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We could email out a "tech word of the week" with an illustration and definition to print out and post in the room. Could be attached to MMM.

Email out a short clip from one of the safety sites for the teachers to show once a week using the "word of the week."

Write the word of the week in the agenda/bellringer/journal with definition so that they are saved for the year.

Create a word wall.

The "word of the week" could be used in the announcements. The "word of the week" could be featured in what weekly newsletters that go out to kids to give to parents (if your school has this).

Closed circuit television announcements that are live in some schools could use this in their daily broadcast.

Have a contest weekly for kids to define the "mystery tech word." The kids put the definition on a piece of paper and put it in a box for a drawing.

Post words throughout the school for example in the lunchroom,

Pros Ability to grade quizzes quickly teaching using cell phones and technology responsibily

Cons the usage fees not all kids have phones answers to quizzes to be texted out to other students within the classroom and school wide during a quiz students having innappropriate ring tones that they "accidentally" forget to turn off texting to other students during class but using excuses such as " I was checking the time or using the calculator" they will forget the phone at home phones will get stolen and parents will hold the school responsible phones will get damaged and parents will hold the school responsible cell phones can be traded within the classroom easily allowing students to cheat