Mobile Technology
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iPods, iPads, & mobile applications change the way teachers teach and students learn! iPods are completely portable, allowing learning to occur anywhere, any time.
The World in Your Pocket
We live in a world that is increasingly mobile. In order for adults to connect with our kids and students, we need to mobilize.
12 Most Useful Ways Kids Can Learn With Cell Phones | The Committed Sardine
Students are streets ahead of most adults with use of social media and web technology.
Quest for a switched on school | Teacher Network Blog | Guardian Professional
United Kingdom) - Education - Profiles - Essa Academy, Page 1
Children at Bolton’s new Essa Academy are achieving spectacular results, rolling back years of under achievement in their deprived community.
Experts say they are essential for the UK to keep pace economically; others worry about their effect on discipline Children's learning could "hugely improve" if all pupils were given smartphones to use in the classroom, technology experts say but, instead, the UK risks falling behind because "the government doesn't seem that interested in it". Research shows that in many areas, the majority of pupils own a smartphone, but many schools ban the devices and the National Association of Head Teachers says they hold "potential for mischief and distraction".
Smartphones and handheld computers: the new battleground in UK schools | Education | The Guardian
