Cellphones in the Classroom?

I agree with the abolishing of cell phones side. I believe the possible harm to the classroom atmosphere and wasted time of misused cell phone privileges in class outweighs the possible benefits. I understand that if a kid is having fun they will remember anything they are doing better than if they are just trying to learn but I do not think that if a kid uses their cell phone in class they will actually learn more. My original position was that I did not want cell phones in class and after reading the two articles agree with my original position.

In my classroom I will follow the school/district policy on cell phone use. If that policy is not followed I will go by the consequences listed in the school's hand book.

If the school allowed cell phone use while in the classroom, I would have students use their smart phones to go on to the internet and look up an answer to a question that is asked that I may not know the answer to. Or, heaven forbid, if I do not have a dictionary in class I could ask someone to look up on Dictionary.com how to spell a word I might be struggling with at the front board. Because we all know that the closer to the board you get there is a direct adverse correlation to the ability to spell.