Dad, Can you put a hook on my pole?

When I was a kid, I did not go fishing. I am not sure why that did not fascinate me as it does most other boys, but it did not. I was interested in baseball in the summer time ....and that is about it.

Now, to the point of this post. When my 9 year old wanted a hook placed on his pole, I panicked. I had never done that before and was not sure how. So, I yanked out my iPhone, jumped on to Safari (oh, I wish that Flash could be implemented on this browser) and Googled - how to put a hook on a fishing pole. I came up with - http://www.ehow.com/how_4536406_put-hook-fishing-line.html - and was able to complete the task without my son knowing I was a dope.

I see smartphones, especially iPhones-like devices, as the medium of our current culture and looking up information and being able to read that information as the new skills. Locating Information is #10 on my list of 20 things students need to do - see list.

Now we are ready to fish, so where should we go...hmmm...let's google fishing spots near Orchard Park, NY - let's try this: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/32658.html and let's use the built-in GPS in the iphone http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3gs/maps-compass.html, so we know how to get there and and if I time it right, we can listen to a baseball game on the iPhone too! http://mlb.mlb.com/mobile/iphone/