So many conference goers skipped out on the Friday morning sessions and to me these were among the best offerings of the week.  In fact there were three I wanted to attend at the same time.  I finally chose Mobile Technologies and the Legal Questions You Need to Answer.  I wish it had been a seminar with a round table discussion afterward.  It was fascinating.  I understood the lawyer that spoke to us could not address our questions about a specific state but his insight and expertise into the law regarding this issue was very informative.  Some of us that gathered after the session discussed the topic and we agreed that rules and regulations weren’t necessarily the answer as much as the mind set of those who were supposed to follow them.  The idea that it is OK for one to text their child in class because it is “their” child is in a lot of ways the root of the problem.  Rules are not made to be broken but need to be changed if they are not working.  One of the other sessions I had wanted to attend Friday morning was Cell Phones as Classroom Tools.  I like the idea of not fighting an uphill battle so to speak and allowing cell phones to be used.  But, one thing that was very pointed out during this session: What if an emergency happens and all the students get out their cell phones and start making calls.  First you end up with jammed airways that are needed by emergency personnel, then you will have parents telling their children to do one thing when the people they should be listening to are physically with them and know what is best and safest for the student and these instructions might be the exact opposite of what the student is being told by their parent.  Something parents who think their child the exception to the rule about texting/calling might think about.