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New evidence suggests schools should stop fighting technological tide and find ways to incorporate cellphones into schools 
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Despite initially thinking new smartphones would help lead to better grades, a group of first-time users reported just the opposite after a year of use
A yearlong study from researchers at Rice University and the U.S. Air Forcehas revealed that first-time smartphone users felt the devices actually hindered their ability to learn.
The report, published in a recent edition of the British Journal of Educational Technology, reveals how participants rated the impact of smartphones on their learning process.
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By John Hardison. I believe the potential of smartphones, supported by a strong classroom management system, can be summed up with what I call “The Five C’s.” Collaborate, communicate, create and coordinate/curate. Of the forty-four ideas below regarding smartphones, twelve can be accomplished with a simple cellphone. Take a look below at this enormous potential
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Colleges Install Cellphone-Charging Stations for Hyperconnected Students
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NEW YORK: In an episode that has left a blemish on one of the most prestigious public schools in the US, 70 students at New York's Stuyvesant High School have been involved in a pattern of smartphone-enabled cheating.
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When Associate Professor Stephanie Cole walks into her U.S. History Survey class at the University of Texas at Arlington, she faces about 150 students, each of whom carries a smartphone, laptop or tablet. Cole, in turn, uses PowerPoint slides and a screen. For 80 minutes twice a week, Cole and her students engage with each other, discussing concepts, asking and answering questions, giving and taking notes.
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Students of the world: Take out your phones and tap away!
Santos Arturo Gamez's curator insight,
October 6, 2015 11:21 PM
Here are some tips and tricks of how to implement the use of a mobile device in the classroom. Even though distractions are one of the most pronounced issues of using a mobile device in the classroom there are certain ways you could motivate the learner to engage into use them correctly and effectively to contribute inside the classroom. Using the mobile devices for research is one key method mentioned between others that are also very useful.
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PC sales have plummeted as consumers embrace portable devices such as smartphones and tablets and shift to web-based software.
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Jennifer Carey tells how she's using smartphones in her classroom: to charge up lessons, promote research & fact-checking and harness powerful apps for learning.
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Teachers of the 21st century are no longer just intercepting notes as they circulate the classroom. What used to manifest as a simple distraction on a slip of paper has evolved into a tiny symphony of beeps, ring tones and vibrating phones.
As technological penetration increases, cell phones are not the only things becoming smaller; cell phone users are younger, and teachers throughout the country are feeling the effects.
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