- Grade Focus
- Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
- Age Level
- 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
- Subject
- Art, Business, Computers, Geography, History, Literature, Math, Science, Social Studies, Vocational Arts
- Technology Integration Activity
- Estimated Time of Completion
- Less than one-hour
Introduction
In this lesson students will use their cell/smart phones to take notes to record homework and long-term assignments.Prerequisite Experience
Students should have knowledge in using their cell/smart phone calendar, camera and notes functions.Teacher Prep Time
Less than one-hourProject
Students will use th ecalendar, camera and notes functions of their cell phones to record homework and lon-term assignments. Students may need to explore how to use this feature, as all cell phones are different. This can be a repeating activity, done daily at the beginning or end of a class period and does not require cell phones with active service (signal).Assessment/Grading
Passing Upon CompletionTime Management Tips
Teachers should create a sample collection of notes as a sample for students to view.
Students without cell phones can pair up with a classmate who has one.
Lesson Plan Details
Engage
Have you ever taken notes for a big project at school and then left them at home, or worse, lost them? If you carry a cell/smart phone with you, it's an excellent way to not only keep those notes with you all the time, but you can enhance them with pictures and other resources that your phone allows you to create and save.Explore
Near the end of a class (or before the next one begins), take out your cell/smart phone and open the calendar function. Add any dates or deadlines with a brief description of any new project or assignment.
Explain
While in class, pair up with another student (Tip: if some students don't have cell/smart phones, pair them with one that does) and enter the homework assignment and any comments in the Notes function of a cell/smart phone.
Students should also take a picture of any written instructions (e.g. on the classroom white/blackboard) as further documentation of the assignment.
Elaborate
If the project or assignment requires out-of-class research (searching online or primary source investigation) use the cell/smart phones notepad function to document your findings.Evaluate
This is an organizational skill for students to achieve. Completion of this activity warrants a passing mark. Instructors can create their own assessment tools to determine the effectiveness of the student effort.Extend
When students take pictures of notes on the classroom board have them MMS text their pictures to students who may be absent that day (or don't have cell/smart phones).
Students can also MMS text message a picture of any handwritten notes that they took to those students who are absent or don't have their cell/smart phones with them.