Saturday, June 11, 2011
iPhone as a tool
I was one of the zillion Verizon customers that jumped on the iPhone in February. I've installed some fun apps, but I haven't used it to its potential. This morning (is 2 a.m. morning) there was a terrible storm and I was wide awake. When the power went out, I was even more awake because I started worrying about how I would complete 2 online classes with no juice. Then I started wondering how much I could do on my phone and for the last 2 hours I have been playing. I was able to read the class Twitter (there is an app) and access Google Reader to read blogs. I was able to sign on to Flashline and read most of the information in the class folders. For some reason I couldn't figure out how to post to my Blog. I had a problem signing into Blogger. I started thinking about how students are always carrying their phones around. If the learning resources were accessible on the phone (audio, video, blogs, texting) work outside the classroom might be easier to coordinate with their busy schedules. One more thing to learn about.
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Cheryl,
ReplyDeleteI've wondered about this too. There really seems to be a lot of potential for Iphones and other smart devices in education. I think the hardest part about it is sifting through the countless possibilities of what you can do and trying to create a framework where instead of piecing a little bit here and a little bit there, there's an organized or systematic way to go about it.