Mobile Learning

The district I teach in treats social networks and smart phones similarly to the principal from N.J. in the Prezi presentation:  they are afraid of the extreme minority of students who abuse them.  Kids are kids, and if you tempt them with the "forbidden fruit," they will take a bite.  Teacher's jobs have always been to teach and prepare young people more than just our subject-matter, but also, the proper way of doing a variety of things like manners and discipline.  We can easily add technology to the list things we need to teach.

I wish I had more access to smart phones and Ipads because tools like Poll Everywhere can be very useful.  ; I would use them for formative and summative assessments, and I think the polls could be helpful in keeping students engaged.  Heck, they seemed pretty engaged w/ their phones already.  Let's see if the kids will use the phones as a learning tools.  Plus, if teachers had access to the same technology, we would be able to "approximate" with students because we could move around more with phones instead of having to be stagnant at a whiteboard or overhead projector. Here is a poll I made.

Build television sms voting polls at Poll Everywhere

 Eventually, schools will wake up and get with the program.  The world is changing, and we need to keep up.  Let's add smart phones, Ipads, Droids, etc to our schools as they are necessary if our kids are going to receive a modern, quality education.