Cell Phone Camera Policies at School

Smile, You're on YouTube

From the California Teacher Association. When you least expect it, one of your students takes out his cell phone and secretly records you. The next thing you know, the video is posted on YouTube and the world is watching.
http://www.cta.org/media/publications/educator/archives/2007/0907_feat_07.htm

Teacher Attacked by Student, Incident Recorded with Cell Phone

[April 8, 2008] Jolita Berry remembers all too well what happened last Friday. She had just finished having words with a female student, when things turned violent. Video taken by another student on a cell phone and posted on MySpace, clearly shows what happened next. In the video you can see a teenage student beating Jolita on the floor of her art class at Reginald F. Lewis High School
http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/baltimore-teacher-attacked-student-incident-recorded-cell-phone-0

Felony Charges: Possible Consequence for Naked Photo Sharing Among Students

Do your students know that sending nude photos by cell phone (another form of cyberbullying) is subject to child pornography laws and if prosecuted to the full extent of the law, they could end up in juvenile hall or be forced to register as "sex offenders" for the rest of their lives?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RXHnBAeG-zo.
http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=8775

See also, Anne Collier's coverage of this issue at:
http://safekids.com/2008/03/22/naked-photo-sharing-police-perspective/
http://www.netfamilynews.org/2008/05/nude-photo-sharing-q-from-family-thats.html

Cell Phones in Education

Schools Respond to the IPhone's Popularity
E-School News, March 2008, Ian Jukes Info-Savvy March 2008
Responding to the iPhone’s popularity among students, many universities now are rolling out initiatives that aim to take advantage of its potential as a converged, mobile learning device.
http://tinyurl.com/67ktuk

Fill 'Er Up : Cell Phones in the Classroom

What to do with all those cell phones, PDAs, and iPods tucked away in students' backpacks? Forward-thinking administrators have found a 'smart' solution: Load them with educational content and welcome them into instruction.
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22571

The Value of Using Cell Phones to Enhance Education and Some Concrete Ways To Do So

Promoting the teaching of how technology tools can be used to enhance teaching and learning is important because we must prepare our students and teachers for the world of today, not the classrooms of yesterday.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2008/05/value-of-using-cell-phones-to-enhance.html