{"pk":36169,"title":"A Second Look at Mobile Technology in the Classrooms: Don’t Ban It. Use It!","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The misuse of smartphones in class frequently exasperates teachers. Instead of seeing this mobile technology as a nuisance, teachers can use it to their advantage. Smartphones can maximize collaboration, improve assessment, expand routine vocabulary lessons, augment out-of-class activities, and add multimedia tools to lessons, all while using technology that is both familiar and enjoyable to the students. The article highlights 3 free cross-platform software applications (apps)— Socrative, Edmodo, and Blogger. Each app is rated according to the following features: appearance, daily setup, ease of use, educational benefits, quiz format and grading, registration, speed, teacher control, tips/help, and user options. Evaluations, sample lesson activities, and walk-throughs are also included to emphasize each app’s strengths.","language":"eng","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"CATESOL Exchanges","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/093402zg","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"James","middle_name":"Brandon","last_name":"Decker","name_suffix":"","institution":"Missouri State University ELI, Springfield","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2013-01-01T10:00:00-08:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/catesoljournal/article/36169/galley/27021/download/"}]}