NYTimes article focuses on utilizing student electronic devices in the classroom – opportunities and challenges. NYT Digitally Aided Education April 22 2012
The concept raises a concern about equal access, but this comment is interesting: “And while district administrators worried initially that poorer students would not own devices, they discovered something of “an inverse relationship” between family income and the sophistication of their devices, particularly smartphones, ”
Since the focus is Central Florida, one wonders when Skandera will be importing the concept to New Mexico.
Fascinating article Gary. Bundles a lot of relevant issues in one “trend”. It’s probably true that “poor” students might have a smartphone…because they probably don’t have something more expensive like tablet or laptop, and because it’s probably “instead of” POTS not in addition to.
We’ve been paying a lot of attention here to Higher Ed crises, but of course, a “lower ed” crises is also brewing. Fascinating how quickly things can change. From banned to BYOD overnight.
This is the Social Learning Construct in action…using the learning technology in a group setting and figuring out how to make it work, by doing it. Personally, I’d rather not develop for smart phones…prefer something with more screen real estate like mini iPad or similar.