Samsung for Christmas.

End of school for 2012.  We drove to Christchurch for one day before flying to Auckland for a family holiday.  It was just enough time to drag my husband to Riccarton Mall and buy me a Samsung SNote.  Oh my gosh.  A gamers heaven.   Computer games for free!  Unfortunately I had to share it with the two sons.  It was great on the motorway however.  The boys actually enjoyed writing up their day as we drove between Red Hills and Central Auckland.  On arrival back in Christchurch we went shopping asap for another (cheaper) tablet so I wouldn't have to share anymore.  I was converted.  My dream class would included tablets and ipads.

It would involve mobile learning.  Students would be able to access the internet from wher they were working.  I was dreaming of easy creating of artifacts to record and reflect on learning.   I was very impressed with being able to take photos from within a document and have them automatically insert in.  I almost wished I would be teaching the 5 year olds.  How easy to make electronic portfolios using S note.  No more plugging the camera into the computer, uploading the photos, finding where the computer stored them and finally inserting them into the document.

\Of course 9 months later I would choose to use evernote to achieve this.  I now think cross platform support is key to a good app.  I need an app to be available online, on android and on ipods.  This is a little limiting but it is reality of a multi platform class.