Apples for Teachers, iPhones for Students

Apple computers has unveiled a new price plan, which seems to be appealing to technology educators.  The possibilities for technologies like iPhones in classrooms is of course exciting.  I would also warn colleagues that sleek technology does not supplant sound teaching.  Technology is a tool. 

That having been said, here are a list of things I would do with iPhones in classrooms, the the NYCDOE would allow them in:

1. 140-character literary analysis: text your partner your analysis of Paradise Lost. Tonight for homework, write a 140 character response to the critique and text it back.

2. Use voice recording apps to record peer-review writing conferences.  Post those files to the class web site tonight; you’ll be assessed on the quality of the support you give.

3.  Using a program like CalenGoo, we’d create a class calendar that students could carry with them at all times and we could adjust in class.

4. We’d use WordPress’s app to blog about our learning, to analyze literature, and to respond to others’ ideas.

Most importantly, students would carry these habits of using technology as a learning tool with them when they leave school.  Apples for teachers might only go so far, but Apple’s iPhones for students might just be something we could sink our teeth into.

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