Active Learning with Mobile Devices
50+ Ideas, Free Apps, & Tips

iPad	
  by	
  George	
  Yi,	
  Flickr	
  

ShellyTerrell.com	
  
Learning	
  is	
  not	
  the	
  
product	
  of	
  teaching.	
  
Learning	
  is	
  the	
  
product	
  of	
  the	
  
ac3vity	
  of	
  learners.	
  	
  
-­‐	
  John	
  Holt	
  
Active learning promotes…

g
ement
manag
ell-bein
sroom
ental w
s
tter cla
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Be
Phys
Real-world learning
uous learning
Contin
g
centered learnin
StudentCreativity
Take	
  pictures	
  

Record	
  
audio	
  
Scan	
  with	
  
QR	
  codes	
  
Text	
  &	
  
write	
  notes	
  

Create	
  videos	
  

Geotag	
  
Augment	
  
your	
  reality	
  

Do	
  more	
  
with	
  apps	
  
Draw your favorite…
•  ame	
  a	
  category	
  (pet,	
  cartoon,	
  etc.)	
  
N
•  tudents	
  draw	
  their	
  favorites	
  	
  
S
•  et	
  Jmer-­‐	
  30	
  sec.	
  
S
•  hen	
  they	
  hold	
  up	
  their	
  drawings	
  
T
•  tudents	
  scan	
  the	
  drawings	
  to	
  find	
  a	
  
S
peer	
  with	
  the	
  same	
  favorite	
  
•  hey	
  sit	
  next	
  to	
  that	
  student	
  &	
  chat	
  
T
for	
  1	
  min	
  Jll	
  the	
  next	
  category	
  

Drawing	
  on	
  the	
  iPads	
  by	
  Kathy	
  Cassidy,	
  Flickr	
  
Mingle with Devices

ISA	
  Square	
  Danc	
  by	
  LafayeGe	
  College,	
  Flickr	
  
App Mingle
•  air	
  students	
  
P
•  et	
  Jmer-­‐	
  30	
  sec.	
  
S
•  tudent	
  A	
  shows	
  a	
  
S
favorite	
  app	
  
•  eset	
  Jmer-­‐	
  30	
  sec.	
  
R
•  tudent	
  B	
  shows	
  an	
  app	
  
S
•  hen	
  the	
  Jmer	
  stops,	
  
W
students	
  switch	
  partners	
  
Student	
  iPad	
  008	
  By	
  flickingerbrad,	
  Flickr	
  
QR Code= Quick Response Barcode
Suggested QR Code Apps/ Tools
I-nigma
QuickMark
SparQcode.com
Visualead.com
Unitaglive.com
QR CodeWiz
QRidee
*Integrate
with
realia
*Jigsaw

Thepegeek.com/2009/03/25/learning-the-skeleton-with-qr-codes/
Scan the following?
Match the right qr code!
Active learning
via photography

Schooltechnology.org, Photo by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr
Picture Apps
Instagram
InstaCC
BeFunky
Flickr
PicCollage Tellagami
ImageChef CamMe
You Doodle Stipple
Buncee
Thinglink
Comics Head
Friendstrip
Chatterpix Kids
Write About This
Tell About This
Frame Artist
Coolibah
Muzy
•  n	
  object	
  from	
  home	
  
A
• n	
  their	
  textbooks	
  
I
•  round	
  the	
  school	
  
A
•  hat	
  represents	
  a	
  
T
math,	
  science,	
  or	
  
grammar	
  concept	
  
Image from questgarden.com
Ex. I Spy Geometry Shapes
Choose an object around you that represents 1 of
the shapes from the previous slide. Take a picture
of the object.
Show your object to a person. They will guess
which object you took a picture of.
Examples:	
  
Mission:	
  Snap	
  a	
  photo	
  of	
  graffi3	
  you	
  consider	
  art.	
  
Explain	
  why?	
  
Points:	
  10	
  pts.	
  photo	
  &	
  wriGen	
  reasons,	
  20pts.	
  
with	
  mul3media	
  app	
  (Thinglink,	
  Buncee,	
  
Audioboo),	
  30pts.	
  app	
  +	
  posted	
  on	
  your	
  blog	
  
Mission:	
  Snap	
  photos	
  of	
  5	
  substances	
  in	
  your	
  
surroundings.	
  Post	
  their	
  chemical	
  formulas.	
  	
  
Mission:	
  Snap	
  a	
  photo	
  that	
  represents	
  a	
  frac3on.	
  
Create	
  a	
  word	
  problem.	
  	
  
Schooltechnology.org, Photo by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr
InstaCC App- Instagram Calendar & Challenges
Collages, Text, Magazines, Calendars & More!

