First of all, one way to keep students from losing their portable storage devices would be by hanging them around their necks as they come with a lace. There are also ones which could easily be worn around their wrists. I think that as they have become pretty affordable students can have two, one at school and another one for their personal info. I also believe that it is time to create awareness among students so they become responsible when handling their belongings. Regarding available storage devices, there are CD’s, external hard drives, which can give you up to a tera storage capacity. But there are also on line ones. Personally, I use 4share.com, which apart from giving you up to 5GB free storage capacity, offers you the chance to share information with friends, in general. I have not used the following ones but I have heard they are common among web surfers, Snap Drive (5GB), DropBoks (1GB), MyOtherDrive, among others.
As an EFL teacher I can use it to store information by categories. Students will easily save flashcards related to any topics. They can have different files to build up vocabulary, and finally, to keep a portfolio and journals, as well. This would be of great help as they could have the information available at all times.
If I were to raise money to buy devices for the students, I would ask them to make things on their own, such as bracelets, necklaces, food, among others, to sell; and thus to collect the money.
Finally, as I previously mentioned, the online storage sites could be of great help in class in the case of not being able to afford a flash memory.
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