... and after school, then you shouldn't have a problem with leaving you cell phone in your car or locker. Do not think this opinion is only one sided though. Cell phones in class is a distraction, but what, if any, advantages are their to having access to outside communications from every room in the ... By the way, these people were capable of creating advanced homemade bombs, they could probably take out the land phone lines. There are ZERO cell phones in the school as well. The first thing that will be people will risk their lives to gain access to a land line for they ... not ever wor...

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... However, Instant Messaging would not be used during my class time. This is a tool that will totally take control of your class room, along with PDA, Cell phones, beepers, etc. This is a misuse of class time unless there is a specific project involved utilizing this technology. All of this technology is wonderful and powerful for ... great deal more than I knew. Reading this linked helps support my decision not to allow Instant Messaging in the classroom. I believe that the disadvantages out weigh the advantages. Disadvantages: by students leaving personal data on the computer, anyone wil...

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