
This course teaches you the things that you have to take in to consideration when you want to buy a smartphone depending on the activities that you mostly do in your smartphone, these things are for camera quality, the resolution of the screen, the screen size, processor, storage and the battery life span
This course teaches you on different ways your smartphone can be connected to the internet, the first is by using mobile data connection, connection between two smartphones by using Hotspot and Wi-Fi and also the connection between smartphone and computer by using Hotspot and Wi-Fi.
This course teaches you different techniques that can be used when you want search different things or information on internet, how to internet with different search engines such as Google, Chrome and others
This lecture gives teachers knowledge on how to install both free and cost Apps on their smartphones, at the end of this lesson a leaner should be able to:
Install different Apps on smartphone
This subtopic will teach the ways on how to connect smartphone to a computer, at the end of this lesson a leaner should be able to:
i. Explain how to connect a smartphone to a computer for data transfer.
ii. Compare types of connections between smartphone and computer.
iii. Conclude which type of connection is the best for each student.
This subtopic will help teachers to know the interface of tHL App and how to interact with it, at the end of this lesson a learner should be able to:
i. Interact with tHL App page and access different learning materials.
ii. Use tHL App in teaching.
This subtopic will give knowledge and skills on how to share different documents on social media such as WhatsApp, at the end of this lesson a learner should be able to:
i. Share relevant and appropriate material on social media.
ii. Use effectively different tips concerning material sharing.
This subtopic will give knowledge and skills on how to use Google Meet to conduct live discussion, at the end of this lesson a learner should be to:
i. Use google meet in live discussion.
This subtopic will provide knowledge and skills on how to use a ZipGrade software in assess students, at the end of this lesson a learner should be able to:
i. Prepare different multiple-choice questions on ZipGrade
ii. Grade the tests and other tasks using ZipGrade
iii. Analyze the results of the students using ZipGrade
This subtopic will teach on how to scan a document by using WPS office App, at the end of this lesson a learner should be able to:
Scan document that are not already pictured as well as pictured one.
This subtopic will help teachers to identify different editing tools of Microsoft word found in smartphone, at the end of this lesson, a leaner should be able to:
i. Open Microsoft Word in a smartphone
ii. Type different words in smartphone
iii. Edit the document using smartphone
iv. Save the document in smartphone
This subtopic will help a learner to know how to prepare PowerPoint presentations on smartphone, at the end of this lesson a learner should be able to:
i. Prepare slides in smartphone using by PowerPoint
ii. Prepare a PowerPoint with the consideration of all Microsoft tools used in designing document.
This subtopic will help learners to know how to use Microsoft excel in their smartphone, at the end of this lesson a leaner should be able to:
i. Prepare records by using Microsoft excel in his/her smartphone.
ii. Perform simple manipulations in Microsoft excel
This subtopic will teach different techniques on how to take a photo using a smartphone, at the end of this lesson a learner will be able to:
i. Take more realistic pictures solely by using mobile device.
This subtopic will teach different techniques on how to edit a photo using a smartphone, at the end of this lesson a learner will be able to:
i. Take a photo on smartphone using Adobe Lightroom.
ii. Use different editing tools in Lightroom to edit a photo.
iii. Save image in the smartphone.
This subtopic will help teachers to use a smartphone to record a lesson, at the end of this lesson a learner must be able to:
i. Record a quality video clip by using smartphone.
This subtopic will help learner to compress a video file in order to minimize the file size, at the end of this lesson a learner should be able to:
i. Compress the video file by using panda video app on a smartphone.
This subtopic will teach different techniques on how to edit a video in a smartphone by using kineMaster software, at the end of this lesson a learner should be able to:
i. Edit a video by using kineMaster.
ii. Export the complete edited video.
This is an online course concerning different techniques and basic knowledge on how to make the teaching and learning process interactive, collaborative, and participatory purposefully with the intention of increasing learning gains, also covering the gap left by the scarcity of desktop computers and laptops in working areas.
Also, the course’s main stakeholders are teachers who are the targeted learner who intends to be the major player in the learning context. The project will not extend much to other professional fields of expertise since teachers are the ones who are in touch directly in one way or another in the deployment of technology in education to improve learning gains.
The course as entitled focuses on the creation of basic knowledge regarding some areas in the smartphone only, it will not extend to other technological devices like computers, printers, etc.
A general observation is that teachers in schools and higher learning institutions in developing countries are reluctant to use Smartphones for teaching and learning activities, therefore there is a need to explore the underlying reasons for this phenomenon. This course has been prepared purposely to give teachers skills and knowledge on the effective use of their smartphones to improve teaching and learning.
Using Smartphones for educational purposes fits into the realm of the mobile learning (or M-learning) paradigm which is considered to be an extension of electronic learning (or E-learning). M-learning is a medium of learning that uses mobile devices to create educational opportunities and deliver information. The increased computing capabilities of mobile devices and their availability have created significant interest among educators to use them in promoting formal and informal learning (Brown, 2005).