Electronic Devices Policies

I am looking for school districts that allow students to have & use electronic devices at school, as this is something we are looking into in my Michigan district. It seems that students have them at school anyway. What are the benefits? Risks? I would appreciate seeing examples of policies that other districts have implemented.

April 5th, 2007 at 11:11 am
[...] Got an email from Pam Shoemaker asking if I knew of any AUP’s from schools that actually allow the use of things like MP3 players, cell phones or handhelds. If your school adopts a more inclusive policy than most and you can sure it, please let me know or leave a comment for Pam on her blog. var blogTool = “WordPress”; var blogURL = “http://www.teach42.com”; var blogTitle = “Teach42 - Education and Technology, by Steve Dembo”; var postURL = “http://www.teach42.com/2007/04/05/acceptable-use-policies-that-include-electronic-devices/”; var postTitle = “Acceptable Use Policies that include electronic devices?”; var commentAuthorFieldName = “author”; var commentAuthorLoggedIn = false; var commentFormID = “commentform”; var commentTextFieldName = “comment”; var commentButtonName = “submit”; [...]