Cell Phones in the Classroom

The topic I chose to research is the use of cell phones in the classroom. I am not fully convinced this is a good idea. Some ideas seem to work, but I am scared on how you would be able to monitor cell phones to ensure your students were not doing anything inappropriate. The reason most schools do not allow them in the first place is because students have been caught cheating by sending pictures of tests to other students. While researching this topic, I am curious if people have found ways of monitoring cell phone use strictly for the classroom.

PBL Video

The Problem Based Learning video was a lot of fun for me. My group worked very well together and created a fun video. I believe this method of teaching would be great to use in the classroom. I really enjoyed the  demonstration Brandon had our class do at an introduction. We had to plan a trip as a class but in individual groups. Each group had a specific assignment to figure out for this trip. It was interesting to see how many standards were met just from asking a simple question. I believe students learn more by teaching themselves rather than having someone blab to them about something uninteresting. I will try to use the Problem Based Learning method in my own classroom.