At my kids' school, they encourage appropriate cell phone use in the school. For example, if there is a homework assignment on the board, rather than wait for everybody to copy it down, kids are told to take a picture of the board. They also insist on the kids using some kind of calendar to track everything and most kids use their phone calendar.
There's some kind of Twitter-like service that is used for teacher-student communication and of course they use email and Google Docs a lot.
My kids have had assignments that involve making a movie and their phone is their video camera.
If the kids want to use a computer, they can (they are all issued ThinkPads that are frankly awful) but I think most kids would prefer to use their phones when they can.
Also, the school has a pretty aggressive filter on the wifi so kids that want to access the internet in the school end up using their phone to get access to the things they need.
There's some kind of Twitter-like service that is used for teacher-student communication and of course they use email and Google Docs a lot.
My kids have had assignments that involve making a movie and their phone is their video camera.
If the kids want to use a computer, they can (they are all issued ThinkPads that are frankly awful) but I think most kids would prefer to use their phones when they can.
Also, the school has a pretty aggressive filter on the wifi so kids that want to access the internet in the school end up using their phone to get access to the things they need.