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Cellphones in the Classroom: From Taboo to Useful Tool
Illinois Computing Educators Conference
February 25, 2010St. Charles, IL
STARRING...
JASON JANCZAKSOCIAL STUDIES
GRAYSLAKE CENTRAL HS D 127TWITTER:JJANCZAK
TRACY TARASIUKREADING SPECIALIST 6, 7, & 8
PARK CAMPUS SCHOOL CCSD 46TWITTER:TRACYT1
WHY
Commonplace in our students lives (and pockets!)
Motivating and engaging
1:1 Opportunity
WHY
Proper/appropriate use
Connecting teachers with parents/students
Bring outside voices into the classroom
TOOLS & ACTIVITIES
Poll Everywhere
Google SMS Service text to 466453
ChaCha answers text to 242242
TOOLS & ACTIVITIES
TextMarks
Using voices outside the classroom
More ideas: Liz Kolb’s website
ADMINISTRATION
Classroom invitations
Proper/appropriate use of cellphones need to be taught
Teacher/student agreements for use
QUESTIONS?
Jason [email protected]
Twitter: jjanczakhttp://
nottheexception.wordpress.com
Tracy [email protected]: tracyt1
http://tracyt1.wordpress.com