1. Distraction or Device?
Should mobile electronics be allowed in the classroom to
enhance learning?
By: Emily Bent
2. Distraction or Device?
• Wireless Technology (WiFi)
• Enhance Engagement
• Additional Activities
• Preparing for Real World Occurrences
• Further Communication
3. What are Mobile Devices?
iPad Laptop
Android
iPhone iPod Touch
Images from www.apple.com and www.android.com
5. Research
• American children spend 7.5 hours per
day utilizing this media (Kamenetz).
– Five years ago, only 6.5 hours per day
(Nusca)
• Over 5 billion mobile users worldwide
(Kamenetz).
7. • Per the Department of Education for the
National Education Technology Plan,
– "efforts to ensure that all students and educators
have 24/7 access to the Internet via devices,
including mobile devices, and that states, districts,
and schools adopt technologies and policies to
enable leveraging the technology that students
already have."
8. Funding
• The U.S. Department of Education has
earmarked $5 billion in competitive
school-reform grants to scale up pilot
programs and evaluate best practices of
all kinds (Kamenetz).
– Grants
– Federal Funding
– Business Partners
– Box Tops
– Limeade’s for Learning
9. Etiquette
• Silence noises and rings
• Ask for permission to use at appropriate time
• Watch what you write
• Respect other’s property
• Don’t during instruction, unless requested by
teacher
11. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
• Wants access to • Wants students • Wants to protect
real-time to use media privacy and
information and properly and as security of
media a tool for school
learning population
Student Teacher Administration
15. Classroom Example
• Group students to create a poster project on a
content area subject (ie: planets). Each group
embeds a QR code with additional information
that was compiled on web site, an extension of
the poster project. Students then circulate
around the room and scan QR code to learn
about the other projects.
16. Classroom Example
• Students track and organize classroom
assignments and information using
productivity applications. This reduces
confusion, late assignments, and use of
paper.
17. Into the Future
• Technology is not going away, students, teachers,
and administration will have to work together to
implement it to provide better and innovative
learning opportunities.
18. Works Cited
• Fang, Berlin. “From Distraction to Engagement: Wireless
Devices in the Classroom.” Educause Quarterly. EQ, 2009. Web.
25 Apr. 2012.
• Gahala, Jan. “Critical Issue: Promoting Technology Use in
Schools.” North Central Regional Education Library.
Learning Point Associates, Oct. 2001. Web. 25 Apr. 2012.
• Glasbergen, Randy. Cartoon. Web.
http://www.glasbergen.com/educationcartoons/?album=4&gallery=91
• Kamenetz, Anya. “A is for App: How Smartphones, Handheld
Computers Sparked an Educational Revolution.” Fast
Company. Fast Company, 1 Apr. 2010. Web. 25 Apr. 2012.
• Nusca, Andrew. “Study: American Kids Spend 7.5 hours per Day using
Electronics.” ZDNet. Between the Lines, 20 Jan. 2012. Web. 25
Apr. 2012.
• Watters, Audrey. “Cellphones in the Classroom: Distraction or Tool?”
Read Write Web. Read Write Web, 16 Nov. 2010. Web. 25 Apr.
2012.