Teaching Chemistry Using Student-Created Videos and Photo Blogs Accessed with Smartphones and Two-Dimensional Barcodes

Increasing numbers of college students own cell phones, and many of these phones are smartphones, which include features such as still and video cameras, global positioning systems, Internet access, and computers as powerful as the desktop models of only a few years ago. A number of chemical educato...

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Published in:Journal of chemical education 2012-03, Vol.89 (4), p.492-496
Main Authors: Benedict, Lucille, Pence, Harry E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bar codes
Blogs
Cameras
Cellular telephones
Chemistry
College Science
College students
Computer simulation
Computer Uses in Education
Educational Technology
Electronic Publishing
Global positioning systems
GPS
Internet
Mobile phones
Organic chemistry
Satellite navigation systems
Science Instruction
Science Laboratories
Science teachers
Smartphones
Students
Telecommunications
Undergraduate Study
Video Technology
Web Based Instruction
Web Browsers
Web Sites
Websites
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Summary:Increasing numbers of college students own cell phones, and many of these phones are smartphones, which include features such as still and video cameras, global positioning systems, Internet access, and computers as powerful as the desktop models of only a few years ago. A number of chemical educators are already using these devices for education. By the time they reach college, many students have created video content and shared it on Web sites, such as YouTube. It has become easy to create two-dimensional barcodes that include a universal resource locator Web address that can connect the Web browser on a smartphone to a Web site. This article discusses how these new capabilities can be used to teach chemistry.
ISSN:0021-9584
1938-1328
DOI:10.1021/ed2005399