Textnovel.com!! discussion

Check out this great review of Textnovel.com on the blog www.cellphonesinlearning.com!

This awesome website is created and maintained by Liz Kolb, an adjunct professor at Madonna University and a doctoral student at the University of Michigan. Liz is a former high school teacher and technology coordinator and thinks www.Textnovel.com can be a great tool for parents and teachers to help students explore creative writing, learn about genres or even take notes about their research process and store those on Textnovel.com.

Liz's blog is a great resource for anyone interested in the intersection of education and technology, particularly cell phones.

Do you agree with Lisa that there can be a place for cell phones and texting in the classroom?

Great review on using cell phones to explore writing in the classroom. Thanks for the heads up. Having taught in the classroom, there are some students who don't have the kinetic skill to write easily, and it ends up being an excercise in frustration for them. Texting might open other alternatives.

I think teachers might be a bit nervous to legitimize the use of cellphones, probably because it would be difficult to monitor whether its being used to do work or text friends. We'll see!