I find that some teachers are nervous about using cell phones in class or not sure how. Here is a simple idea you can start with. Joan Schottenfeld passed this on to us.
I teach two intermediate Pre-GED classes (levels 4-8) at the BCYF Perkins Community Center in Dorchester. My students range in age from 20-60 and come from a variety of countries.
I was wrapping up a two week vocabulary lesson with my class and had written the ten words that we had worked with on the board with short definitions as part of a quick review. The class had already copied all the words and definitions into their notebooks when we started the unit so I was surprised when Bernard suddenly used his phone to take a picture of the board. I asked him why he had done that when he already had the words in his notebook. His answer surprised me.
“Yes I know I have the words in my book teacher, but this way I also have them on my phone so that I can study them wherever I am.”
Here is another variation for the more adventurous, using PowerPoint that Steve wrote as a guest post for the Florida Literacy Coalition's blog.
Do you have other ideas for use with a camera? How about a video? Use the comment feature below to share them or send them on to us to post.