The article’s author asked teachers to ask their students a few simple questions: "What technology do you use outside of school that would be good for the classroom? Why? How would that work?"
Here's what the students came up with
1. laptops
2. Bluetooth-exchanging information between electronic devices
3. cell pone-“Mobile Prep” use electronic flash cards, generate questions based on student proficiency. Students can share and sell decks they generate.
4. digital camera-take a picture of the whiteboard to cut down on notetaking time
5. graphing calculator-new applications on website for company, create own programs to solve equations in physics; it can manipulate data quickly and has many applications.
6. Nintendo DS-Brain Age
7. Video Camera-tape the class to study later; or post it to school’s website for other students to download
8. FlashDrive-carrying a great deal of information without the weight of books
9. Public-Address System-music could play during class transition times in middle and high schools.
10. Universal Remotes, controlling all equipment in classroom
11. webcam-students can talk to kids across the world
12. iPod-allows students to listen to music while studying, blocking out distractions, listen to books, catching up on the world of podcasts.
13. Sims-artificial environments-allows social interaction and group learning.
I know I need to be more open-minded about recording things. I’m not comfortable recording and posting my teaching on the web. I do like the music for transition times, maybe I can use that between activities. I did use Skype for the very first time on Monday. I can’t wait to connect to other classrooms soon.
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