Phones and plans differ so much that I do worry about the kids/families who do not have cameras, unlimited text etc. I like the idea of rebranding the phone as a learnign tool but I worry about the digital divide
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Tim Sparacino"get them thinking of cells as an anytime, anywhere, Swiss Army knife-type data-collection tool, "
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09 Jun 16
sscippaWhile this article did not list any specific ways of incorporating technology into the classroom, it certainly was a cheerleader for allowing and using cell phones in class. Historically most school districts have strict cell phone policies because they feel that they make student inattentive and inevitably result in discipline problems. However, if we think of cell phones as an “anytime, anywhere, Swiss Army knife-type data-collection tool, it can open up a whole new world.” Cell phones have the capabilities for polling, quizzes, podcasts, video interview, and completing homework assignments. “About the only organizations that have a ban on cell phones anymore are the Taliban and your local high school.” Instead of banning the devices, we should be putting them to use with structures around them to create learning activities.
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20 Oct 15
shelbydepewOnce the scourge of classrooms, cell phones are now part of the lesson plan.
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23 Sep 15
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Podcasts, video interviews, polling, quizzes, even homework assignments, can all be accomplished via cell phone to enhance students' learning experience, while the phone can also act as a versatile electronic aid to the teacher.
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"Kids mostly see their cell phones as a social toy, not as a learning instrument," says Liz Kolb, adjunct professor at Madonna University, in Lavonia, Michigan, and author of Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education. "But if you can get them thinking of cells as an anytime, anywhere, Swiss Army knife-type data-collection tool, it can open up a whole new world. If their phones work so well for them outside the classroom, we need to get them thinking about bringing these tech tools inside and putting them to good use."
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"In schools, we're saying no to cell phones when instead we should be telling students that this thing they use to text their friends could actually become something that's helpful in the twenty-first-century job force," says Kolb. "Instead of banning their use, let's put structures around them and create learning activities with them."
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This could prove a hard sell to teachers who see cells only as a bane to good order. "Unless they see the instructional potential, teachers feel the same way about cells as they did about television way back when -- that it's just a distraction," says Hall Davidson, a director of the Discovery Educator Network, an online learning community dedicated to digital media. "But there's a shift going on, and once teachers realize the immediate impact of texting, plus all the other things you can do with a cell phone, more schools will come around and see that this is a really good, really serious tool."
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"Anything that plays media can be used instructionally, so we shouldn't deprive our students of their own personal messengers, photo storage units, video studios, and radio stations right in their pockets."
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05 Feb 15
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But some forward-looking educators have begun to push the subversive idea that the high tech wizardry of mobile phones can be a powerful multipurpose mechanism for learning. Podcasts, video interviews, polling, quizzes, even homework assignments, can all be accomplished via cell phone to enhance students' learning experience, while the phone can also act as a versatile electronic aid to the teacher.
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Portia MooreThis article says that while there are many educators who think cell phones are a major distraction, there are some who believe it can be a powerful tool for learning. Some suggestions the article gives for ways to use cell phones are for videos, pooling, quizzes, and etc. Liz Kolb, a professor at Modonna University, states that cell phones should be used as a "anytime, anywhere, Swiss Army knife-type data-collection tool".
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15 Oct 12
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"But if you can get them thinking of cells as an anytime, anywhere, Swiss Army knife-type data-collection tool, it can open up a whole new world. If their phones work so well for them outside the classroom, we need to get them thinking about bringing these tech tools inside and putting them to good use."
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"Instead of banning their use, let's put structures around them and create learning activities with them
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"But there's a shift going on, and once teachers realize the immediate impact of texting, plus all the other things you can do with a cell phone, more schools will come around and see that this is a really good, really serious tool."
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"Anything that plays media can be used instructionally, so we shouldn't deprive our students of their own personal messengers, photo storage units, video studios, and radio stations right in their pockets."
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"Kids mostly see their cell phones as a social toy, not as a learning instrument," says Liz Kolb, adjunct professor at Madonna University, in Lavonia, Michigan, and author of Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education.
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the device's insidious ability to provoke distraction in the classroom.
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robs students of attentivenes
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the high tech wizardry of mobile phones can be a powerful multipurpose mechanism for learning
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"Kids mostly see their cell phones as a social toy
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When he goes on spring break, his teacher can instruct him to take pictures with his cell phone camera
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become something that's helpful in the twenty-first-century job force
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create learning activities with them
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really serious tool
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forward-looking educators have begun to push the subversive idea that the high tech wizardry of mobile phones can be a powerful multipurpose mechanism for learning
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Podcasts, video interviews, polling, quizzes, even homework assignments, can all be accomplished via cell phone to enhance students' learning experience, while the phone can also act as a versatile electronic aid to the teacher
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But if you can get them thinking of cells as an anytime, anywhere, Swiss Army knife-type data-collection tool, it can open up a whole new world
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In schools, we're saying no to cell phones when instead we should be telling students that this thing they use to text their friends could actually become something that's helpful in the twenty-first-century job force
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just about every kid you know has one, and it doesn't make sense to squander their potential by prohibiting them in school.
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Once the scourge of classrooms, cell phones are now part of the lesson plan.
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edtechtalk"About the only organizations that have a ban on cell phones anymore are the Taliban and your local high school." True for schools in my location. Gary
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Jennifer Maddrell"About the only organizations that have a ban on cell phones anymore are the Taliban and your local high school." True for schools in my location. Gary
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Gary McFarlane"About the only organizations that have a ban on cell phones anymore are the Taliban and your local high school." True for schools in my location. Gary
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