According to a study performed by Aboutourkids.org, more than 75 percent of high school students own a cell phone Wirededucator.com states that one-third of those students own an iPhone. This does not even cover the other brands of smartphones.
I like iPhones because they are like convenient mini-mini-laptops. They’re also faster than school computers, but a lot of things are faster than the school computers.
Also, another feature on there that I like is the App Store because I can find an app for basically anything. For example, sometimes I come across a word that I don’t know and I need to look it up. I can just type it into the app called Dictionary.com and ta-da!
The awesome thing about it is that it doesn’t need Wi-Fi to function and it’s completely free. For those people that only have 5 cents in their iTunes account, this is for you.
Another device that the school should incorporate into its curriculum is the iPad from Apple. iPads would be perfect for note taking because I can’t read my own chicken scratch. Why take notes and not be able to read them?
Have your hands ever ached because of too much note-taking. Mine sure have. In fact they’re aching right now. Thanks History class. Speaking of writing, who has written in a school book. Whether it was an intentional bad word or accidental smudge, everyone has done it.
Teachers know that those books cost and the more wear and tear it goes through, the harder it is for new students to use them. But now there is this novelty call eBooks. Teachers don’t have to worry about ratty looking books anymore. Consequently, students can focus more on their homework and less on gluing their math textbook together.
Yes, iPads are expensive. However, there are grants and trials available. I know that teenagers are generally viewed as irresponsible and disrespectful at times, always testing the boundaries, bending the rules, and trying to see what we can get away with. Still, maybe if they trusted us a bit more technology, we might just surprise them with what we can do.
