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2) Cell phones
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Provides facts on how cell phones work, how to text, and discusses how cell phones have impacted our world.
3) Cell phones
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This book focuses on the cell phone, exploring how the device was developed, how it works, its impact on society, and possible future uses for this device.
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"Most mobile device users cannot imagine their life without their gadgets, but many people believe that these devices can harm people both physically and mentally. Issues are discussed clearly and objectively, with added insight from experts and others, in these chapters: Do Mobile Devices Impair Users' Physical Health? Are Mobile Devices a Dangerous Distraction? Are People Too Dependent on Mobile Devices? Do Mobile Devices Promote Oversharing?"--Provided...
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"This volume marks the progression of communication technology from yesterday's telegraph and Morse Code to today's state-of-the-art smartphones. Science innovators, engineers and entrepreneurs are profiled and page spreads are designed with chronological technology benchmarks. With clear text, timelines and abundant images, the changes that technology has brought to our daily lives are examined along with 'A Different View' sidebars that discuss...
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"Mobilizing the power of cell phones to maximize students' learning powerTeaching Generation Text shows how teachers can turn cell phones into an educational opportunity instead of an annoying distraction. With a host of innovative ideas, activities, lessons, and strategies, Nielsen and Webb offer a unique way to use students' preferred method of communication in the classroom. Cell phones can remind students to study, serve as a way to take notes,...
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Discusses the effects of cell phones on individual users and society, including how cell phones affect the brain and body, whether they are addictive, the dangers they present as a distraction, and the ways in which they change communication and social interaction. Includes source notes, a list of additional resources, and an index.
12) Creature chase
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Rex Jones and his friends Carl and Dave are transported by Rex's mysterious cell phone to a place where horrible Dazers roam the night, seeking human souls to eat.
13) Safecrackers
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When fifteen-year-old Rex Jones's mysterious cell phone transports him and his friends, Dave and Carl, into a bank's high-powered security center, the three are charged with preventing notorious bank robber Razor Bell from breaking into the vault.
16) Inside the game
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Aided by a girl they have never seen before, best friends Rex Jones, Dave, and Carl race for their lives when Rex's mysterious cell phone drops them into a computer game called Motor Speed Chase--or perhaps a more deadly version of that game.
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A guide for teachers to involve cell phones in classroom instruction, sharing case studies that show practical ways cell phones can be used for projects, homework, assignments, and communication with parents, and discussing options to involve students without cell phones.
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Explores the positive and negative effects of social media on our world. On one hand, social media helps people connect and stay in touch more easily than ever before. On the other, many experts believe social media has worsened political polarization and boosted the spread of misinformation.
19) Seven pounds
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Tim Thomas was a gifted aerospace engineer with a beautiful wife. Then, while using his cell phone while driving, his car wandered across lanes and he became responsible for the deaths of 7 others, including his wife. Unable to forgive himself, Tim sets out to give "pounds of flesh" that will give new life to 7 deserving individuals to make up for the 7 lives he destroyed. Tim intends to kill himself and to bestow gifts to 7 worthy people, which includes...
20) Cell phones
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Examines issues like driving and texting, health impacts, and if cell phones have become an addiction for teenagers.