As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy!
Q: Why would I use airplane mode when I’m not flying?
Airplane mode stops your phone from searching for an internet connection. If you don’t use it on a long flight, you’ll find your battery drained by the time you land because your phone ran through its power searching constantly for a signal that didn’t exist.
If you know you aren’t using the internet for a period of time, switch your phone to airplane mode. It’ll save your battery.
Why else?
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
Thanks! I need all the techie tips I can get!
Ah, don’t we all. It’s frightening, innit?
This is great Thank you. I use it to charge battery quicker.
Denise Covey November co-host IWSG
That’s clever. I hadn’t thought of that.
doesn’t it keep you from getting texts and phone calls then?
Good question. I think so. So there’s that drawback.