Tonight Willyn Webb and I will be on EdTechTalk discussing how you can use cell phones to enrich teaching and learning even in schools that ban them on Thursday, April 28th. This is a subject that I have gotten in trouble for, discussed on my blog and about which I am writing a bookReaders who are interested in Harnessing the power of cell phones to engage learners and enrich teaching should plan to tune in.
Here's what we'll be discussing:
- Combating the digital divide with cells
- How I got in trouble for helping teachers harness the power of cells
- Making a case for cells to schools that ban them
- Ideas for using cells even in schools where they are banned
- Strategies educators can use to begin harnessing the power of cell phones in classrooms today
- Supporting research-based strategies with cell phones
- How to keep the conversation going