Now here is something I definitely didn’t have when I was a kid: YouTube Mobile.
A couple of nights ago, I was reading a book on Space to the kids. Up came a pop-up Space Shuttle (which one of the twins attempted to rip before I quickly averted his hand). We then had a discussion on the Space Shuttle and then I took out my iPhone, logged on to YouTube and showed them a space shuttle launch for real.
Their jaws dropped.
Then a few nights later I was reading my eldest son a book on Mexico. We came to a page where the voladores swing around a high pole on a rope tied to their legs. Out comes the iPhone, YouTube is called up and in seconds we are seeing it happening on video.
He yawned and muttered something like “whatever” under his breath…
Anyway, moody 9 year olds aside, I think it’s really cool.
Passive Impressions 
I still remember when pictures in a book was really 😎
*senior*
It still is! It’s just that now the kids can get another dimension to their reading – a sense of relating their reading to the real world, I guess.
Last night I was able to show them some snippits from the Gruffalo show..
I think that’s fantastic, and I work in picture book illustration! I have an iPhone and I’m constantly looking stuff up that I hear about in conversation or on TV or in a book – its like having a really knowledgeable friend with you to explain things in more detail. 🙂
You iPhone owners make me sooooo . . . envious!