Guest Commentary: Using Cell Phones in Schools--We Have to Take the First Step

Bill Ferriter teaches 6th grade language arts in North Carolina. He is an advocate of using mobile devices--smartphones, iPod Touches, etc.,-- in school. What's more, he says educators can't wait until every one of their students has a mobile computing device in order to make use of these devices part of the curriculum. Why? "One of the stumbling blocks to almost every reform initiative in schools is our stubborn refusal to move forward until the conditions are perfect for change. The result: Change never happens," Ferriter writes. "I don't care if 1 out of 10 students in your school has a cell phone. That's still one more device for learning than your teachers had before--and it is one more tool for learning that many schools don't have to provide," he adds. Click here to read Ferriter's complete post which was written for The Teacher Leaders Network (h/t MindShift).