Cellphones in the Classroom

After having looked at these articles on cell phones, go to your blog and explain your thoughts about cell phone use in schools.

I believe that cellphones need to be embraced in the classroom.  Most of our teachers, have the students place them on their work areas and they have to manage them as young adults.  They should be placed on silent and not disrupt the work flow of the class.  This has changed dramatically over the last couple of years.  Cellphones have really become a non issue in our school. Some of our faculty are using them as interactive learning tools in the classroom as well.  I think we need to treat them as a learning tool and manage their use within our classroom environment.