{"id":461,"date":"2013-11-15T20:14:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T20:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.touchapp.co.uk\/blog\/?p=461"},"modified":"2014-03-14T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T16:00:09","slug":"how-to-use-smartphones-in-the-classroom-advice-for-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.touchapp.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/11\/15\/how-to-use-smartphones-in-the-classroom-advice-for-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Smartphones in the Classroom — Advice for Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smartphones are becoming popular and a symbol of fashion among youth of this generation, but it can also be used to make learning fun and tangible. Teachers are encouraged to embrace the sophisticated latest technology tool to engage their students with a hope to make learning strategies interactive. Computers can\u2019t be installed in all the rooms and in terms of portability smartphones are easier to carry than laptops so the use of these phones becomes an essential feature in this era of eLearning.<\/p>\n

\"smart_phone_for_learning\"<\/a>As a tool for academia<\/b><\/p>\n

Smartphones can be used for educational purposes in a class to help students to acquire subject related knowledge.<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0<\/b>Apps such as My Writing Spot<\/b>, Evernote<\/b>, Dictionary, calculators and stopwatch should be introduced, as they are useful for most subjects.<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0<\/b>To test students\u2019 knowledge of specific subject polleverywhere.com<\/b> can be used as a test tool.<\/b><\/li>\n
  3. Subject apps and websites like World Wiki<\/b>, iAmerica, Biocourseware.com<\/a><\/b> should be introduced to students.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Smartphones for Teamwork<\/b><\/p>\n

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    1. Students can accomplice their essays through a Google<\/b> Docs<\/b>, and students can comment on each other\u2019s ideas.<\/li>\n
    2. \u00a0<\/b>Let students to post the learning relative links of videos, websites, for a same topic would minimise the time as individual time is not required to allocate.<\/li>\n
    3. <\/b>Voicethread <\/b>can be used to check the thought process of the students.<\/li>\n
    4. When you take students for a field trip or active lesson on campus on go lessons can be given with Tripline.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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