Assignment 1: After having looked at these articles on cell phones, go to your blog and explain your thoughts about cell phone use in schools.

I would say I am probably one of the people these articles are written for. I like using technology in the classroom but I'm just not quite sold on using cell phones yet. I mean I like the idea in theory but just not sure about how it would actually play out. I liked what the article 'From Cell Phone Skeptic to Evangelist' said under the question, 'How can administrators promote cell phone use in class while keeping students from unacceptable uses?' By promoting mobile literacy education. I don't think kids have any idea that what they text now could come back to haunt them. I think many kids think that the texts they send are private since they are from their phone but the reality is that everything they sent to one another is logged and can easily be pulled up. I think if kids knew this, that they could be checked up on, they would be less likely to use their phones inappropriately in class and more likely to stay on task. Also the fact that they are able to use their phones in class instead of having to hide their phones would probably make them less likely to be using it inappropriately. If they are told that it is a privilege, not a right and that it can easily be taken away if it is used inappropriately they would use it correctly. I also liked that this article went into some detail on the subject of students cheating with their cell phones. I agree that no matter what some kids will just cheat, whether they have their cell phones or not if they are going to cheat they are going to cheat. By letting kids have their cell phones it does not increase the likely hood of them cheating. I think many teachers have a fear of this happening. I do see some fun ways that cell phones could be involved in classes. You could use they to look information up, to play review games where the kids buzz in with the correct answer by texting the teacher and so forth. I think that whether we like it or not cell phones will very soon be a part of an everyday classroom and just like anything it will just take some time to get used to the switch but in the end it will do more good than harm.