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Archive Home > 2010 > October > 19 > Rather than fight it, schools embrace cell phone use

Rather than fight it, schools embrace cell phone use

With sophisticated technology, devices easily turned into tools for learning

By Tara Malone and Lisa Black / The Bulletin
October 19, 2010

CHICAGO — With the election weeks away, Fremd High School teacher Jason Spoor asked students in his government class, some of them first-time voters, to research local candidates vying for office.

They would have 15 minutes and one learning tool: their cell phone.

“If you are driving down the....

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