Teaching Generation Text is a hands-on resource that shows teachers how to stop fighting and start embracing cell phones for learning and building relationships. Authors Lisa Nielsen and Willyn Webb offer unique ways to use a device students love. Cell phones can remind students to study, be a way to take notes, provide instant answers, and be used for research. For educators, they serve as a vehicle to strengthen the home-school connection, send information to groups, and capture responses to polls and quizzes, all of which can be used to enhance lessons and increase motivation. With a wealth of innovative ideas, activities, lessons, and strategies, Teaching Generation Text: Shows how to use cell phones to support research-based instructional strategies Provides building blocks for success, such as acceptable use policies, permissions, safety, classroom management procedures, and assessment Includes methods for incorporating cell phones into instruction with a unit planning guide and lesson plan ideas "Teaching Generation Text is a must read for anyone serious about infusing technology in the classroom in a way that honors the culture of K-12 students. Webb and Nielsen not only explain how cell phones and texting can be used for multiple purposes in a way that relative novices can understand, but they also provide explicit guidance regarding how they can be used to augment well known instructional strategies." --Robert J. Marzano, C.E.O., Marzano Research Laboratory, author, Classroom Instruction that Works "This book would be a great asset to those who are finally coming around to the idea of mobile devices in the classroom." --Will Richardson, "Learner in Chief" at Connective Learning, author, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms