CellPhone Classroom

In all our discussions on using Technology in the classroom I must admit that I have not seen anyone Blog about using the Cellphone to conduct assignments and for during the class time. Yes I know that the MOE has regulations concerning having and use of the cellphone , but we know that as soon as miss/sir steps out of the classroom the hands start texting and for the students with a blackberry e-mails are on the go. It has even gotten to the stage where one Cellular service provided has included the ability to check facebook and twitter updates form their cellphones. We can use this to our advantage, I have successfully used the cellphone for vocabulary and spelling quizes, for creating sentences and in the instance where I have written a sentence using the text writing on the board and have students text the sentence in the Re-corrected Standard English format.It can be used in science to capture picture data of experiments for data to show progress and even the event in Social studies where the students used the camera to capture picture of cultural events, festivals and school activities for their coursework portfolio. In this case I may not need the use of the laptop to create short stories, the students can capture photos from which they can write.

http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/
This site shows how the Cell Phone can be changed from Toy to Tool.

I have listed here from the site some ways students think that the cellphone can be useful.
* Look up information on Internet
* Record or take notes
* Work on projects with classmates
* Access digital textbooks
* Take videos of class presentations or experiments
* Play educational games
* Communicate with classmates
* Receive reminders and alerts
* Organize schoolwork
* Communicate with teacher
* Learn about school activities
* Access social networks
* Create and share documents/media
* Upload assignments and work to portals
* Coordinate calendars
* Share/edit bookmarks