by Emily Peters, Abilene Reporter
Abilene Christian University Professor Billie McDonnell gets calls from school district officials all over the state and nation — even from as far as Australia — who are seeking a technological revolution for their classrooms. They ask McDonnell, an education professor, if these smart phones, iPod touches and other hand-held “mobile learning” devices are a good, less-expensive alternative to the laptop — even though research and curriculum are in infancy. “Yes,” McDonnell tells them in his new K-12 mobile learning liaison role. “Every year you wait is another group of students who don’t get access to the technology they will need to function in digital society.”
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2010/may/01/districts-want-an-app-for-that/
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