Integrating wireless gadgets into science lessons
Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Target Audience
K12 Educators
Location
Room 218/220
Abstract for the conference program
Students carry around a wide range of mobile devices, including cellphones, tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks. At the same time, there is a wide range of inexpensive sensors and data collection tools, including the DIY Breadboard Computer, that could be used in conjunction with these student devices. We will show you how to use low-cost BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and WiFi modules to connect the two worlds. Use of wireless technologies will allow your students to make measurements while not being tangled up in cables. Your students will be able to collect data in real time, from objects in motion, as well as log data for longer term experiments. Storage and a basic graphical user interface are provided by an app on the student device. Using these wireless technologies, your students will be able to collect data, while putting their - all too - familiar computing devices to good use!
Proposal Track
Non-research Project Interdisciplinary STEM Education
Proposal Track
R1: Projects in Process
Start Date
3-4-2017 1:00 PM
End Date
3-4-2017 2:00 PM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Covert, Joseph S. and Hitz, Markus, "Integrating wireless gadgets into science lessons" (2017). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 31.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2017/2017/31
Integrating wireless gadgets into science lessons
Room 218/220
Students carry around a wide range of mobile devices, including cellphones, tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks. At the same time, there is a wide range of inexpensive sensors and data collection tools, including the DIY Breadboard Computer, that could be used in conjunction with these student devices. We will show you how to use low-cost BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and WiFi modules to connect the two worlds. Use of wireless technologies will allow your students to make measurements while not being tangled up in cables. Your students will be able to collect data in real time, from objects in motion, as well as log data for longer term experiments. Storage and a basic graphical user interface are provided by an app on the student device. Using these wireless technologies, your students will be able to collect data, while putting their - all too - familiar computing devices to good use!
