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	Cell Phones and Mobile Devices in the Classroom Orientation, Welcome and Introductions Forum

1	Policy & Practice (April 19) Cellphones in Class: A Student's Perspective Resource Pros and Cons of Mobile Devices in the Classroom Forum Cell Phone Poll Choice News and Publications BCTF: To Ban or Not To Ban file CBC: Toronto Students Banned from using Cellphones in School file CBC: Cellphone jamming principal forced to retreat at B.C. high school file Educause: Are You Ready for Mobile Learning? file 2010 K-12 Horizon Report: Mobiles file Converge Magazine: Mobile Learning in Classrooms file Toronto Star: Cellphone Policy Needed, Teachers Say file BC SD#5 Mobile Policy file BC SD#35 Mobile Policy PDF document BC SD#73 Mobile Policy PDF document

2	Mobile Classroom Management (April 20) Brainstorm: Classroom Management with Mobiles file Mobile Learning: Small Technologies Massive Contribution file

3	Success Stories: (April 21) Craik School in Saskatchewan Canada is exploring the use of cellphones as learning tools. This video highlights the work of Carla Dolman and Gord Taylor and their grade 8 and 9 students. Discussion: Share Your Success Stories Forum A Few Examples Podcast: Cellphones & Learning - Victor Fitzgerald Resource Website: From Toys to Tools file Mobile Learning: Small Technologies Massive Contribution Resource

4	Mobile Toolkit (April 22) What is your favorite cellphone app? Vote by Web or by Twitter @edtechbc then check out the results here. Brainstorm: Tools, Services, and Applications file

5	Age Appropriate Mobile Use in Class (April 23) Elementary Discussion Forum Middle School Discussion Forum High School Discussion Forum

6	Final Reflections. Looking Back and Looking Forward (April 24) Please take a minute to complete our Course Survey and contribute to the Week Wrap Up Two Stars and a Wish Forum. Do you think Albert Einstein would have come up with the theory of relativity if he'd had text messaging to distract him while sitting in the patent office? Image via:http://www.hetemeel.com/einsteinform.php Week Wrap Up With Two Stars and a Wish Forum

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An Interview with Researcher and Teacher Victor Fitzjarrald - Apr 08,2010

Victor Fitzjarrald a science teacher in Colorado studied students cell phone use for his Master's thesis. The results are found in the document "Cellular Learning: Increasing Student Performance Through Mobile Technology." http://www.mrfitzscience.com education | learning | mobile learning | research | Cell phone
cell phones as music creation tools: Interview with University of Michigan's Prof. Georg Essl - Mar 25,2010

Learn how one University students are using cell phones to make music.
http://www.npr.org/templates/t ranscript/transcript.php?storyI d=121229968Education | iPhone | cell phones | learning | music
An Interview With Peyton Jobe - Feb 25,2010

An Interview With Spanish Teacher Peyton Jobe, who wrote the following article for EDUCAUSE about using cell phones in his classroom http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAU SE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyM agazineVolum/CellPhonesintheLan guageClassro/192995education | learning | mobile | cell phones | school

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