It was exciting to have several teachers from Walled Lake attend the MACUL Conference for the first time. We have two teams who were awarded MI-Champions grants (congrats to the Dublin and Walled Lake Central High School teams!) A few teachers came running to me all excited after attending Liz Kolb's (author of From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones for Education) session about using cell phones in the classroom. This is coming at just the right time. The Walled Lake Technology Council is currently working on updating technology policies to include cell phones, social and professional networking, web site guidelines, and more. Our current policy bans cell phones in the classroom, but it won't be long before a new policy is in place that allows cell phones for educational purposes (if all goes as I think it will). Although Iwas unable to attend the session, Liz posted her presentation on slideshare. See below. I look forward to hearing the specific plans that the teachers have for using cell phones in their classrooms and helping to make it happen!
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