Journal #4

Jouranl #4
"From Toy to Tool" by Liz Kolb.
This is an interesting article about the use of cell phones. That is the last thing I thought I would here a teacher say. All my teachers hated cell phones in class. He is saying that they can be helpful for students to learn. I liked the idea of conducting interviews outside of the classroom so that the students could later listen to them. I like the idea of creating a file that talks about a certain author, for a book report, and the students can add audio to the work. That is a great idea. This can help the audio learner. I believe that is the best thing for these different programs, they are other resources to enhance the learning experience they are not the only thing. The concern is the protection policy. The students have to pay 12 dollars to have a protected password. Without this their information can be stolen or hampered with; however, this is being worked on. The question I have is how do we work to make sure that they are learning something with these types of projects? I think that the best way to see if the student is progressing with an audio bloger is to make a quiz on the fundamentals of the audio bog. Also, the students can take quizzes on the different audio presentations. The other question is how do administrators make sure that the audio that the kids obtain or make is safe for the classroom environment? The teacher will have a password that allows them to get into the site and monitor what is attached. This is a great idea.