Journal Post #4 Phones can be phun!

Journal # 4

From Toy to Tool By: Liz Kolb

Cell phones as educational tools? Crazy right? Not so when it comes to audioblogging and gabcast.com

Question: Why do cell phones have such a negative attachment for teachers?

I can understand where this educator was coming from, especially after reading the first journal article about the college students constantly multitasking in class some focusing more on their cell phones than their notes. Students can cheat with them but if we can refocus their thinking about how cell phones can be used in the classroom maybe we can change how the students use them. I became inspired by this article, saying “no “ to many children makes them want to do it more and I think cell phones are a necessary aspect to most peoples lives and they should be embraced instead of discouraged.

Question: The idea of audioblogging sounds really fun. How can we teach out students about NETS for students?

With audioblogging we can teach the children about fair use and copyright issues when it comes to posting on the internet. It will cover some of the NETS for students by having them conduct interviews and record them on their phones inside and outside of school. I would have never thought of such a great idea. Cell phones are a huge part of technology today and teaching children how to use them appropriately is necessary. I was so focused on the NETS-S and using cameras, and other more educationally focused technology that I never even thought of audioblogging and cell phones as an option.