You	
  Doodle	
  
Pic-­‐Collage	
  IOS/	
  
Android	
  
Frame	
  Ar3st	
  
Image	
  Chef	
  
Create Interactive Image Posters

Thinglink.com

Buncee
Collage Activities
Examples:	
  
•  n	
  animal	
  in	
  its	
  habitat.	
  Describe	
  
A
what	
  you	
  observed.	
  
•  ecJons	
  of	
  an	
  object/	
  place	
  &	
  
S
make	
  it	
  into	
  a	
  puzzle.	
  Write	
  clues.	
  
Your	
  peers	
  will	
  guess	
  what	
  it	
  is.	
  
•  escribe	
  an	
  event	
  you	
  witness	
  in	
  
D
a	
  series	
  of	
  pictures.	
  

Cell	
  phone	
  camera	
  by	
  L-­‐ines,	
  Flickr	
  
Nature	
  book
Rock	
  collecJon
Moments	
  /	
  blog
Bug	
  IdenJficaJon
Plant	
  IdenJficaJon

Water by Incase, Flickr

Digital Scrapbooks
BookCreator Lite App
•  asiest way to
E
create multimedia
books & publish
to iBook store
• nclude audio,
I
music, videos,
images

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-creator-free/id661166101?mt=8
Stories & Comics with Their Images
Example:	
  

Comics	
  Head	
  Lite	
  IOS/Android	
  

Create	
  a	
  comic	
  
about	
  a	
  sibling,	
  
rela3ve,	
  friend,	
  
pet	
  or	
  you	
  as	
  a	
  
superhero.	
  	
  
•  tudents	
  walk	
  outside	
  and	
  
S
take	
  pictures	
  of	
  trash	
  they	
  see	
  
outside	
  
•  hey	
  then	
  record	
  stories	
  of	
  
T
how	
  the	
  trash	
  got	
  there	
  from	
  
a	
  1st	
  person	
  point-­‐of-­‐view	
  
•  ry	
  ChaXerPix	
  	
  	
  
T
ChatterPix IOS Free App
Field Observations
•  air/	
  group	
  students	
  
P
•  ith	
  their	
  devices	
  they	
  
W
observe	
  a	
  specimen,	
  
make	
  hypothesis,	
  take	
  
notes,	
  geotag,	
  take	
  	
  
photos,	
  collect	
  research	
  
•  resent	
  their	
  findings	
  	
  
P

Schooltechnology.org, Photo by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr
Image	
  by	
  Adam	
  Bellow,	
  Founder	
  	
  

Educlipper- Video/ Audio/ Portfolio/ Curation
Send them on
scavenger hunts!
•  air	
  or	
  group	
  students	
  
P
•  ives	
  them	
  a	
  list	
  of	
  items	
  
G
•  tudents	
  document	
  with	
  
S
their	
  mobile	
  device	
  
through	
  video,	
  images,	
  
audio	
  or	
  text	
  	
  
Scavenger Hunt with Friends IOS/Android App
Classtools.net/QR/index.php
Active learning
through video

Animoto
Instagram
iMovie
Vine
Youtube
Lightt
Magisto
Explory
TouchCast WeVideo
Videolicious Educreations
QuoFX Video
Game Your Video
Action Movie
Creatures FX
Foteo IOS
CineBeat
@Video
Directr
Las aventuras de Zepi_2 by Citoplasmas, Flickr
Lesson Ideas
Storyboard, Bit.ly/claystoryboard
Real World Word Problems
•  air/group	
  students	
  
P
•  tudents	
  create	
  a	
  visual	
  
S
word	
  problem	
  that	
  
represents	
  a	
  math	
  concept	
  
in	
  ac3on	
  
•  ass	
  to	
  peers	
  to	
  solve	
  
P
•  ry	
  Educrea3ons,	
  Touch	
  
T
Cast,	
  Drawp,	
  or	
  TinyTap	
  

Kidblog.org/MrsWideensClass2/annalyseec/bus-­‐math-­‐problem	
  
Drawp for Schools IOS Free App

• Drawing + photo + voice
• Collaborative assignments
Newscaster
•  air/	
  group	
  students	
  
P
•  hey	
  create	
  news	
  brief	
  of	
  
T
a	
  current	
  /	
  local/	
  domes3c/	
  
interna3onal	
  event/	
  topic	
  	
  
•  hey	
  research	
  then	
  
T
summarize	
  into	
  a	
  newsbyte	
  
&	
  capture	
  footage	
  	
  
•  uggested	
  Apps-­‐	
  Talking	
  
S
Ben	
  &	
  Tom	
  News	
  Reporter,	
  
Touchcast,	
  Popplet,	
  
Educlipper	
  
Schooltechnology.org, Photo by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr
Ecobugs App

