Online Event: Free Live Webinar: Cellphones as Instructional Tools

Free Live Webinar: Cellphones as Instructional Tools. Thursday, July 23, 4-5 p.m., Eastern time. Edweek webinar. Free registration is now open. Cellphones have been called "the new paper and pencil" or "the new laptop," and they could be in the hands of as many as 10 million to 15 million schoolchildren in the next few years. For their instructional potential and ability to connect students to the Internet, mobile devices are quietly making their way into schools in the United States and abroad. What does your district, school, or classroom need to make this technology leap? Guests will discuss policy and implementation issues and offer practical curriculum ideas for every subject. … Guests: Elliot Soloway, professor, School of Information, School of Education, and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan; Liz Kolb, education technology instructor, University of Michigan and Madonna University; author, Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education; Ron Myers, principal, Trinity Meadows Intermediate School, Keller, Texas