As a follow-up to last week’s post on using phone apps, I wanted to share some recent research from the Pew’s Hispanic Trends Project on the use of the internet and mobile devices. The study found increases in recent years in the use of technology among different ethnic and minority groups. “Among the biggest drivers of these increases are spikes in technology adoption among foreign-born Latinos and Spanish-dominant Latinos.” For many of us, these are the students who make up our classes. Having students already familiar with using the internet and who own smartphones opens up a whole new world of possibilities for classroom lessons, as well as at-home practice activities. How might you take advantage of smartphones to help your students learn?