I understand that there are sites doing some pretty creative work with cellphones.  An issue 
would be availability (would the school purchase cellphones and a 2 year plan?) as well as 
uniformity (if students used their own, might be difficult to teach).  I don't know if cell phones 
can upload/download the same kinds of applications which have been developed for computers 
and PDAs either.  The portability of a cellphone would certainly be something to consider.

Marilyn Williams
6th Grade Language Arts/Social Studies
Kennedy Middle School
Eugene, OR

----- Original Message -----
From: Mariann Fedele <MariannF at lacnyc.org>
Date: Friday, April 20, 2007 1:40 pm
Subject: [Technology 960] Re: handhelds day 2
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> This message is being posted on behalf of Kuulei Reeser:

> 

> What about cell phones?  They appear to have similar features to

> handhelds

> plus have internet access and are a lot more affordable and accessible

> to

> the students.

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