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This site discusses Improved Technology-Increased Distraction, Instituting Rules to Combat Cell Phone Misuse , Cell Phones as Teaching Tools , Recent Developments

SIG 1 Context: Digital Divide

This is an entire blog which contains posts about cell phones in education. There are a few pages listed on the right navigation. The most helpful to us will be: Lesson Ideas, Articles, and Research. The second post listed features iVoted, a cell phone app, for live polling.

This is a good example of a school which formerly banned mobile devices utilizing smartphones in a pilot program in 5th grade math/science classroom. Lessons otherwise traditionally done in paper and pencil were carried out integrating the mobile devices. Looking to start your own pilot program? This school got new cell phones from HTC, a cell phone manufacturer and free connectivity from Verizon. SIG1 context: teacher discusses benefits, exploration, mobility, connection, cross-curricular

This website features 8 mobile learning lesson plans from Scholastic. SIG 1 Context: mobile devices, cell phones, cross- curricular

This website outlines 5 myths about mobile learning. It also includes a short video featuring ideas for cell phone integration into classroom learning. This is a good article which addresses what m-learning is really about and dispels myths about it being all about the apps or always on the go technology. SIG 1 Context: video, m-learning, differentiated instruction.

Interview with Elliot Soloway of UofM. He predicts that every K-12 student will be using a handheld device in five years. He's a big advocate of cell phones as the way to go, and pretty down on tablets (expensive, fragile, locked). The biggest hurdle right now: access speed and reliability. This article connects byod and divide issues nicely Sig 1 context: byod, divide

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