Challenge 5

Challenge 5 is a fairly easy one to blog about because I use my cell phone Internet service for almost everything that I do on the Internet.  The only thing that my phone is not compatible with is ANGEL, which is the program that we use at the University of North Alabama for our online classes.  I use my phone to check Facebook, receive and send my emails, take pictures, record videos, surf the web, look for lesson plans, text, and communicate with whomever I need to.  Almost everyone these days have a cell phone.  Cell phones have come a long way even since I was in high school.  I can remember a day when as a high school student we were not allowed to bring a cell phone into the school, and if we did and got caught then we had to visit alternative school. Today, students are allowed to use their cell phone while at school to surf the web and email assignments.  During certain times of the day such as lunch, students are allowed to talk on their phones.  I think that there are many things that teachers can do to help students use their cell phone as an educational device.  It only makes sense to allow students to use cell phones for educational purposes.  They are going to use them anyway.  Teachers can make an assignment that requires students to record a video.  The students can work together in a group and choose where and when they want to record the video.  The teacher can select a topic and allow the students to produce a video to correspond to the topic.  The students can then post the video to YouTube or Edmodo.  Then the students can share the video with the entire class as a presentation.  Doing projects like this are very interesting for students.  It is a hands on project.  All students no matter what age enjoy working with a group doing hands on projects that they can be proud of.  I as a teach always try to incorporate projects such as this so that I can keep my students engaged and up to date with the latest technology.