Kolb, Liz.

Toys to tools : connecting student cell phones to education / Liz Kolb. - Eugene, Or. : International Society for Technology in Education, ©2008. - 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cell phones as learning tools -- Concerns with cell phones in the classroom -- Cell phone podcasting, voice mail, conferencing, and mobile notes -- Cell phones as cameras and camcorders -- Cell phones as research and organizational tools -- Developing classroom projects for cell phones -- Cell phones as classroom management tools -- Cell phones in preschool and lower elementary learning -- The future of cell phones in schools -- More Web 2.0 resources for cell phones.

Acknowledging the current reality--that many schools ban student cell phone use in the classroom--Kolb discusses a host of innovative and highly interesting uses for the technology that do not require using the phones in the classroom. She also addresses the issues that have caused the bans and provides guidelines for overcoming the problems. --from publisher description.

9781564842473

2008036554


Educational technology.
Cell phones.
Education--Effect of technological innovations on.
Mobile communication systems--United States.
Telephone in education.
Cell phones.
Education--Effect of technological innovations on.
Educational technology.
Mobile communication systems.
Telephone in education.
Handy.
Unterrichtstechnologie.


United States.
USA.

LB1028.3 / .K65 2008

371.33