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Cell phones in education
I’m preparing a 1cr. workshop on the use of cell phones in education to be offered through the Leapfrog Institute here at the University of Minnesota this fall. I thought I’d share the bibliography so far. At least some of this will probably be of interest to readers. If you know of more interesting literature, blogs, etc. on this topic leave a message in the comments. Click more for my annotations.
Exam students can ‘phone a friend’. (2009). Ananova. Retrieved August 1, 2009, from http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3391974.html
Coopman, T. M. (2008). Toward a pervasive communication environment perspective. First Monday, 14(1). Retrieved April 9, 2009, from http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/2277/2069
Costabile, M. F., Angeli, A. D., Lanzilotti, R., Ardito, C., Buono, P., & Pederson, T. (2008). Explore! Possibilities and challenges of mobile learning. Paper presented at the CHI 2008.
Edweek.org (2009). Cellphones as Instructional Tools Retrieved August 1, 2009, from http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&eventid=154461&sessionid=1&key=F6D1D2D288709C1B15A12F74A57B0660&eventuserid=26731318
Hartnell-Young, E., & Heym, N. (2008). How mobile phones help learing in secondary schools. Nottingham, UK: Learning Sciences Research Institute – University of Nottingham.
Kolb, L. (2008). Toys to tools: Connecting student cell phones to education. Washington, D.C.: International Society for Technology in Education.
Librero, F., Ramos, A. J., Ranga, A. I., Trinona, J., & Lambert, D. (2007). Uses of the cell phone for education in the Philippines and Mongolia. Distance Education, 28(2), 231-244.
Prensky, M. (2005). What can you learn from a cell phone? Almost anything! Innovate, 1(5).
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Encyclopedia Britannica will open up – just a little bit.
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Opening Up Education – Free collection of excellent articles
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“Digital Youth Project” – Youth and knowledge development networks
The MacArthur Foundation has published a report on the “Digital Youth Project”. This is a fascinating report on the findings of a research project that looked at young people’s informal use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and what they … Continue reading
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Is the mobile web all good?
The BBC News site ran an article yesterday about the spread of the mobile web. Nothing surprising about that, it is the big buzz these days. I guess what is noteworthy now is that the “big” corporations (in this case … Continue reading
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The end of the OLPC project?
OLPC is making a big mistake by considering including Windows on its laptops. In this BBC News article, Negroponte is quoted as saying, “We are in the learning business and what the operating system is underneath is less germane” Hogwash! … Continue reading
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