This is a hard one for me. Until fairly recently we had no cell coverage out where I live, and I refused to get a cell phone that wouldn't work most places. Now that they built a tower that I can actually see from my house- I no longer have that excuse- but still won't use a cell phone. For me, it is just one more added expense for something that I don't need. However- I love my ipad, my ipad mini and my ipod and my kindle fire ( no, actually I don't love the fire- clunky, lousy battery).
But - using my mobile devices or allowing the kids to use them in the classroom is a whole other story. I allow the kids to use devices whenever appropriate- going out in the hall to record, making music on garageband, etc.. I use my ipad mini all the time- taking photos of the whiteboard, using the animoto or Edmodo apps. Taking quick photos or videos of the students at work, documenting work... the list is endless.
One new device I just got recently is the chromebook- like just about everything about it- except no java... I kind of wish there was some way to run portable apps on it as well.
This is a project that we did using ipods/Ipad mini to record and animoto (app) to pull it together. The 3rd graders come in about once a week (not a regularly scheduled class, but they live next door) and we introduced them to Storybird and then used the ipad mini and ipod to take the photos and videos, threw it all together with the Animoto app.
We also used ipads/ipods and animoto for our AWL handshakes in the Fall in 4th grade
This was an experiment last year with the 3rd graders in French class trying out MindSnacks App. The CEO emailed us!
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