Link to Fire official: Man’s cell phone apparently sets him ablaze – CNN.com
My students have been intrigued, excited, etc over the exploding laptops, it will be interesting to see their reaction to this.
Actually, it’s mostly my 7th period class. My AB kid has always been into technology news, and he has gotten the rest of the class into it. So we always start out a few minutes with the issues in the news.
The Cisco/iPhone, especially has one kid in a lather. He actually asked if he could make a phone call last week — and when I asked, he said his stock broker. I told him to wait until after school, which as soon as the bell rang, he whipped the phone out and made the class — I really wanted him to at least leave the room, but since I didn’t say that…
And I really hope he didn’t base the transactions on my opinion — he said he’d researched it during class …. I don’t mind TOO much as he did get his assignment done.
But it’s one of the weirdest things that have happened to me as a teacher.