High school 'to allow mobiles in classrooms to help learning'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/6320811/High-school-to-allow-mobiles-in-classrooms-to-help-learning.html

This article comes from the UK, it's about a school that is allowing mobile phones in the classroom to help with student learning. Notre Dame high school would be the first school in the UK to allow students to use phones in the classroom. The school thinks that the students have resources on their mobile phones that go beyond what the school is able to provide for them. Students cell phones contain calculators, voice recorders, maps, digital cameras etc...The school is leaving when these devices can be used up to the teacher so they have control over students using the devices.

I found this article very interesting, I haven't thought very much about the educational uses of cell phones. I can see where they would be useful in some situations but, I can also see students taking advantage of the situation. If certain securities were put in place where students were not allowed to call or text during the school day this idea would probably be more widely accepted.