Mobilizing the power of cell phones to maximize students'learning power
Teaching Generation Text shows how teachers can turn cellphones into an educational opportunity instead of an annoyingdistraction. With a host of innovative ideas, activities, lessons,and strategies, Nielsen and Webb offer a unique way to usestudents' preferred method of communication in the classroom. Cellphones can remind students to study, serve as a way to take notes,provide instant, on-demand answers and research, be a great vehiclefor home-school connection, and record and capture oral reports orresponses to polls and quizzes, all of which can be used to enhancelesson plans and increase motivation.
* Offers tactics for teachers to help their students integratedigital technology with their studies
* Filled with research-based ideas and strategies for using acell phone to enhance learning
* Provides methods for incorporating cell phones into instructionwith a unit planning guide and lesson plan ideas
This innovative new book is filled with new ideas for engaginglearners in fun, free, and easy ways using nothing more than abasic, text-enabled cell phone.
Lisa Nielsen
Bildungswesen Education K-12 / Technologien im Bildungswesen Technology & Education (K-12)