Implications and Teaching Opportunities for Camera Use in Teaching and Learning

Part A:
It is obvious smart phones are consuming the lives of teens and adults. There are ups and downs of smart phones, but that is with everything. According to Zogby Analytics, smart phones are trying to make everyday life simpler. I would agree it is making life easier because it is easy to get to and obtain information. This website gives all of the statistics of how smart phones are becoming so popular in the world. Smart phones and technology in general are advancing more and more everyday.

On the EDM310 Class Blog, it also gives us the percentages of the ages from 18-24, what they think about smart phones. From what I can see, all of the percentages are fairly high. Smart phones are really what we rely on for most things. As far as social life goes, we really do too much on our phones (me being a victim too). We never have actual conversations anymore and when we are trying to "spend time" with others, we are always on our phones. As teachers, this could make the job "easier" in a way. Everything could be online or used by smart phone instead of worrying about papers. Since most kids have smart phones these days, they could be used for internet in the classrooms, but this could cause problems. Students could do social things with their phones during class time instead of working. I believe the rates will continue to grow with time and eventually all we will use are smart phones for anything. As the technology advances, I believe this will make more of a positive impact on the world.

Part B:
My stepmother is an elementary teacher. They are given ipads for the students to use in the classrooms. There is an app they have on the ipad used for spelling words. For a kindergarten class, I could call each student up at a time to make sure they know their spelling words for the week. Each week, depending on the lesson, we would have a list of spelling words for each student to know. As I would call each student up, we would pull up the app and begin practicing. The student holds the ipad and I call the word out to the student. The student would then type the word and it would show up at the top of the screen. If the word was spelled incorrectly, it would tell the student to try again. I think this would be a great way for students to learn spelling as well as typing skills. According to ALEX, English and Language Arts 38D standard, it states students should be able to spell simple words. I feel this would be a great way for students to use the ipad in the classroom.