Cell+Phones

=Cell Phones in the Classroom=
 * More and more students have access to cell phone technology. How do "we" (educators) embrace this technology, utilize its updated [[image:cellfoneart.jpg align="right"]]technology in the classroom as well as ensure the safety of our students? Below are a variety of websites, articles, slideshares (online powerpoints) and research - all discussing cell phone use in the classroom.**

Discussions, Wikis, Blogs, Video
 * [|How to set up an iPod touch pilot program in classroom] - well laid out, info, .ppt explanation, ning, etc.
 * WIKI - [|iPod User group] - fabulous info!!
 * WIKI - iPods in the Classroom
 * [|"Why use an iPod instead of a Netbook?"]
 * [|teacher experiences using Laptops and iPhones/Pod Touches]
 * See how other educators are using iPod touch/phone technology for in the classroom - join the [|NING]
 * [|Learning in Hand website] - various ways to use iPods in education
 * HandHeld Learning on blip TV
 * HandHeld Learning Conference 2009 [|information]
 * Slideshare Survey of Educators - [|Connecting personal devices to district/school networks] - 7 slides.
 * Slideshare [|Cellphones in the classroom] - 16 slides.
 * Slideshare [|Cellphones in the classroom] - 48 slides. Very good - discusses cost, parental permission, etc.
 * Blog - The Thinking Stick - Evaluating Technology Use in the Classroom
 * Blog - Edutopia - [|Shaping Technology for the Classroom] by Marc Prensky
 * A Cell Phones in Learning WIKI
 * [|What happens] when you give 32 eight yr olds an iPod Touch?
 * Video - [|Cell Phones in the Classroom: Learning Tools for the 21st Century] (10 mins.)
 * Brainstorm on a document: [|Classroom Management with Mobiles]
 * Video - [|Cellphones as Learning Tools] (5 mins)
 * 2 videos - news and iSchool Initiative iPodClassroom

Books and Articles
 * [|From Toys to Tools] A conversation about integrating student cell phones into classroom curricula. Great video and blog!
 * [|Toys to Tools] Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education by Lisa Kolb available from Amazon.
 * Article "Third graders get smartphones" - [|HERE]
 * Article from Education World [|Mobile Technology goes to School]
 * Article from Teaching Today [|Cell Phones in the Classroom]
 * Direct from Apple Learning Interchange, [|a guide for using the iPod touch] in classrooms.
 * Digital Youth Research - [] Digital Youth Research - [|final report]
 * Whitepaper - [|iPods in Education]
 * Apple Learning Interchange - iPod Touch - [|Touching student lives in the classroom.]
 * [|Mobile Learning Research] - phenomenal KEY Research Questions
 * [|Handheld Learning Pilot] - student PDA ownership focused on literacy and results.
 * [|Cellphones Evolve into Instructional Tool]
 *  [|iPods and edu apps] make learning fun. Read about eClicker for iPods!!
 * Article: [|Are you ready for Mobile Learning?] - great information on pros and cons of various mobile devices!!!
 * Article and Research:[| Teens and Mobile Phone] s from PEW