Liz Kolb sees cell phones as powerful technology in the hands of students. Acknowledging the current reality-that many schools ban student cell phone use in the classroom-Kolb discusses a host of innovative and highly interesting uses for the technology that do not require using the phones in the classroom. She also addresses the issues that have caused the bans and provides guidelines for overcoming the problems. Tapping into the ubiquitous power of modern communications technology and merging it with the flexibility and excitement of the Interactive Web (Web 2.0), Kolb provides a vision in which engaged students use the tools of their choice to enhance learning both inside and outside of the classroom. Mini lessons and powerful resources throughout the book are easily adaptable and appropriate for almost any grade level. Book jacket.

Liz Kolb is an adjunct assistant professor at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan. She taught high school and middle school social studies in Cincinnati, and she spent four years as a high school technology coordinator and teacher in Columbus, Ohio