Radio Show #4: Creating Prof Dev. for Teachers who are Interested in using Cell Phones in Learning

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Liz Kolb:Welcome to Cell Phones in Learning, we will start in 5 minutes!
Liz Kolb:Today's topic: Creating Professional Development Scaffolds for Teachers who are interested in using student cell phones with school learning
Liz Kolb:http://pollingplaces.nytimes.com/
Liz Kolb:http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=55665
Guest1207:my display name is now Guest1209
Liz Kolb:http://drop.io
Peggy_G:sorry I had computer issues and had to restart. Missed a bit! Great to be here!
Peggy_G:I love your suggestions for podcasts. Students love doing them!
Peggy_G:Funny that you say textmessaging is complex. :-) Kids seem so comfortable with it.
Peggy_G:I definitely agree with you about teachers/adults using text messaging. I've read some really "interesting" text messages from adult friends that seem to be all on the wrong keys. :-)
Peggy_G:Twitter is a good way to learn to write messages in 140 characters.
Liz Kolb:http://textnovel.com
Guest1238:my display name is now Guest1241
Peggy_G:I haven't heard of twittertories but that sounds fantastic!
Liz Kolb:http://www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/32245.htm
Liz Kolb:http://Notifu.com
Peggy_G:found the link for twitterstories http://twitterstories.blogspot.com/
Peggy_G:fascinating that notifu is so interactive--not just sending messages one-way! Great!
Peggy_G:it's so helpful when you suggest out-of-classroom alternatives!
klmontgomery:Will you autograph it?
Peggy_G:I took your book to our Westside AzTEA meeting on Monday and shared it with everyone. We're all excited about it!
Peggy_G:Do you have a wikispace or blog space for sharing feedback on the book?
klmontgomery:Great.
Liz Kolb:No, but that is a great idea! I'll set one up
Peggy_G:Will definitely be back in 2 weeks! :-) Love your show!
Liz Kolb:Thanks Peggy
Peggy_G:Send a tweet for your feedback space and I'll contribute.
Liz Kolb:Will Do!

Next LIVE Show: Wed. Nov. 19th at 3:00pm (eastern standard time). Topic: Creating student projects using text messaging.

Text your own novel or collaborate with others on a story with Textnovel

Many of us have recently read about the popularity of mobile novels (read on a cell phone) in Japan and other countries. In addition, some of us may have also read about a Japanese young woman who wrote a best selling novel entirely through text message on her cell phone. With the aid of Textnovel, your students can now do the same thing! Textnovel is a free and easy way for students to create their own private or public novel through text message. In addition students can also participate with others in creating a collaborative novel on Textnovel. Additonally the novel can be read on cell phones. Anyone can subscribe (as long as your students make it public) to the novel and get updates on a cell phone as it is being written or once it is finished. This could be great for parents! You can use any basic cell phone with textnovel, no need for a smartphone. Since students are using text messaging, they do have to write their entries in 140 characters at a time. As a result, students can write their novels on-the-go. When a thought stirs them, they do not have to have computer or Internet access.

Learning about Genre's
Textnovel allows students to select the genre of novel such as thriller, historical fiction, fantasy, autobiography...etc), then they can text their novel to ADD@TEXTNOVEL.COM. In the message they first type their special code and then the chapter number they would like to add on to such as 197:2, then they are free to type away. It will show up on their private or public (they decide or the teacher can set up the account and decide) account within a minute or less!

A Few Project Ideas
Collaborative class textbooks (where groups of students are in charge of different chapters). Students in the class could subscribe to the novel and get updates to use for review.

Research Notebooks students who are doing long-term research projects such as a history term paper, could send their "notes" and "ideas" to a personal Textnovel. Which could be the starting point for their research study. It also documents their thought process.