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After all that waiting, I finally got my iPhone. I waited until my 2 year contract with Sprint expired, and so now here I am starting fresh with a 2 year contract with AT&T. I got the 16 GB white phone because they sold out on the black 8 GB ones and did not have the black 16 GB ones. There was actually a long line at the Palo Alto store when I went there this afternoon, and Apple associates were checking out ahead of time what model you wanted.
The first thing I did was to plug in some of my frequently contacted numbers, and then programmed my email. That is my yahoo and gmail accounts. Second thing I did was get on twitter and check out its mobile entry abilities. God help me, I will not be able to do my chores anymore, dishwashing, laundry, food shopping....if I get hooked on this.
But now, I will have information at my fingertips, I will be able to play Trivial Pursuit efficiently! Two Fridays ago, we saw Mamma Mia (girlfriends) and we couldn't remember the other movie that Meryl Streep appeared in where her body twisted as she fell from the stairs.
Goldie Hawn was in the movie too. My girlfriend took out her iPhone, googled Meryl Streep and recited a litany of her movies. The movie was there, "Death Becomes Her". Can you imagine a roomful of kids in a classroom with iPhones and contesting some of the facts that you may blurt out that is "iffy"? Say for example, you say Buzz Aldrin was the first man on the moon(duh)....someone could just say, "not really maam, it was Neil Armstrong" after checking out Wikipedia!
How about not remembering the title of the book that was written by Michael Chabon that was about Pittsburg and its mysteries? As quickly as I can blink, someone can dig that information for everybody from amazon.com. This gives me the opportunity to talk a little about "backchanneling" or utilizing the connectedness that we already have anyway, to enhance lesson delivery or learning. With gadgets like the iPhone available to some students or even any audience in a class or workshop, participants can use information gathering techniques to answer or to pose questions that can later be addressed in a group setting.
I would be so thrilled if it were used to check spelling and pronunciation as well. Google certainly has the ability to define words by typing in "define" then a colon and then the word you would want defined.
So much for the iPhone, now I am going to my yoga class.
Current Location: bedroom
Current Music: silence