Resources for iPod Touch
Just a quick post to share some online resources for using the iPod Touch for learning…
4 comments to Resources for iPod TouchLeave a Reply |
||
|
Copyright © 2010 Technology Vision Team - All Rights Reserved |
||
Charlottesville, VA school pilots Kindles in the classroom: Article
This article reminded me of many of the discussions points from the “Teaching Every Student in a Virtual World” course that some of us participated in over the summer. While I can see the validity of electronic readers for a variety of reasons(motivation, multi-skill level, multi-functions, etc…), there is nothing like holding a book and feeling the pages, smelling the glue, seeing the illustrations. I think there is room for both forms, especially at the primary and elementary levels.
My hang-up with eReaders is that for the cost, they have limited functionality. What I mean is, for the price of a Kindle/Nook/Sony reader, you can get a fully functional netbook/laptop. By fully functional, I mean that students can not only read eBooks, they can annotate, listen, view, write, record and edit their own content.
Don’t get me wrong, I realize it’s not as simple as walking into a Best Buy and price comparing based on functionality. Any implementation takes serious thought, collaboration and support from the entire school community. But given that we want our students to be creative and innovative thinkers… we need to think more critically about the devices we put in their hands and what we (and they) expect to be able to do with them.
Just sayin’.
iPod touch for Meeting the Needs of Special Learners