I have seen both sides of this argument. I know a teacher that allows his students to use their cell phones for research, sending in homework, and even completing internet based quizzes. My experience has been that although there may be some legitimate uses of cell phones at school, the students lack the maturity to stay off of the social networks, face book, u-tube, games or all the other time wasters to be deemed as an effective tool. Ultimately, it will become just another distraction to the student and a disciplinary issue for the teacher to deal with.

Gen Y students really get into technology imbedded in the classroom. At my last school we had Smart Boards with full internet access. The entire world of information is only a click away. The problem with Gen Y students is that they sometime have a hard time separating facts and fiction on the web.