The teachers post I was assigned to read this week was Mr. Robbo (The P.E Geek). Growing up as an athlete in school I really was impressed and intrigued with his blog post ideas. They were all about new gadgets that would improve the P.E. world and overall help athletes improve as well. The first blog was about different apps for your iphone. There was one named Runwithme. Which when I told a fellow girl about, her instant reaction was "that is so awesome, and cute." I had to agree that this would be an excellent idea for couples or friends that live in different area codes. The other one had to deal with reaction skills. It was called Reactiontime and was invented to help athletes on their start time for runs such as the forty yard dash.The second post I thought was neat as well, however I don't believe people take into consideration how much all of this would actually cost. I don't think most people have the money for these apps and smart technology. I very much appreciated the posts though.
The P.E. Geek
Well, recent data show that you are wrong. In 2009 40% of all students from 8-18 year olds in the United States had their own cell phones. In 2010 100% of EDM310 students had a cell phone and 41% had a smartphone. This summer 100% of EDM310 students had a cellphone and 87% had smartphones. (You are one who did not have a smartphone). My guess is that at least 50% of 8-18 year olds now have smartphones and it is probably higher than that. ReactionTime costs 99¢. RunWithMe also costs 99¢. Neither is beyond the financial of almost all 8-18 year olds in the United States. The uninformed often claim that technology "costs too much for widespread use" when, in fact, the data show otherwise. Take a look at the Kaiser Foundation Report Generation M2 and you will see what I mean.
ReplyDeleteYou discuss two apps. Mr. Robbo has not written about ReactionTime. So why do you make it appear that it was the topic of a second post on which you were to comment?