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Classroom Tech Trends To Watch 
Your kid spent half of math class with his cell phone out, tweeted his way through 
Spanish and came home only to spend an hour on a social networking site
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and he 
swears it’s homework. Delinquency run amok? Think again. Before you start revoki
ng 
phone and computer privileges, read up on how classrooms are capitalizing on new 
media with their tech-savvy audiences. 
Revisiting Cell Phones in the Classroom 
Once the bane of high school teachers everywhere, cell phones have gone from 
irritating to im
perative in the secondary classroom. Charting Magellan’s course, 
compiling a list of Shakespeare’s apocrypha or calculating pi to three hundred decimal 
places?
—there’s probably an app for that. Cell phones can be used as cameras for media 
projects, portals for Internet access and graphing calculators, and their myriad uses 
evolve constantly with the integration of new technology. Though the threat of cheating 
or disruptive conversations via text message looms large, mobile enthusiasts argue that 
these evils existed in the classroom long before the advent of cell phones. 

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One particular use for cell phones in the classroom is Poll Everywhere. Poll 
Everywhere tracks live audience polling via SMS text messages or the web. While it 
offers tiered pricing for the corporate sector, the free version is popular for educators 
who use this slick app for quick quizzing or classroom surveys. 
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Outrageous School Policies: What You Can Do 
There was a lesson to be learned in the case of Zachary Christie, a 6-year-old first 
grader in Delaware who brought a camping utensil along with his lunch. The tool 
included a folding fork. Unfortunately for Zachary, it also included a folding knife. That 
automatically made it a "dangerous instrument" under his school district's rule, which 
had zero tolerance for any dangerous instruments brought to school. 
Zachary was sentenced to 45 days in the district's alternative school. But following 
outrage from parents and lawmakers alike, the school board allowed him to return to 
school and amended the policy to include only a 3- to 5-day suspension for kids caught 
with dangerous instruments, if they are in kindergarten or first grade. 
The incident raises questions about what parents should do if they encounter a 
school rule they think is unfair. Here's how parents can flex their muscle at schools 
around the country: 
Don’t Be a Stranger
Diane Cargile, president of the National Association of Elementary School 
Principals, says parents can and should be vital partners with schools in setting up rules. 
Principals and administrators want input from parents when rules are being discussed, 
so don't wait until there's a problem to show up at school. "We want parent 
involvement,” she says. “That's how schools are made.”
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