A mobile phone (also called a cordless phone, cell phone or cell phone) is a small portable radio Phone. A new type of mobile phone, called a smartphone, has become popular.

1. Ten reasons to
use mobile
phones in class

2. Ten reasons to use mobile
phones in class
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￮ While some schools are happy to
ban it, cell phones in class prove
themselves in others! Supported
by a good integration strategy, it
can be an indispensable
learning and organization tool.

3. Whether or not to agree cell phone use in
class is a delicate subject! A quick survey in
any secondary school shows that a large
proportion of youth has a cell phone and
that it is often on them. It can also be
expected that lower prices and family
packages will push more and more parents
to provide a smartphone with the Internet
to their children.
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4. A short time ago, Martin
Lessard, a columnist for Radio
Canada's La Sphère, explained at
a conference that today's cell
phones are as powerful as the
Apollo lunar module. The
difference that this power is now
in our pockets. This computing
power is increasing at an
extremely fast pace: a huge
potential that we put aside by
preventing its use in the
classroom.

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On January 27, the site
Teachthought published an article
on the subject of Terry Heick entitled
50 Reasons It's Time For
Smartphones In Every Classroom.
Importantly, the comments in this
article are not those of a follower
"blinded" by his desire for
technology in the classroom!
On the contrary, they raise the
importance of all the problems that
this integration can cause: class
management, privacy, theft,
harassment, etc. 5

6. ￮ The same goes for Jennie Megaera, a techno
pedagogue from Chicago who I had the
privilege of meeting twice. According to her,
although technology amplifies everything that
works in a classroom, it does the same with
what does not work. The positive as the
negative!
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7. That's why it's so significant to
think prudently near the
technology integration strategy
in the classroom. Here are ten
reasons to use the cell phone at
school, among the 50 identified
in the article cited above.
Ten reasons to use mobile phones in class
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￮ 1) Give students the opportunity to search
on Google if necessary, as the teacher
does;
￮ 2) Allow students to be mobile while using
technology;
￮ 3) Use apps that send notifications directly
to students;
￮ 4) Use QR codes in class that students can
read;
￮ 5) Make video by sending it directly to a
YouTube class account;

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￮ 6) Allow students to build a digital portfolio
in real time;
￮ 7) Allow students to use reading
applications such as iBooks, Kindle, etc .;
￮ 8) Allow scholars to attend to music though
employed, as many teachers do;
￮ 9) Organize through a digital agenda with
a reminder system;
￮ 10) Take advantage of a device that is
anyway already in the pocket of more and
more students.

10. In conclusion, these ten reasons are
not presented as truths or miracle
recipes, but simply as findings that the
benefits exist.
Have you tried the experiment? If so, what
were your achievements, and what are your
areas for improvement?

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