PDA phones, ipods, ipads, and even PCs all come equipped with applications. Some are common such as a weather and calendar application, while others are only used by knowledgeable and daring techies.
More recently I have noticed children are downloading free applications on their devices. Some devices have so many applications folders need to be created to house them all. Downloadable applications have seem to consume the personal technology world.
With the iphone moving to verizon and andriod phones more popular then ever it seems like in a few years we will never see a phone that isn't equipped with Internet capabilities. So we as consumers must be able to flush out these nonsense apps and embrace the gems.
I cam across the website Application News, Reviews & Downloads , where I read the article
Be a Part of the Mobile Applications Boom.
The article outlines popular usages for applications:
Mobile applications are available for endless uses, such as:
* Managing everyday to-do lists and check lists for shopping, travel, and more
* Delivering real time and instant information on topics such as weather, news, stock quotes, company headlines, market news, dictionaries and more
* Translation services that convert the written word into the audible pronunciation
* Business and Social Networking
* Video Conferences
* Organizing, saving and encrypting your various user names and passwords
* Keeping track of monthly bills
* Managing your checkbook and everyday financial transactions efficiently
* Interactively obtaining medical and fitness information, and more
15 years ago cell phones we strictly for phone calls, and ipods weren't even invented. Now look what we can do. This all trickles down to our children. The current generation that lives off our technology advances needs to be able to see beyond the games and how applications can benefit them in society.
Plain and simple. Use them in our classrooms.
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