Augmented Reality
Alessi's turn on the iPad by Marcus Kwan, Flickr

Tips
iPad by zeromk, Flickr
Use a Stylus

'Fellowes Multi-Stylus’ Flickr.com/photos/64149699@N00/10046028. Found on flickrcc.net
Give them tasks that use
their senses to explore

Schooltechnology.org, Photo by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr
More Recommended apps
Educlipper	
   Book	
  Creator	
   Tiny	
  Tap	
  
Evernote	
  
Audioboo	
  
Edmodo	
  
Popplet	
  
LinoIt	
   	
  
iPadio	
  
Voicethread	
   SocraJve	
  
Piiig	
  Talk	
  
Padlet	
   	
  
Diigo	
   	
  
	
  
Aurasma	
  
Google	
  Drive	
  
StoryKit	
  
Draw	
  for	
  Schools	
  
ColAR	
   	
  
Voicethread	
   	
  
	
  
Dropbox	
  
Scoodle	
  Jam	
  
Space	
  Team	
   Share	
  Board	
  
Garageband	
   InfusedLearning.com	
  
Let’s	
  Learn	
  How	
  to	
  Draw	
  
Amazing	
  Space	
  Journey	
  3D	
  
iPad	
  at	
  Web414	
  by	
  Pete	
  Prodoehl,	
  Flickr	
  
The Future?
•  esture	
  based	
  apps	
  
G
•  ugmented	
  reality	
  
A
•  earable	
  technologies	
  
W

CamMe	
  App	
  

Facemo3on	
  App	
  
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting
the kids working together and motivating
them, the teacher is the most important.”
~ Bill Gates
ShellyTerrell.com/survivalJps/mlearning	
  

