We've been using the Apple ITouch for the past month with students in our classes as well as at home trying to see how we could make its brand of technology useful in the classroom. Originally I had kept my focus limited to just that, in the classroom. I was looking at math apps, science apps, even spelling apps while thinking linearly about how I would have students play them in the classroom. Over the past month I've been introduced to Google Earth on the ITouch, a NASA app that lets you follow space missions, and a game titled "The Oregon Trail". I've started thinking about how the class as a whole could benefit from having just one of these things around. If I end up in a 5th grade classroom discussing U.S. History then Oregon trail becomes part of my unit plan., if I even mention the planets, the moon, or any other astronomy topic then the NASA app has something to offer.
The fact that this device has inspired so many people to write so many programs (apps) that there is pretty much something for everyone at this point. I know I am still just breaking the ice with what teachers can do with technology and I am glad that my school has decided to use these devices.
The fact that this device has inspired so many people to write so many programs (apps) that there is pretty much something for everyone at this point. I know I am still just breaking the ice with what teachers can do with technology and I am glad that my school has decided to use these devices.
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