{"id":859,"date":"2010-10-31T16:07:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T21:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=859"},"modified":"2010-10-31T16:07:50","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T21:07:50","slug":"a-connected-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"A Connected Road Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

I took an impromptu road trip to Salem MA yesterday to check out the Halloween happenings<\/a>.\u00a0 We had a great time.\u00a0 I brought along my VirginMobil mifi<\/a>, so my daughter could complete her homework on the 5 hr round trip drive. I brought my iPad<\/a> along for the day.<\/p>\n

We had a great time people watching with everyone in their Halloween best.\u00a0 We spent a good deal of the time walking around discussing the history of Salem, the witch trials, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.\u00a0 We had the handy dandy iPad with us so we could look up information.\u00a0 We checked out maps, read up on who lived where, and the history of the town and region.<\/p>\n

It was my first trip with instant access and a great display.\u00a0 It really changed the nature of our little field trip.\u00a0 It made it personal and informative.\u00a0 I learned more than was in the handouts and displays set around town. As we were waiting to attend a performance at the House of Seven Gables<\/a> my daughter read up on Hawthrone<\/a>, Longfellow<\/a>, Emerson<\/a> and the literature of the time period.\u00a0 I was amazed my soon to be 17 year old child was not familiar with them.\u00a0 In thinking back to the reading she has done in school she has not read too many classic American novels, but mostly modern, international works.\u00a0 But that is a thought for another time.<\/p>\n

As a family we travel to many historical places and I do not think I will travel with out the iPad again. I wonder how it would change field trips if groups of students also traveled with them.\u00a0 What kind of impact would it have on what they learn? How would it change how we plan for them?<\/p>\n

A note on the devices:<\/em>
\nI thought I\u00a0 could only get Verizon service reliably at my home. The Verizon mifi<\/a> with a month to month plan is about $100 more then Virgin Mobile (VM), out of range for my current budget.\u00a0 The VM Mifi has worked great at home, in my car, at work and in Salem. My guess is Virgin Mobile is using the Verizon network in my area.<\/p>\n

I did purchase a month of AT&T 3G access on the iPad.\u00a0 It came in handy at MassCUE<\/a>. I have tired it at home but I still do not have AT&T access sitting on my living room couch. I will not renew the AT&T service on the iPad but will stick with the VM mifi.\u00a0 It works well with all the devices the family uses and is not limited to just one device. In fact 5 devices can be connected at one time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I took an impromptu road trip to Salem MA yesterday to check out the Halloween happenings.\u00a0 We had a great time.\u00a0 I brought along my VirginMobil mifi, so my daughter could complete her homework on the 5 hr round trip drive. I brought my iPad along for the day. We had a great time people watching with everyone in their Halloween best.\u00a0 We spent a good deal of the time walking around discussing the history of Salem, the witch trials,…<\/p>\n

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