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Using Smartphones in K12 Classrooms: From Why To How
Presented by:
• Elliot Soloway, PhD, panel moderator, University of Michigan • Kyle Menchhofer, technology coordinator, St. Marys, OH • Thomas J. Phillips, superintendent, Watkins Glen Central School District Lenny Schad, chief information officer, Katy, TX |
Teaching 21st century skills requires the use of 21 st century tools. The smartphone – not the laptop – is emerging as the quintessential 21st century tool. In this web seminar, educators who are using smartphones – aka cellphone computers – in their classrooms will provide first-hand, birds-eye observations on the benefits, challenges and resolutions, and costs of rolling out 1:1 cellphone computer initiatives successfully.
Join our panelists as they discuss issues such as:
• What are the benefits of using smartphones in today’s K12 classrooms?
• How can objections, such as interruptions and cheating, be successfully addressed?
• What do cellphone computer-based lessons look like?
• How does a district prepare its IT staff and teachers for a 1:1 cellphone computer rollout?
• How might a district scale up and sustain a pilot initiative?
Scheduled speakers:
• Elliot Soloway, PhD, panel moderator, University of Michigan
• Kyle Menchhofer, technology coordinator, St. Marys, OH
• Thomas J. Phillips, superintendent, Watkins Glen Central School District, Watkins Glen, NY
• Lenny Schad, chief information officer, Katy, TX
• Cathie Norris, PhD, discussant, University of North Texas
Who should attend:
Superintendents, directors of technology and instructional technology, directors of curriculum, chief information officers, district business managers, principals and others with interest or involvement in curricular technology applications
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