Summary: In today’s show, Kevin and Jason talk about writing on smartphones. Did you know a lot of students are writing more than tweets and texts on their phones? Is there anything wrong with writing everything on a smartphone? We want to use our smartphones for good, so join us as we uncover how students use their phones for good. In the show, we discuss: Multimodal Composing on Mobile Devices Using Smartphones in the Classroom Jason mentioned these books: Lives on the Boundary by Mike Rose The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great by Alec Foege What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee We both recommended these apps: Scrivener (Windows and Mac) Google Drive Evernote Lifehacker’s article on how to turn Google Drive into a free desktop suite Final Draft Dragon Dictation Paradise Lost Office - app created by Jason Rooster for iOS Write or Die Homophone Check - also created by Jason If you like writing on a smartphone, check out this Lifehacker article that explains how to create your own smartphone projector for $1. Don’t forget: you can subscribe to the Critical Margins podcast at iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud.
