Tools to further understanding

Technology is a wonderful way to further lesson plans with hands on applications that are not possible without the medium. For example, if students from the city are unable to visit farmlands to study the agriculture, they can do a virtual tour of the lands. With technology, lessons learned in school are supplemented by hands on experience. These virtual field-trips are a safe effective way to further understanding. I tend to seek this type of information myself. Generally if I am interested in a topic or I need further guidance on material learned in a classroom setting I would seek virtual media to assist my understandings.

I also use my cell phone as a tool for learning. Generally if I need to quickly look something up like a definition of a word or location on a map I will just type it in to my phones web browser to locate information. I also use my phone for spell check often. Outside of the classroom I use my phone to gather other sorts of information, I have used resources like cha cha before but I text google A LOT! It is an easy way to obtain a phone number and address of a location. I also tend to use my note pad function to write to-do lists, calculator, and specific apps to do certain functions. The cell phone can be a very useful tool to employ in the classroom and as the author of the podcast claims they are generally available tools.