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Cellphones in schools
Engaging students in learning means using strategies that appeal. Their world is ususally broader, wider and more flexible than the four walls we are tempted to try to contain them within. Cellphones are part of the communication strategies students take for granted, and these have been causing genuine problems for schools for some time lately. But if you have a look at this Campbell Live clip, you may find a way to get students using these to positively shift their learning.

Here's another spin on cellphone use in classrooms. Toni Twiss, 2008 eFellow and Media Studies teacher, talks about her research into the potential for using mobile technologies in the classroom. Toni worked with 2 teachers trialling the use of mobiles for polling, voice recording, blogging, and accessing information. media type="custom" key="6421643"

** MLearning in schools **
MLearning? Mobile Learning!!! Nathan Kerr is a really motivated teacher from Howick College in Auckland who made international news last year when he talked about how his low decile students (his previous school) were using cellphones to download and use lessons, and the hugely improved outcomes he is seeing as a result. " // New Zealand teacher, Nathan Kerr has been internationally recognised for his innovative use of cell phones in the class room. Taking advice from his students, he worked out how to put a years worth of lessons on cell phones so that his students (many of whom don’t have computers at home) can learn anywhere, any time." //(sorry, the original MSM NZ video link to that clip is no longer live). Nathan believes in the power of making use of technology to teach new things in new ways. In this EDtalks video, Nathan explains how mLearning -the provision of digital information on portable devices- can open doors for learning any time and in any place. media type="custom" key="6487235"