Cell phones are mainly banned because of being a distraction. However, after 911 events, parents want their children to have cellphones because it makes parents feel better in a school crisis.
Cell phones are mainly banned because of being a distraction. However, after 911 events, parents want their children to have cellphones because it makes parents feel better in a school crisis.
Great scholastic article on how cell phones can help, not hinder, education, with a good example of a school it has worked for and what programs on smart phones are the most successful. "But educators know that with students, cell phone use in inevitable, so why not use the devices for good?"
