Sometimes I think as educators we feel like   Sisyphus, forever damned to push that giant   boulder up the hill only to have it roll back down   again.  But we keep pushing hoping that one day   that damned rock will stay in place!

For all of those pushing school policies banning cell phones, this Mediashift article is for you.   Audrey Waters explains the slow and cautionary trend to the use of cell phones in the classroom.  In some districts the strict policies against cell phones are beginning to crack.  These cracks are showing up for many reasons: budgetary cutbacks, realization of cell phone power, or just those persistent teachers pushing that boulder up to their administrator’s desk and daring to be run over by it.