After researching the K12 online conferences, I decided that cell phones and learning would be an interesting topic to explore. I feel that a student’s interest in cell phones in the school setting is a topic that is controversial and to incorporate it into learning and the curriculum would be beneficial. Mobile learning opportunities includes audio recordings, like pod-castings. This process can be done by using an IPOD or gabcast.com., then a student needs to creating an account, which includes RSS feeds and a 1-800 number. After a student is done recording it automatically uploads to a website and it is a free tool to use. If a student does not have a cell phone a landline works as well! Each student has 60 minutes to record and then the choice of published or unpublished his or her work. It can be downloaded as an MP3 file or can be downloaded into a Blog.

While reviewing the posted comments of others who have attended the conference, I realized that the support of this tool was spilt, 50/50. I learned a multitude of factors and feel that this conference was without a doubt a great contribution to my professional development. It seems very complicated to include cell phones into lesson plans, but in all actuality it is very simple. Cell phones give students motivation to learn in the technological era they are being brought up in.