My group of 6th graders was supposed to conduct a poll on the topic of mobile phones. The first tree weeks they didn't bring any results. Last week they brought something which for me looks more like their oservations connected with imagination. However, here are some of their results, I'll be more strict next time :)
Most of the grandparents use their mobile phones in emergency cases. However, there are two grand parents who use it more often, even for texting and playing games. The most frequent activity children in the 6th grade use mobiles for is playing games. The second one is texting.
4 out of 5 children in the class are not allowed to use Internet on their mobiles, even if they are smartphones. Those, who are allowed, use it more times a day to keep in touch with friends (social networking), or look up information on the web.
Dealing with this topic, kids learned how fast the technology of mobile phones is developing and when it all started. They also learned how the mobiles in past looked like, when the first iPhone came to Germany and how have the prices changed. The most interesting part for them was to learn, that the car phone in 1960s to 70s cost 15000 DM, while a VW Beetle cost just 5000 DM.
