Lisa+Rose-+Bump

**Web Address**: http://bu.mp **Student's Name**: Lisa Rose **Grade Levels**: 6-12 (or at any age when kids have and are comfortable using smart phones) **Content Area:** Any
 * What**: Bump

**Abstract**: Bump allows the transfer of files between smart phones or from phone to computer, or computer to phone, with a “bump” of the two devices (similar to what’s always advertised for galaxy phones.) The educational purpose is that students can use their phones to create videos or take pictures and instantly transfer their products to the teacher’s computer. Teachers could also use it to transfer to student’s phones. The bump app can be downloaded in the itunes store for phones, and computers can access it at []. I think this would work for any grade level where the majority of kids are using smart phones, and could work for any content area in which you’d benefit from kids using their own phones to create projects. In the world language department we often use flip cameras in class, but with bump students could complete video projects outside of class without worrying about transferring big files.

**Personal Use**: I had students explain the process of taking a trip via train or plane by taking a picture of sentences written on whiteboards to put together into a story strip. They then bumped me their pictures so the whole class could look at them. A major plus was student motivation. They completed their writing faster than I’ve ever seen them do it before because they wanted to get to the bump part. They were excited about bumping each other their projects in a way that they just wouldn’t have been if they had done it on paper. (Normally I would have had them write the process on poster paper, hang up the posters and walk around the room looking at each others' posters.) A negative side of the bump experience in my classroom was the internet connection. Students had no problems bumping each other their projects, but it took several tries to get them onto my computer. Another drawback would be if students don’t have smart phones. I did this in my Spanish 3 class where all but a handful did, so I told them to make sure they were in a group with at least one person with a smart phone. With my lower levels not as many probably have those, so it would take more planning to make sure there was at least one per group.

Here are some examples of how their projects turned out: