Presented to College staff to inform discussion around the use of technologies by students

1. www.apple.com iPods and Cell Phonesdiscussion starter

3. iPods and Cell Phones Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) data tell us: Kids’ phones are generally better than teachers’ phones

4. 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

5. iPods and Cell Phones Embrace, regulate or ban? Brisbane Courier-Mail, Friday 4th September, 2009

6. iPods and Cell Phones Embrace, regulate or ban? Brisbane Courier-Mail, Friday 4th September, 2009

7. 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

8. iPods and Cell Phones The tool isn’t the problem. If it was we’d ban Pencils paper speaking reading at lunchtime

9. 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.com Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

10. 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