Thunder

I have just read an article in TES online entitled ‘Look what’s happened to mobiles phones and broadband‘ by George Cole, in the article he says:

A shame then, that most schools still see mobile phones as a threat rather than as an opportunity for extending the use of ICT. I know there are management and security issues, as well as questions about who pays for using many of the features. But it’s sad that a personal computer which many students have in their pockets is being banned rather than used as a useful ICT tool in the classroom.

We need to keep opening headteachers eyes to the power of the mobile phone, it has been great over the last few weeks to be working in two schools in Shropshire (Oldbury Wells and Sir John Talbot’s) where the headteachers have supported my use of mobile phones in the lessons I have been teaching. It would be great if organisations like Becta could note the power of the mobile phone and publicise case studies showing their positive impact on learning, we also need unions like NASUWT to stop stating that we should ban them (see my earlier posting).