Mobile Learning

This lab was especially interesting and enjoyable for me because I have a smart phone that I use for just about everything.  I am at the point where I don't know what I would do without it.  It is so useful in so many ways.  Unfortunately, schools are not very accepting of cell phone use but for good reason.  Many people, students in particular, will use their cell phones during school for non-school related reasons.  It's too bad that students are not allowed to have cell phones in school because they could be very useful for reasons like the text poles we did in this lab.  It would be nice if there was a way to monitor the use of cell phone rather than just ban them all together.  It would be a great tool for checking for understanding and I'm pretty sure students would enjoy using their phones in class.  One obvious problem is that there are students who don't have cell phones or don't have text message capabilities.  I have been in classrooms that use IPad's and it's really cool.  Once again, it's amazing what they can do.  Students love to see new technology being used and it makes them want to pay attention more.  I would love to experiment using an IPad with students.  Maybe one day I will be so lucky.