online. MORE >>

But ReQall allows you to hear your message and other messages via cell phone or landline, so you don't have to have Internet access to hear your notes and reminders (while Jott can do something similar I find it more confusing). This is a nice feature for students who have cell phones, but do not have Internet access at home. Classroom Connections: Utilizing ReQall, students could use their cell phone as their sole management tool. For example, students could send messages to their teacher's ReQall accounts. ReQall is very similar to Jott. MORE >>

While that may well have been the case in the past, today’s devices come with “assistive&# software that can be utilized to the advantage of everyone. Connecting back to a previous blog post where I was musing on the difference between Differentiated Instruction and Universal Design for Learning , we can see that today’s cell phones are adding more functionality and are designed with the spirit of Universal Design in mind.  Let’s take the voice dialing feature on most cell phones as an example.  MORE >>