PLN #13

For my thirteenth PLN I read an article called "Phoning it in" from T Sale's blog. I found this article extremely interesting and some of the things he had to say made me really think about how technology and students could easily be combined to make learning a simpler, faster, and easier process.

My Comment:
Wow, it’s really amazing what some of the students in high school are doing today. I myself am a high school student and I find this extremely interesting. Usually when I see phones out or other electronic devices they are being used to fool around or not being used properly. It’s very intriguing that this particular student decided to use his iPhone in order to help him with his school work instead of using it the wrong way. In my opinion I think just about every teacher is afraid or lenient on letting their students use technology like this because they think students are going to be distracted or not use the technology in order to improve their school work. I think this little incident shows that not all students use technology in a bad way, and if instructed most students would use it the right way. Why not give students a chance with it? If successful this would most likely speed up the learning process of most students and would eliminate teachers from having to answer questions that would take a simple trip to Google.