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Mobilizing the power of cell phones to maximize students' learning powerTeaching Generation Text shows how teachers can turn cell phones into an educational opportunity instead of an annoying distraction. With a host of innovative ideas, activities, lessons, and strategies, Nielsen and Webb offer a unique way to use students' preferred method of communication in the classroom. Cell phones can remind students to study, serve as a way to take notes, provide instant, on-demand answers and research, be a great vehicle for home-school connection, and record and capture oral reports or responses to polls and quizzes, all of which can be used to enhance lesson plans and increase motivation.Offers tactics for teachers to help their students integrate digital technology with their studiesFilled with research-based ideas and strategies for using a cell phone to enhance learningProvides methods for incorporating cell phones into instruction with a unit planning guide and lesson plan ideasThis innovative new book is filled with new ideas for engaging learners in fun, free, and easy ways using nothing more than a basic, text-enabled cell phone.
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Lisa Nielsen writes for and speaks to audiences across the globe about learning innovatively and is frequently covered by local and national media for her views on "Passion (not just data) Driven Learning," "Thinking Outside the Ban" to harness the power of technology for learning, and using the power of social media to provide a voice to educators and students. Ms. Nielsen has worked for more than a decade in various capacities to support learning in real and innovative ways that will prepare students for success.In addition to her award-winning blog, The Innovative Educator (http://TheInnovativeEducator.blogspot.com), Ms. Nielsen's writing is featured in places such as Huffington Post, Tech & Learning, ISTE Connects, ASCD Wholechild, MindShift, Leading & Learning, The Unplugged Mom, and she is the other of several guides for parents and teens frustrated with the school system accessible at http://www.scribd.com/lisa_nielsen/shelf.
