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News Articles and Relevant Issues
Benefits of Cell Phone Use by Students
- Can help kids with medical problems stay in touch with parents - Preteen cell phones' draw: Peace of mind (14 Mar 2005, Cincinnati, OH)
- Use of cell phones not ringing problem in Amarillo schools
- Convenience and Public Pressure (Parental and student requests) are primary reason districts are allowing student cell phone use (Not school safety reasons): Cell Phones, Camera Phones, & Pagers
Educational Distruption Issues (including cheating)
- Boston district policy is to keep cell phones off at school - Editorial: Phone excess (25 Mar 2005, Shrewberry, MA)
- Cell phones help kids communicate about drinking parties - Town Gets Serious On Alcohol (24 Mar 2005, Needham, MA)
- Cell phones help spread bomb threat rumors - Another student arrested in bomb threats (24 Mar 2005, Uniontown, PA)
- Cell phones with web access can permit x-rated content access by students - Computer-saavy kids watch most TV (9 Mar 2005, Orlando, FL)
- Text messaging can be used for sexual harassment or solicitation - Think before you text: wireless messages show up in court (11 Jun 2004, Forbes)
- School cell phone rules considered (5 April, Hyde Park)
- Cell phone technology again challenges schools (19 Aug 2004, San Antonio, TX)
- Schools make rules for cell phone no-nos (23 Sept 2004, Fox News)
- Hold the phone (September 2000)
- Cell Phones in Schools around the world
- Do Cell Phones Belong in Schools? (2003)
- Safe From Harm (2003)
- NAESP Cell Phone Articles
Problems with Picture Phones
- Students can send/receive pornographic images/videos (see page 2 of the article) - Internet Gives Teenage Bullies Weapons to Wound From Afar (26 Aug 2004, New York Times)
- Using telecommunications devices is against board policy; violations on testing days become even more serious- Northside ISD in San Antonio.
- Potential litigation for school districts. (Feb. 26, 2005)
Other Cell Phone Problems
- Driving disruptions / accidents - Texas lawmakers propose cell phone bans (1 Mar 2005, AP in Denton, TX)
- Malfunctioning phones can cause physical injuries - Phone battery flames injure teen (2 Jul 2004, CNET, Ontario, CA)
- Cell phones are out, when class is in- KTRE Lufkin, Texas
Blogging
- Safety/Pedophile Dangers - Secondary Principal Bans Blogging from School (29 Mar 2005, Rutledge, Vermont)
- Teens share to much personal info online - On Xanga, students make their life an open blog (10 Apr 2005, Wichita, Kanasas)
- Student creates website to bypass school Internet filters - Proxy site lands kid, teacher in hot water (6 Apr 2005, eSchool News - Washington)
- CTO's Wrestle with Technology Ethics (12-04)
- NSBA Site has many articles on cell phones in schools.
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Sources for these Articles: Google News (http://news.google.com) is a great source for finding articles. Another good one is NetFamilyNews, they have a lot of articles related to kids and cell phones. For sites that require registration, you can use BugMeNot.com for login credentials to protect your privacy and email account from spam.
