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  • Some critics already are denouncing the effort as a blatantly self-serving maneuver to break into the big educational market. But proponents of selling cellphones to schools counter that they are simply making the same kind of pitch that the computer industry has been profitably making to educators since the 1980s.
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  At a conference this week in Washington called Mobile Learning 09, CTIA, a wireless industry trade group, plans to start making its case for the educational value of cellphones. It will present research — paid for by Qualcomm, a maker of chips for cellpho

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  Carl Anderson
  • At a conference this week in Washington called Mobile Learning 09, CTIA, a wireless industry trade group, plans to start making its case for the educational value of cellphones.

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      Carl Anderson on 2009-02-16

      This would be much stronger if it did not come from the cell phone industry. Sure, the cell phone industry can support this research but if the company is the one doing the research this is going to be seen as just profiteering and not sway any naysayers.
  • The only difference now between smartphones and laptops, they say, is that cellphones are smaller, cheaper and more coveted by students.

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      Carl Anderson on 2009-02-16

      As one commenter on this article points out, the service plan alone negates the cost effectiveness of cell phones in the classroom. A better option would be devices like the iPod Touch that are wifi enabled but do not requre a service plan.
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  Joan Vinall-Cox

  Cellphones in classrooms? "The study found that students with the phones performed 25 percent better on the end-of-the-year algebra exam than did students without the devices in similar classes." The dark underside is the almost constant monitoring by teachers to ensure no misuse by students.

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  • The study found that students with the phones performed 25 percent better on the end-of-the-year algebra exam than did students without the devices in similar classes.
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  Will Richardson

  At a conference this week in Washington called Mobile Learning 09, CTIA, a wireless industry trade group, plans to start making its case for the educational value of cellphones. It will present research — paid for by Qualcomm, a maker of chips for cellphones — that shows so-called smartphones can make students smarter.
  
  Some critics already are denouncing the effort as a blatantly self-serving maneuver to break into the big educational market. But proponents of selling cellphones to schools counter that they are simply making the same kind of pitch that the computer industry has been profitably making to educators since the 1980s.

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  Juan Levy

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  Michelle Krill

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  • “Cellphones so far haven’t been an educational tool. They’ve been a distraction.”

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      Michelle Krill on 2009-02-16

      Could this be because teachers don't know how to use them in an educational setting?
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      Carl Anderson on 2009-02-16

      I think that the comment stream associated with this article is evidence of that.
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        Guillermo Santamaria on 2009-02-17

        This comment totally misses the point that cell phones will NOT be going away. They will only be increasing their presence. Besides in our classrooms we are using them with GREAT success.
  • “You have to be willing to put in the time and be very patient with the technology,” she said.

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      Michelle Krill on 2009-02-16

      This statement is true of any new technology that enters the ed setting, in my opinion.
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  Dean Shareski

  We're already doing this in one of our schools.

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  Carl Anderson on 2009-02-16
  This would be much stronger if it did not come from the cell phone industry. Sure, the cell phone industry can support this research but if the company is the one doing the research this is going to be seen as just profiteering and not sway any naysayers.
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  Carl Anderson on 2009-02-16
  As one commenter on this article points out, the service plan alone negates the cost effectiveness of cell phones in the classroom. A better option would be devices like the iPod Touch that are wifi enabled but do not requre a service plan.
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  Guillermo Santamaria on 2009-02-17
  This comment totally misses the point that cell phones will NOT be going away. They will only be increasing their presence. Besides in our classrooms we are using them with GREAT success.
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  Carl Anderson on 2009-02-16
  I think that the comment stream associated with this article is evidence of that.
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  Michelle Krill on 2009-02-16
  Could this be because teachers don't know how to use them in an educational setting?
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  Michelle Krill on 2009-02-16
  This statement is true of any new technology that enters the ed setting, in my opinion.

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