[Technology 964] Re: handhelds day 2

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Marilyn Williams williams_ma at 4j.lane.edu
Mon Apr 23 10:39:52 EDT 2007

Wouldn't it be something if our students' back to school materials list one day included a cell
phone! The cell phone is part of most/many student's lives already, maybe we should be looking
at it as an educational tool rather than something that doesn't have a place in the classroom.

Marilyn

Marilyn Williams
6th Grade Language Arts/Social Studies
Kennedy Middle School
Eugene, OR

----- Original Message -----
From: Lissa probus <joyess1 at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, April 20, 2007 10:31 pm
Subject: [Technology 963] Re: handhelds day 2
To: The Technology and Literacy Discussion List <technology at nifl.gov>


> The cell phone thing has my attention lately. Much of the low end of the

> digital divide access the web via cell. Mini-chunks? Word of the day via

> text? Picture word induction?

> Interesting.

>

> Lissa Probus

> IDT ODU

>

> On 4/20/07, Marilyn Williams <williams_ma at 4j.lane.edu> wrote:

> >

> > I understand that there are sites doing some pretty creative work with

> > cellphones. An issue

> > would be availability (would the school purchase cellphones and a 2

> year

> > plan?) as well as

> > uniformity (if students used their own, might be difficult to

> teach). I

> > don't know if cell phones

> > can upload/download the same kinds of applications which have been

> > developed for computers

> > and PDAs either. The portability of a cellphone would certainly be

> > something to consider.

> >

> > Marilyn Williams

> > 6th Grade Language Arts/Social Studies

> > Kennedy Middle School

> > Eugene, OR

> >

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: Mariann Fedele <MariannF at lacnyc.org>

> > Date: Friday, April 20, 2007 1:40 pm

> > Subject: [Technology 960] Re: handhelds day 2

> > To: The Technology and Literacy Discussion List <technology at nifl.gov>

> >

> > > This message is being posted on behalf of Kuulei Reeser:

> > >

> > > What about cell phones? They appear to have similar features to

> > > handhelds

> > > plus have internet access and are a lot more affordable and accessible

> > > to

> > > the students.

> > >

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