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Cellphones in the Classroom: From Taboo to Useful Tool Illinois Computing Educators Conference February 25, 2010 St. Charles, IL.

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1 Cellphones in the Classroom: From Taboo to Useful Tool Illinois Computing Educators Conference February 25, 2010 St. Charles, IL

2 STARRING... JASON JANCZAK SOCIAL STUDIES GRAYSLAKE CENTRAL HS D 127 TWITTER:JJANCZAK TRACY TARASIUK READING SPECIALIST 6, 7, & 8 PARK CAMPUS SCHOOL CCSD 46 TWITTER:TRACYT1

3 WHY Commonplace in our students lives (and pockets!) Motivating and engaging 1:1 Opportunity

4 WHY Proper/appropriate use Connecting teachers with parents/students Bring outside voices into the classroom

5 TOOLS & ACTIVITIES Poll Everywhere Google SMS Service text to 466453 ChaCha answers text to 242242

6 TOOLS & ACTIVITIES TextMarks Using voices outside the classroom More ideas: Liz Kolb’s website

7 ADMINISTRATION Classroom invitations Proper/appropriate use of cellphones need to be taught Teacher/student agreements for use

8 QUESTIONS? Jason Janczak jasonjanczak@gmail.com Twitter: jjanczak http://nottheexception.wordpress.com.wordpress.com Tracy Tarasiuk tracyt1@mac.com Twitter: tracyt1 http://tracyt1.wordpress.com


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