Mobile Devices: To be or Not to Be

This is my presentation on Mobile Devices:

Mobile devices are usually electronic hand held gadgets created to enhance, educate, make life easier and more. The educational possibilities are endless, as these devices are in schools worldwide. They are used to assist in the teaching of all subjects. Students of all ages use any one of a variety of mobile devices in classes. Teachers use mobile devices as well - as a means of distributing information/lessons and give a new twist to making lessons visual. Information is also shared with staff and parents via mobile devices.

There are pros and cons to the use of mobile devices that teachers but more so parents should be aware of and thus regulate. As adults we provide the technology, however, we must not randomly and freely provide such devices without responsibility. Students/children must be taught the proper use of these devices just as we must teach these entrusted to us on the use of a meat cleaver or power tool, or even a potter's wheel.


A mobile device is a tool to provide a piece of a lesson; like part of a recipe - not the entire cake instantaneously, we all have to work at it to make everything come together; parent, teachers and students.

What follows is just a sampling of resources available:

http://www.edudemic.com/guides/ A teachers guide to technology

http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/Pages/index.aspx A smorgasbord of ideas brought to by Microsoft

http://www.4teachers.org/ Need a little help getting technology up and running in your classroom - this is your site!

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/01/26-ways-to-use-comics-in-classroom-and.html#.Ubh35XBFqwM
Brace yourself...

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/ We all want to have fun sometime - Go ahead let the kiddies have some fun - they're learning and won't even realize it, until it's in their heads ;-)

http://www.ikidapps.com/2011/11/best-free-coloring-apps.html This keeps the darling busy with learning - but don't forget to read them a book at night :-)

...And now the prezi

http://prezi.com/8idn_bcxi9lp/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

...And these are some examples of mobile devices that I made :-) Of course, not the toys, but the mobile devices they have on their "bodies".