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I havMany are using smart phones, not only to create their own dialects when texting, but also to do more serious work, such as practicing foreign languages and analyzing scripts from their theater classes.  In a university class on the history of American radio, students use smart phones to record their own radio shows. The course instructor said, "It's adding to students' sense of excitement about the subject."  Professors have been encouraged to tape their lectures and post them online.  "We realized there might be some potential for a device that could get attention and encourage sophisticated thinking," says one leading university director. .