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=Welcome to the 585 Cell Phone as Courseware Wiki=

TOPIC: Use of cell phones/smartphones as courseware in a school-based setting (pre-collegiate). What are the best uses and what are the technological constraints?

Rationale: Using students' own cell phones during active class time rather than "clickers" or utilizing other downloaded apps can save money for school systems and engage students with a tool that has meaning to them. More and more school systems are making this choice deliberately, some schools are moving ahead with the adoption of this technology without "permission".

Here is the Pew Internet link for mobile device data. We'll need to pull their latest numbers as we approach writing the final paper, which I imagine will get placed in the opening paragraph or two: []