There seems to be a divide amongst current educators.
Some teachers hate cellphones, while other teachers don't reject the idea.
I know that in some middle and high schools, the use of cell phones isn't even allowed. Yet, cellphones are the latest technology to access social media, and everyone has one. If someone doesn't have a cell phone, society looks at that person as if he or she is from the caveman era.
Yet, on the college campus that I attend, students aren't allowed to text in class, but they use their cell phones all day long. They check email from phones, use it as a planner, update their Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc.
So wouldn't cell phones then be a great way to access social media? How can we get them into our classrooms without purely looking at them as cheating tools?
I bet more kids have cell phones than computers. Can't we use that to our advantage as teachers? Why not let the kids go mobile?
I mean technology is so expensive, so it's hard to have enough computers in a school district for everyone. Look at the price tags.
Most teachers also have to reserve a computer lab for their students to use for the day. But I bet every student, at least in high school, has a cellphone. This means, no reservations necessary.
Do you think college students are the only ones who could use a cell phone appropriately in a classroom? Would middle and high school students use cellphones just to cheat?
If we did make students use cell phones for learning...would we be assessing their true abilities, or just their resources?
How would the students feel?
So many questions...so little answers.
