Creating Mobile Friendly Content For Adult Education

Agenda Introductions What is Mobile Friendly Content? What content do you want to deliver to mobile devices? Tools o QR Codes o Weebly o PollEverywhere o PaperLi 2

National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs NAASLN

NAASLN Introductory Membership Special - Free membership Good through December 2014 This is your opportunity to get to know NAASLN and start getting involved in issues that are important to you! See NAASLN brochure & website to learn more about our association

Benefits for Introductory Members 1)Discounts on all NAASLN Webinars (Internet-based professional development seminars) & events 2)Receipt of the NAASLN Membership News & Views quarterly E-newsletter 3)Opportunity to join a NAASLN committee and start making an immediate difference for adults with Special Learning Needs 4)Networking opportunities, technical and professional support specifically related to Special Learning Needs

Additional Benefits for Paid Members 1)Voting rights 2)Chair a committee – Become a member of the Board of Directors 3)Mini grants to assist adult Special Learning Needs students succeed in the classroom See benefits and fee schedule in NAASLN Brochure & on Website

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What is Mobile Friendly Content?

Mobile Friendly 1.Go to on your mobile devicehttp://lacnyc.org/ 2.How does it compare with what shows on a computer screen? 3.Go to 4.How does it compare with what shows on a computer screen? 9

Mobile Friendly 10

Access Phone Data Plans WiFi MiFi o Datajack 11

EveryoneOn 12

EveryoneOn 13

What content do you want to deliver to mobile devices?

Types of Content Writing Videos Sound Files and Podcasts Links Images Uploaded Documents Interactive Content (Quizzes, Surveys) 15

Tools

QR Codes

What are QR Codes? Q R stands for Invented in Japan by Toyota in 1994 to track vehicles during the manufacturing process 18

How Would You Get to Here? oQztFo&feature=share&list=FLEqfU4INXf YY58eh5Ynm5vA 19 Shortened URL

QR Code Readers QR Codes can be used with a mobile device like a smart phone or a tablet that has access to the internet The device must have an QR Code reader (also called scanner) app installed o Apple Devices: Qrafter or ScanQrafter Scan o Android Devices: QR DroidQR Droid NOTE: You should NOT have to pay money or give information about yourself when selecting and installing a QR Code reader or scanner 20

Choosing Apps Ask you students “How do you choose which app to download?” Reviews Ratings Description Cost 21

QR Code Readers The QR Code reader is an app that uses the camera on your device to scan the code and then uses the internet to interpret the instructions in the code 22

QR Codes in Real Life 23

QR Codes in Education 24

Image with Narration To hear about this photo go to this link or scan this QR Code 25 Tools used to create this:

Steps to Using in Education 1.First consider what is the learning goal 2.Make sure you have devices that can read a QR Code 3.Make sure the content is mobile friendly 4.Create the QR Codes you need 26

QR Codes in Education QR Codes in Adult Education (video)QR Codes in Adult Education Make your own QR Code Scavenger Hunt! Scavenger Hunt 5 Real Ways To Use QR Codes In Education Black & White and Scanned All Over (video)Black & White and Scanned All Over QR Codes Connect Students to Books Shambles QR Code Resource Desktop QR Code Reader QR Codes in Education Livebinder 50 QR code resources for the classroom 27

Make Your Own QR Code 28 Bitly (for URL’s) Google (for URL’s) Kaywa (for URL’s and contact info) ScanLife (for URL’s and contact info) ZXING (for URL’s, wifi, contact info and more)

Shortening Links 29 You can use BitLy to shorten URL’s without creating an account 29

Make Your Own QR Code 1.Paste the Bitly shortened URL in the address bar of your browser 2.Type.qr at the end of the shortened URL 3.Hit the Enter key 4.Up will come your QR Code 30

Weebly

To Create a Weebly Website Go to To create your account, use an address you can access here Use a password you can remember Have a URL name idea--your free URL will look something like this

Why Weebly? Free website creation tool Easy to add content Includes tools for most kinds of content (writing, video, links, images) Automatically mobile friendly Elegant design options And did I mention…Free 33

Weebly Interface 34

Weebly Forms Create a Contact Form Collect Form Submissions Edit the Contact Form Address Add an Newsletter / Auto- Responder FormAdd an Newsletter / Auto- Responder Form 35

Weebly Tutorial guide.htmlhttp://help.weebly.com/beginners- guide.html 36

PollEverywhere

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PollEverywhere in Education Increasing classroom participation and attentiveness Encouraging risk-taking with anonymous student responses Eliciting diverse opinions when there isn’t a correct answer Gauging student comprehension of material immediately Grabbing students with thought-provoking opening questions Assessing last night’s reading with a quick quiz 39

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Survey View 41

PollEverywhere in Education Best of Web 2.0: Using Poll Everywhere QR and Poll Everywhere Upcycled Education: PollEverywhere SMS Education: Poll Everywhere Is Making the Mobile Pop Quiz More AffordableSMS Education: Poll Everywhere Is Making the Mobile Pop Quiz More Affordable Our survey 42

PaperLi

Paper.Li 44

Paper.Li Very simple to set up Content from Twitter, online newspapers and magazines Set up once and PaperLi will do the rest (or make changes as you need) 45

Paper.Li To create a PaperLi account you must have Twitter or Facebook account Resources o paper-li/ paper-li/ o o to-share-great-content/ to-share-great-content/ o 0/provide-students-with-personalized.html 0/provide-students-with-personalized.html 46

47 My contact info Nell Eckerlsey Twitter: LINCS Technology and Learning Group Website: