Using Smartphones for Teaching and Learning

Description

Is the cell/mobile or smartphone a legitimate tool for tool for teaching and learning?  In response to COVID-19, this question is ever more urgent as Migrant Educators and Recruiters continue to maintain social distancing to ensure the health and safety for all and to limit the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus disease. This webinar aims to answer this question by providing an understanding of the smartphone and its capabilities and, more importantly, how to use it to deliver supplementary and targeted migrant educational programs and support services as per requirements under Title I, Part C.

The content in this presentation is geared towards serving the migrant populations in New York State as defined under Title I, Part C and the approved State Service Delivery Plan, and may NOT be appropriate to all situations.

Objectives/Learning Targets

1. Understand the difference between a cell/mobile phone and a smartphone, and their capabilities as instructional tools;
2. Create or adapt educational content for use on the mobile platform;
3. Identify ways to keep students’ attention and to strengthen motivation;
4. Develop capacity to support the physical, social, and emotional health of students; and
5. Acquire strategies to keep students safe online.

Presented/Developed by

Kin T. Chee, Coordinator, State Migrant Education Program

About the Presenter

Kin formerly taught Japanese-as-a-Foreign Language (JFL) and English-as-a-Second Language (ESL). He was also the District Coordinator for Technology and Curriculum. Other professional experience includes his positions as Program Associate for the Office of Bilingual Education & Foreign Language Studies at SED, and Supervisor at the Office of State Assessment, SED. Currently, Kin serves as our Coordinator at the State Migrant Education Program, SED.