In these videos, Prof. Elliot Soloway talks about the use of mobile technology as a means of enabling new models in education:
A 21st Century Education: Educating the Mobile Generation
Cell Phones as Classroom Computers
Following is a selection of links to recent articles that have covered mobile computing and learning:
eSchool News: Mobile Learning: Not Just Laptops Anymore
THE Journal: Will Smartphones Eliminate the Digital Divide?
MLive: Smartphones Changing Work, Play and School
CNN American Morning: School Gives Kids Cell Phones as a Teaching Tool
K-12 Computing Blueprint: One-to-One in Ohio with Smartphones
eSchool News: Education Reformers Tout Value of Handheld Technologies (pdf)
District Administration: Mobile Devices in the Classroom
USA Today: Cellphones Teach Phonics, Animation, and More in School Instead of Cheating
Teacher Magazine: How About a Little Googling, Class?
Education Week's Digital Directions: Making the Case for Mobile Computing
Michigan Business Review: GoKnow Software Moves Learning to Cell Phones
eSchool News: Conference Explores Benefits of Mobile Learning
BusinessWeek: Get Cell Phones into Schools
District Admin: The Impending Mobile Mega-Disruption
EdTech: Coming Up Big
Following are links to some school districts that are using mobile technology in the classroom:
Keller, TX
Wolverhampton, UK
St. Marys, OH
Detroit, MI