Abstract:

Mobile devices are becoming more and more widespread in our schools. And not only there, they are becoming the most widely spread ICT tools nowadays.

During distance learning these are the devices that might be borrowed from schools and often they are. We can use them as ICT tools but also as a laboratory as they contain different sensors. In the case of personal devices there might be some problems while using installed applications. Often they are dependent on the operating system and not only on this, also on the version of the operating system. That's why we might want to use web applications that are independent of the operating system.

This paper deals with using pupils' personal mobile devices for measuring level of noise with an installed application and creating a noise map using a web application.

The paper describes an app that is installed and measures noise level and a web application Thinglink. Thinglink was used for creating a noise map. It also describes how using personal mobile devices can support distance learning. Nevertheless, both tools can be used in normal classes. The paper briefly deals with a BYOD model and how using personal devices can support pupils' learning.

Keywords:

Personal mobile device, web application, sensor, BYOD.