I'm IPhone obsessed

I never considered myself a gadget guru, or one drawn to techie type goodies.  Every since I started this grad class, Intro to Instructional Technology, I sense my love of technology has increased.  It happened to be that this past week I was in the market for a new cell phone.  Knowing that a smart phone would be an easy way to keep track of my life, I decided to cross over and pay the monthly data charges, thus bringing myself fully aboard the 21st century. 

When looking for a phone I considered a Blackberry, or other smartphone, but then the sales clerk brought me to the new Iphone 4.  The light shined down upon the display and the music began playing.  I was in love!  Looking at all the apps that could bring value to my life, I knew that this was the way to go.  Everything was finally in one place, email, internet, texting, phone, even Skype.  

There were so many instances when the phone came in handy this week.   A group mate sent me an article she found on our project, I was out and about, but still able to view the pdf and text my thanks.  The article ended up being useful to our project.  I also was able to Skype my professor on my phone, which was so convienent.  If this is a useful tool for a grad student, why aren't similar devices used more often in education.

There are so many apps that are useful.  I've also seen cell phone polls used at the NJEA convention to answer questions on a lecture.  Why do we tell students to power down?