Research on Educational Benefits of a Smartphone as an Educational Tool
Below you will find resoucres explaining the benefits these tools can have.
Cochrane and Bateman - Smartphones Facilitate a Social Constructivist Pedagogy
Authors Thomas Cochrane and Roger Bateman discuss how Web2.0 technologies, based around a smartphone, facilitate a “social constructivist” pedagogy for learning. Included within the article is a well made concept map of how many of the different types of technologies are interconnected. DC
Smartphones Improve Achievement in Math
Education Week – article describing how research has shown that using a smartphone in class can increase math achievement. (There was even more, but I chose not to subscribe.) DC
Pros of Cell Phones in School
Describes some of the PROS of integrating cell phones in the classroom: instant communication; enhanced learning; memory aids; voice notes; calendar. CR
Industry Makes Pitch That
Smartphones Belong in Classroom
A New York Times article on technology that provides pros and some of the usual cons of infusing cell phones/Smartphones into the class room. An arguable case is that schools spend so much money on computers, as much as $1000 per computer for every three students, so why not go with a cheaper and more portable solution? CR
Can Smartphones Make Kids Smarter?
Carly Shuler, a Cooney Fellow at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and author of the report Pockets of Potential, estimates that almost 20% of children aged 5 to 7 use a cell phone. Shuler reports on the benefits of allowing children to use cell phones for educational purposes, include the low cost and opportunities for mobile learning. She likens the integration of cell phones to Sesame Street and how the media learning trend has moved from television to mobile devices. CR
Pockets of Potential:
Using Mobile Technologies to Promote Children's Learning
An Industry Brief from the previously mentioned CARLY SHULER, a Fellow of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Street Workshop provides a well-written executive summary and full-report on how mobile devices can be used for learning. A radio podcast is also available. CR
