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BEST PRACTICES IN PLACE IN SCHOOLS NOW; WHAT ARE NEXT STEPS?

Technology in Chicago Public Schools Related SLJ Article from October 2010 From my looking into this thus far, these ideas don't seem to be in place just yet. However, this is the proposal of a teen council meeting with the director of Chicago Public Schools. Among other things, they are discussing the benefits of allowing cell phones in school. They mention a Text Alert system that would keep students abreast of their current status in classes.There are references in the document to an article, "Using Cell Phones as Teaching Tools", by Diana Lambert of the Sacramento Bee that I would like to look for. Overall, this doesn't give many tidbits on how the teen council suggests using the phones for academics, but it might be worth looking into further to see if CPS has piloted any of the ideas. Also, I thought the idea of Text Alerts was neat...something I had not really thought about.

Poll Everywhere Engages Learners Using an embedded widget on a website or blog, presenters can poll their students/participants who will then be able to respond on their smartphones via Twitter, SMS text, or the web. Poll Everywhere offers both free and paid plans. Ther article is written my a LMS who used Poll Everywhere with her students, much to their delight and surprise! This is a good article! Could we somehow set up Poll Everywhere for our presentation??? Not sure because I haven't looked into it enough yet, but it would definitely be something to check into...

[|North Carolina's Project K-Nect] This program has been around for several years in North Carolina -- begun by a state superintendent who believed that by connecting kids to cell phone technology, more reluctant middle school students would become engaged in classwork, especially in mathematics. This is the main page for the project. An introduction to it can be found here: [] I think this is a cool take on addressing digital divide issues as well.

This article gives some good examples of how mobile devices were used in classrooms. I like that it talks about elementary-aged students using cell phones. Schachter, Ron. "Mobile Devices in the Classroom." //District Administration.// 45. (November 2009): 31-34. ERIC, EBSCOhost (accessed March 12,2011).

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