Tag: cell phones
How Should Students Use Cell Phones In School?
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I was inspired by a recent tweet from Joe Bower, a great person to follow on Twitter, when he posed the above question. How should students use cell phones in school?
How To Block All Cell Phone Reception During Classes
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Smartphones have become the latest and greatest accessory for high school and college students. They have also become the latest and greatest nuisance in the classroom. Students are constantly using their phones to te...
Should Teachers Get To Confiscate Students’ Phones and Laptops?
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A new legal opinion may affect your school-age child if they carry a cellphone or laptop to school. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says in an advisory opinion if a teacher has reasonable suspicion that a...
Should Teachers Get To Confiscate Students' Phones and Laptops?
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A new legal opinion may affect your school-age child if they carry a cellphone or laptop to school. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says in an advisory opinion if a teacher has reasonable suspicion that a s...
Sexting Case Shows Out of Touch Supreme Court
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This seems more like a scene out of Night Court rather than the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the United States knows everything in the legal world. They do not, however, know everything about modern technology....
Using Cell Phones In Class: A Primer For Teachers
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For mobile learning and teaching to be effective, teachers have to help students to use cell phones wisely. It is up to the teachers how to use cell phones as tools for learning.
I KNW THE ANSWR: Could Texting Replace Hand Raising In School?
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Who said texting during class is a bad thing? One Texas teacher is actually encouraging her students to text her the answers to her questions. In fact, she's having them do that instead of having them raise their hand...
14 Facts You Should Know About Text Messaging
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Why are text messages limited to a certain number of characters? Who actually uses text messages the most? Has texting caused voice conversations to actually become more or less popular?
10 Surprising Facts About Mobile Usage Around The World
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We all know that the world is more connected now than it ever has been, and that will only grow as technology continues to develop. But just how connected are we?
Where Did Your Smartphone Come From?
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Are you jealous of that beast that Michael Douglas is holding? I didn't think so. When your smartphone's camera takes too long to snap a photo, or your webpages aren't loading quickly on your smartphone, it is easy to forget how much we've come to expect from these little devices. The idea of even having internet access in your pocket wasn't that widespread a few years back. It's interesting to see how far we've come - from giant clunker to sleek and sexy fits-in-the-pocket device.
