1. NJPSA FALL CONFERENCE
2010
WHAT IS MORE
DISRUPTIVE, BANNING
OR EMBRACING
STUDENT CELL
PHONES?
Presented by: Sandi Paul
Director of Technology
Sayreville Public Schools
October 21, 2010
Twitter: @spaul6414

2. Agenda
 Increase in student cell phone ownership
 Disruptive and inappropriate use of cell phone
 Abuse
 Banning
 Can’t beat them join them
 Embracing
 An instructional tool
 District and School policies

3. Usage
 The numbers showed that cell phone users
are significantly more likely to use their phones
to take pictures (66 percent to now 76
percent), send or receive text messages (65
percent to now 72 percent), play games (27
percent to now 35 percent), send or receive e-
mail (25 percent to now 34 percent), access
the Internet (25 percent to now 38 percent),
and record video (19 percent to now 34
percent). Pew Internet Report

4. Increase in student ownership
 Estimate 83% of 17 year olds across the country
have a cell phone today by an April Pew Internet
and American Life Project.
 Among high school students 75%.
 Among 12 year olds 58% up from 18% in 2004.
 42% of teenagers said they could text message
blindfolded.
 57% of Smartphone users and 29% of regular cell
phone users said they carry their cell phone
because it is how they stay connected to their
"world".

5. Inappropriate usage
 Phones disrupting the
classroom environment
 Constant texting in the class
 Cheating on tests/exams
 Sexting issues in schools
 Cyberbullying

6. Abuse
 Contact illegal parties outside of
school.
 Recording of teachers and other
students
 Used for gang communication
 Setting up drug deals in a school
 Calling a bomb scare

7. Banning
 Saranac Lake School Bans Cell Phones
 Only during before, lunch and after school
 Milwaukee Public Schools Ban Cell phones
 House Bill 363 in Pa to ban use of beepers, celll phones, and
portable deice that record, play audio or video material from school
grounds.
 The trend at most New Zealand schools is to ban mobile phones
from the classroom and global studies show that New Zealand is
not alone in this stance Mark Prensky (USA, 2004) and Mike
Sharples (UK, 2005).

8. Can’t beat them, join them
Blended learning
experiences both inside
and outside of the
classroom.
Ubiquitous
Technology/Computing

9. College Student Scenerio

10. High School Scenerio

11. Federal Communication
Commission (FCC)
 The recently released National
broadband plan made
recommendations to the FCC to
improve education in the US by
supporting and promoting online
learning through the expansion of
broadband technology.

12. David Warlick

13. Marc Prenskey

14. Embracing
 Response Units -Polling Everywhere.com
 Back Channeling -Backchannel is the practice of
using networked computers to maintain a real-
time online conversation alongside live spoken
remarks. Wiffitti
 Research/Information
 Twitter
 Flickr
 Texting, Yes Texting!!!!!
 GPS

16. Most used apps
 Social Networking
 Pictures
 Texting, texting, texting !!!!!!!
 Internet Research
 Recording audio/video -
podcasting
 Organizational tool-calendar,
calculator, etc.

17. Cases of cell phones use as an
instructional tool
 K12 Cell Phones as Learning Tools – Liz Kolb
 Demonstration of using a cell phone in the
classroom
 Math Dude videos for algebra – Montgomery
Public Schools, Maryland
 Students in North Port, Fla.
 3rd graders at Echo Hills Elementary School –
web applications
 6th graders in Boise, ID

18. Cases of cell phones use as an
instructional tool
 In AP Calculus in George Engels classroom-
used outside of the classroom
 Principal’s opinion
 Lisa Neilsen – The Innovative Educator
 Eric Scheninger – New Milford High School
Principal
 Adam Bello – eduTeacher.net
 Used in science to archive field trips
 Blended learning experiences both inside and
outside of the classroom

19. New possibilities
 MLDs – Mobile Learning Devices –
GoKnow.com
 Project K-Nect – Qualcomm
 Turning Technologies
 BlackBoard Mobile Learn
 Toobook
 Kurzweil Technologies

20. Pilot Programs – MLearning
 Toms River, New Jersey
 Northern Valley Regional High School in Old
Tappan, NJ
 Spring Valley, Illinois
 Clarkstown Central Schools, New York
 St. Mary’s City (Ohio) School District
 Southgate Community Schools, Michigan
 Watkins Glen Middle School, New York
 Katy Independent School District, Texas
 Notre Dane High School, Sheffield, England

21. Reasons for cell phones in schools
by Vickie Davis
 Save money
 Students stay organized
 Teaching students how to be digitally
responsible
 Safety for students
 Privacy
 Faster information retrieval
 No strain on network or on IT
 Model for effective change and innovation

22. Policies
 Meigs Magnet School
 Logan City School District
 Crafting a workable cell
phone policy
 St. Mary’s City Schools
 Pagers and Cell Phones on
School Property

24. Policies
 Involved in cell phone policy
development
Parents
Administrators
Teachers
Students

25. YOU DECIDE!!!

26. References
 Davis, Vickie. Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Making the Case for Cell Phones in Schools.
http://colcatteacher.blogspot.com/2009/03/making-case-for-cell-phones-in-
schools.html (March, 2009)
 Neilsen, Lisa. The Innovative Educators: 6 ways to Strengthen the Home-School
Connection – http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/08/6-ways-to-use-cell-
phones-to-strenghten-home-school-connection.html (August 2010)
 Richards, Rebekah. Pros of Cell Phones in Schools-Benefits of Phones for Students:
http://www.suite101.com/content/pros-of-cell-phones-in-school---benefits-of-phones-
for-students.html (April, 2004)
 Deubel, Patricia. Mobile Devices: Facing Challenges and Opportunities for Learning:
http://thejournal.com/Articles/2009/03/19/Mobile-Devices-Facing-Challenges-and-
Opprotunites-For-Learning.html (March, 2009)
 Abel, David. On iPod use, schools are calling the tune-Some hail benefits of such
devices: (September 2010)
 Blackboard and Sprint Team up to bring mobile learning to students at no additional
costs to schools. http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20100322005998/en (March
2010)

27. References
 Malone, Tara and Black, Lisa. Cell phones increasingly a class act –
after years of bans, many schools are allowing the devices to be used
as academic tools. (October, 2010)
 Nobile, Jeremy. Stow third grade to try out mobile learning devices.
(October 2010)
 Twiss, Toni. Mobile Phones in Classroom-Education Review Article
(August, 2009)
 Corbeil, Joseph and Corbeil, Maria. Are you ready for mobile learning?
Frequent use of mobile devices does not mean that students or
instructors are ready for mobile learning and teaching. (
 Quillen, Ian.: Schools Open Doors to Students’ Mobile Devices- More
schools are doing an about-face as they change policies to allow the
use of student-owned mobile devices in class. (October, 2010)
 Alex, Patrick. Cell phone ban in school doesn’t stop teens form texting
in class. (October 2010)

28. Thank You!
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