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iPods and Cell Phones

Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) data tell us:

Ownership of phones:

•8 to 11 year olds:•12 to 14 year olds:•15+:

18%75%98% and growing

iPods and Cell Phones

Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) data tell us:

Kids’ phones are generally better than teachers’ phones

iPods and Cell Phones

The quality of technology at home is superior to what schools are able to offer their students Better broadband▪ No filtering

Better phones Better PCs

iPods and Cell Phones

Embrace, regulate or ban?

Brisbane Courier-Mail, Friday 4th September, 2009

iPods and Cell Phones

Embrace, regulate or ban?

Brisbane Courier-Mail, Friday 4th September, 2009

iPods and Cell Phones

Possible student use: record a class task in photo or video

form Ask questions via twitter Instant web access to search for an

image/document/advice Bring a sample of music for presentation Using podcasts▪ Listening to and sharing▪ Recording and distributing

iPods and Cell Phones

The tool isn’t the problem. If it was we’d ban

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iPods and Cell Phones

If we can’t find a way to manage the technology students are using now, how will we cope with the near future?

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) www.ted.comPattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

iPods and Cell Phones

“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.”-General Eric Shinseki, former chief of staff of the US army