Lucky for me a former teacher who owns the $200 version of the iTouch happened to visit school last week. He loves it and enjoyed showing me all of the features that he uses including online books, GPS, camera, and calculator. The attraction seems to be that it is user friendly and has a large amount of memory.
I can see how this tool can easily be integrated into the teaching and learning experience: sending reminders and notices, creating podcasts, having students use the photog. app.to visually record and share experiences, playing curriculum related games, using the calculator, using the calendar, etc. Simply 21st century teaching and learning.
Wikipedia--another great way to extend the walls of the classroom. I heard of a fun LA lesson--have students corroborate on a writing assignment.
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We really wanted the wikipedia activity to happen so that students could publish there, but unfortunately misbehavior on our side of the line has caused wikipedia to block the SBISD Ip address so things can not be added from our schools at least for a year! Isn't that a shame...a great learning experience suffers at the hands of someone with less than stellar intentions
Although not OK, the more we venture into new areas of teaching and learning, the more we will need to plan for mischief and how we will deal with it.
When online learning was new in SBISD we had a student steal a teacher's password allowing the student access to all records (including the other online teachers) for that program. Unfortunately, the reaction to the situation was very emotional and created much finger pointing among the adults. Of course there was a way to backtrack and make amends. It was a learning experience for everyone.
Mischief and cheating are not new; we now have new arenas. We cannot inhibit progressive teaching and learning out of fear of mischief and must be prepared for handling any improper behavior in an academic and intellectual manner. I very much appreciate all that you do to help us continue to move forward in the area of “21st century teaching and learning.”
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