Active Learning with Mobile Devices

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    Active Learning withMobile Devices 50+ Ideas, Free Apps, & Tips iPad  by  George  Yi,  Flickr   ShellyTerrell.com  
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    Learning  is  not  the   product  of  teaching.   Learning  is  the   product  of  the   ac3vity  of  learners.     -­‐  John  Holt  
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    Active learning promotes… g ement manag ell-bein sroom entalw s tter cla ical & m Be Phys Real-world learning uous learning Contin g centered learnin StudentCreativity
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    Take  pictures   Record   audio   Scan  with   QR  codes   Text  &   write  notes   Create  videos   Geotag   Augment   your  reality   Do  more   with  apps  
  • 5.
    Draw your favorite… • ame  a  category  (pet,  cartoon,  etc.)   N •  tudents  draw  their  favorites     S •  et  Jmer-­‐  30  sec.   S •  hen  they  hold  up  their  drawings   T •  tudents  scan  the  drawings  to  find  a   S peer  with  the  same  favorite   •  hey  sit  next  to  that  student  &  chat   T for  1  min  Jll  the  next  category   Drawing  on  the  iPads  by  Kathy  Cassidy,  Flickr  
  • 6.
    Mingle with Devices ISA  Square  Danc  by  LafayeGe  College,  Flickr  
  • 7.
    App Mingle •  air  students   P •  et  Jmer-­‐  30  sec.   S •  tudent  A  shows  a   S favorite  app   •  eset  Jmer-­‐  30  sec.   R •  tudent  B  shows  an  app   S •  hen  the  Jmer  stops,   W students  switch  partners   Student  iPad  008  By  flickingerbrad,  Flickr  
  • 8.
    QR Code= QuickResponse Barcode
  • 9.
    Suggested QR CodeApps/ Tools I-nigma QuickMark SparQcode.com Visualead.com Unitaglive.com QR CodeWiz QRidee
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    Picture Apps Instagram InstaCC BeFunky Flickr PicCollage Tellagami ImageChefCamMe You Doodle Stipple Buncee Thinglink Comics Head Friendstrip Chatterpix Kids Write About This Tell About This Frame Artist Coolibah Muzy
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    •  n  object  from  home   A • n  their  textbooks   I •  round  the  school   A •  hat  represents  a   T math,  science,  or   grammar  concept  
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    Ex. I SpyGeometry Shapes Choose an object around you that represents 1 of the shapes from the previous slide. Take a picture of the object. Show your object to a person. They will guess which object you took a picture of.
  • 18.
    Examples:   Mission:  Snap  a  photo  of  graffi3  you  consider  art.   Explain  why?   Points:  10  pts.  photo  &  wriGen  reasons,  20pts.   with  mul3media  app  (Thinglink,  Buncee,   Audioboo),  30pts.  app  +  posted  on  your  blog   Mission:  Snap  photos  of  5  substances  in  your   surroundings.  Post  their  chemical  formulas.     Mission:  Snap  a  photo  that  represents  a  frac3on.   Create  a  word  problem.     Schooltechnology.org, Photo by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr
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    InstaCC App- InstagramCalendar & Challenges
  • 20.
    Collages, Text, Magazines,Calendars & More! You  Doodle   Pic-­‐Collage  IOS/   Android   Frame  Ar3st   Image  Chef  
  • 21.
    Create Interactive ImagePosters Thinglink.com Buncee
  • 22.
    Collage Activities Examples:   • n  animal  in  its  habitat.  Describe   A what  you  observed.   •  ecJons  of  an  object/  place  &   S make  it  into  a  puzzle.  Write  clues.   Your  peers  will  guess  what  it  is.   •  escribe  an  event  you  witness  in   D a  series  of  pictures.   Cell  phone  camera  by  L-­‐ines,  Flickr  
  • 23.
    Nature  book Rock  collecJon Moments  /  blog Bug  IdenJficaJon Plant  IdenJficaJon Water by Incase, Flickr Digital Scrapbooks
  • 24.
    BookCreator Lite App • asiest way to E create multimedia books & publish to iBook store • nclude audio, I music, videos, images https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-creator-free/id661166101?mt=8
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    Stories & Comicswith Their Images Example:   Comics  Head  Lite  IOS/Android   Create  a  comic   about  a  sibling,   rela3ve,  friend,   pet  or  you  as  a   superhero.    
  • 26.
    •  tudents  walk  outside  and   S take  pictures  of  trash  they  see   outside   •  hey  then  record  stories  of   T how  the  trash  got  there  from   a  1st  person  point-­‐of-­‐view   •  ry  ChaXerPix       T
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    Field Observations •  air/  group  students   P •  ith  their  devices  they   W observe  a  specimen,   make  hypothesis,  take   notes,  geotag,  take     photos,  collect  research   •  resent  their  findings     P Schooltechnology.org, Photo by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr
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    Image  by  Adam  Bellow,  Founder     Educlipper- Video/ Audio/ Portfolio/ Curation
  • 30.
    Send them on scavengerhunts! •  air  or  group  students   P •  ives  them  a  list  of  items   G •  tudents  document  with   S their  mobile  device   through  video,  images,   audio  or  text    
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    Scavenger Hunt withFriends IOS/Android App
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    Active learning through video Animoto Instagram iMovie Vine Youtube Lightt Magisto Explory TouchCastWeVideo Videolicious Educreations QuoFX Video Game Your Video Action Movie Creatures FX Foteo IOS CineBeat @Video Directr Las aventuras de Zepi_2 by Citoplasmas, Flickr
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    Real World WordProblems •  air/group  students   P •  tudents  create  a  visual   S word  problem  that   represents  a  math  concept   in  ac3on   •  ass  to  peers  to  solve   P •  ry  Educrea3ons,  Touch   T Cast,  Drawp,  or  TinyTap   Kidblog.org/MrsWideensClass2/annalyseec/bus-­‐math-­‐problem  
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    Drawp for SchoolsIOS Free App • Drawing + photo + voice • Collaborative assignments
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    Newscaster •  air/  group  students   P •  hey  create  news  brief  of   T a  current  /  local/  domes3c/   interna3onal  event/  topic     •  hey  research  then   T summarize  into  a  newsbyte   &  capture  footage     •  uggested  Apps-­‐  Talking   S Ben  &  Tom  News  Reporter,   Touchcast,  Popplet,   Educlipper   Schooltechnology.org, Photo by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr
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    Alessi's turn onthe iPad by Marcus Kwan, Flickr Tips
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    Use a Stylus 'FellowesMulti-Stylus’ Flickr.com/photos/64149699@N00/10046028. Found on flickrcc.net
  • 43.
    Give them tasksthat use their senses to explore Schooltechnology.org, Photo by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr
  • 44.
    More Recommended apps Educlipper   Book  Creator   Tiny  Tap   Evernote   Audioboo   Edmodo   Popplet   LinoIt     iPadio   Voicethread   SocraJve   Piiig  Talk   Padlet     Diigo       Aurasma   Google  Drive   StoryKit   Draw  for  Schools   ColAR     Voicethread       Dropbox   Scoodle  Jam   Space  Team   Share  Board   Garageband   InfusedLearning.com   Let’s  Learn  How  to  Draw   Amazing  Space  Journey  3D   iPad  at  Web414  by  Pete  Prodoehl,  Flickr  
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    The Future? •  esture  based  apps   G •  ugmented  reality   A •  earable  technologies   W CamMe  App   Facemo3on  App  
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    Technology is justa tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.” ~ Bill Gates
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