I was wondering, how many of our districts allow our students to use their SmartPhones in classroom? I found this article on how smartphones can be moved away from a toy to a tool. At the end of the article you will see 5 tips for getting started with smartphones. Check it out and tell me what you think.
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.edutopia.org/blog/smartphones-from-toy-to-tool-ramona-persaud?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=020415%20enews-A%20mobile%20ngm&utm_content=&utm_term=feature2hed&spMailingID=10556814&spUserID=NTE2MTgzMTAzNzMS1&spJobID=480269056&spReportId=NDgwMjY5MDU2S0′ title=’Smartphones: From Toy to Tool | Edutopia’ image=’http://www.edutopia.org/sites/default/files/styles/share_image/public/cover_media/persaud-cellphones-in-classrooms-01.png?itok=zyYmn56F’]Since students already have smartphones in hand, why not build classroom activities around them? Be sure all stakeholders are on board, and set some ground rules.[/bpfb_link]