More School Districts End Ban on Cell Phones and Embrace BYOD | EdTech Magazine

More School Districts End Ban on Cell Phones and Embrace BYOD | EdTech Magazine

I found this interesting since my own school is debating about this right now. As of right now, students are not allowed to have them on their person. I usually stick to the "if I don't see it or hear it, then I won't take it." I wonder how this will work for these schools that are opening up their schools. There is a lot of pros to students having these devices in the classroom. I let my students have their Ipods and Ipads, and readers in the classroom but not their cellphones and I always feel like I am be prejudiced to the cell phone.  Cell phones do just as many things as the other technologies. I think just like anything staff just needs to learn how to monitor for inappropriate behavior. Don't get me wrong, I do think this will be tricky.