I went by to my old standby Infinite Thinking Machine.  I found an article that caught my attention because it was about cellphones in education.  Cellphones in Education  One of the links I focused on was Liz Korb’s.  She thought the cell phone could be the “Swiss army knife of 21st century digital learning tools”.  This is because they can be used in and out of the classroom.  So, many students already have them, low cost, can be used anywhere, anytime, and anyplace.   They can be used for collecting interviews, data, pictures and send this information to a Flickr account.  She can text message homework assignments.  They can be listened to podcasts and can be used to create their own podcast.  They can also be used for students with visual impairments.  Their is a website called Jott.com that students can call in their blog post and then it appears on the class blog.  They also can listen to any website that has an RSS feed.  Students with hearing impairments can use the text feature to receive and send communication.  There are lots of free web-based resources that use cell phone to create polls, calendars, digital books, podcasts, and more.  She believes that the goal of cell phones is not to fully integrate them in technology, but be an option for teaching and learning.  I’m sure there are many students that will love their teachers for adopting this option.