How will students’ mobile device be used for learning?

How will the students’ mobile device primarily be used? What other ways can teachers have students use mobile devices to engage in learning?

to introduce the learning goal to the students before the teacher does in class such as in a flipped classroom
to introduce the learning goal during the class presentation
to present alternative ways of learning the learning goal
to practice the learning goal after a presentation (drill and practice)
to apply the learning concepts at a higher level of thinking (compare/contrast, synthesize, evaluate)
to incorporate the learning into an individual student’s big project such as project based learning
to capture in class learning such as taking a picture of the whiteboard or video recording a project
as a written, visual, audio or media prompt for a learning activity
to collaborate with others within and outside the class on a project
to compete against other learning groups
to get information from the web (websites, images, etc.)
to get information from others via texting, email, etc.
to poll or survey students’ interest about some part of the learning goal
to assess student learning and provide feedback to the students (formative assessment)
to assess students summatively (final grade on unit, project…)
to collect examples of student work for a portfolio

Harry Grover Tuttle teaches English and Spanish college courses at Onondaga Community College and blogs at Education with Technology. He is also the author of several books on formative assessment and the new ebook 90 Mobile Learning Modern Language Activities.