I liked this because it actually shows the reason for the cell phones ON or OFF. The arguments are fairly equal. now this brings me to the Horizon Report which speaks to mobile computing as a near projection and for some reason this pops out at me.
Now we know of the capabilities of cell phones. As an educator you are presenting a topic, which involves internet access. Here is one student on his/her phone . Would you consider it distracting?
Maybe for some from the old school, and I reflect on a particular course requirement (laptop) , maybe not that could be debatable.( Certainly can be acceptable with more mature students and even those will be distracted sometimes)
With the NO CELL phone policy , I do not see this happening in the near future in my school district.
If cell phones were to be allowed and used in lessons, there are going to be alot to consider
1) is it the school that is going to purchase these as a learning tool ? ( additional resources that is limited or possibly grant)
As educators, we have to make the best decisions depending on who our students are we need to assess and the decide.
As consumers do you buy everything advertised?
There are other tools that can be used that will have technology integrated and learning fun and of course differentiation.
This is an interesting site Classroom 2.0, it definately can play a part in keeping schools current in technology. It provides training in various web 2.0 tool and has forums that teachers could use to their benefit.
