AT&T BlackBerry® PearlCellphones are owned by a large percentage of our population these days! Some families are choosing to eliminate their home phone land line and buy cellphones for all family members. You can own a "free" phone that may be offered with your calling plan or you may chose to purchase a more expensive phone like the popular BlackBerry® Pearl.
Some of the common uses of cellphones are:
- digital camera/camcorder
- text messaging/social networking
- mobile Web pages
- multimedia capabilities/emailing
- calculator/tip calculator
- mobile photo sharing
- podcasting/MP3
Can cellphones be used in the classroom? Currently, our school's policy is for students to turn off their cellphones while in the classroom and in the media center. I think that eventually almost all students will own a cellphone and they will be allowed to use their phones for some projects during class time. (i.e. podcasting, research on the web)
Teach Digital: Curriculum by Wes Fryer is a great site to check out various options of what teachers can do in the classroom with the cellphone.
Safety and etiquette should always remain a concern in the classrooms!
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