Cell Phones

Cell phones are usually seen as a distraction in the classroom, and in most classes and schools they are not allowed to be used during class. But they could be a good thing to incorporate into the classroom of older students.

Examples:

Reminders and Calendars. If something is assigned it is very helpful if students could put the information into their phone like due dates and days of quizzes and tests. This keeps students organized.

 

The Poll Everywhere site had the users text their answers, this could be done immediately with cell phones in class.

Flashcard apps and sites are very useful for down time and allow students to carry around their study materials at all times.

Audiobooks/Ebooks. If students have a study period or a longer commute to school, this is very useful. They don't have to carry anything extra with them, and they can pull the phone out and continue their book whenever they want.

Useful/Learning Apps. There are a lot of apps that are helpful in school on almost a daily basis like the dictionary, a world atlas, thesaurus, and the periodic table. My high school didn't have enough dictionaries or maps for everyone in class, so these would have been very useful.