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= Use of mobile devices in Education and Training =

**"Today’s mobile devices are tomorrow’s textbooks"**

====Mobiles are commonplace in secondary schools, but can they be used for teaching? If there's one thing you'll find in the pocket or bag of every young person in secondary school, it's some kind of mobile device. From the smartphone to the iPad to the Nintendo 3Ds, the range of mobile devices is growing.====

=Texting and teens: Facts and figures= - School says: phones must be turned off - 66 percent of teens say they use their phones anyway. - School says: phones must be stored - 57 percent of teens say they use their phones anyway. - School says: cell phones are banned - 63 percent of teens say use their phones anyway. - School has no known restrictions - 72 percent of teens say they use their cell phones. Source: Common Sense Media, "High-Tech Cheating" 51 percent of 12-year-olds 53 percent of 13-year-olds 72 percent of 14-year-olds 79 percent of 15 year-olds 85 percent of 16-year-olds 84 percent of 17-year-olds Source: Pew Research Center, numbers from early 2008 94 percent call their friends 76 percent text message 38 percent text message daily Source: Pew Research Center
 * Rules and reality**
 * Who has cell phones?**
 * How teens use their cell phones**

35 percent of teens with cell phones admitted cheating at least once with them. 65 percent of teens say others in their school cheat with cell phones 23 percent don't think it's cheating to send test questions to friends. 19 percent don't think it's cheating to use their phone to search the Internet for answers during a test. 20 percent don't think it's cheating to text friends about answers during a test. 22 percent don't think it's cheating to look up stored notes or information on a cell phone during a test. 48 percent of teens say they use their cell phones to warn friends about pop quizzes.
 * Cheating: What teens think**

76 percent of parents believe students other than their children cheat with cell phones. 3 percent of parents say their child has cheated with a cell phone. Source: Common Sense Media Poll of parents and 13-18 year-olds taken May 28-June 5 71 percent of 17-year-old cell phone owners say they talk to their friends daily on the cell phone. Only 38 percent say they talk face-to-face with their friends daily. Source: Pew Research Center, Teens and Parents Project, survey taken early 2008 In an average week, teens send 440 text messages - 110 of them while in school Source: Common Sense Media 45 percent of teens say their cell phone is the key to their social life. 47 percent say it would destroy or hurt their social life if they could no longer text on their cell phone. 42 percent of teens say they can text while blindfolded. Source: The Wireless Association and Harris Interactive, "Teenagers: A Generation Unplugged," Sept. 12, 2008 In June, the national non-partisan group Common Sense Media issued a report calling for schools to redesign education to include digital literacy and citizenship. In essence, the group not only wants children to learn access and how to assess digital information, but also to understand their responsibility for their content and actions when using any form of digital media. "All of us need to develop and practice safe, legal and ethical behaviors in the digital media age," the report states.
 * What parents think**
 * Other facts and figures**
 * The future of cell phones in schools?**

Read more: [|http://journalstar.com/article_81ca3552-941c-11de-95c1-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1eEMZhMjd]

**Definitions**

 * **Mobile device** is a generic term used to refer to a variety of devices that allow people to access data and information from where ever they are. This includes cell phones and portable devices.
 * **PDF (Portable Document Format)** is a file format that has captured all the elements of a printed document as an electronic image that you can view, navigate, print, or forward to someone else.
 * **Adobe Flash Player** is software for viewing animations and movies using computer programs such as a web browser. Flash Player is a widely distributed proprietary multimedia and application player created by Macromedia and now developed and distributed by Adobe
 * **e-book** (short for electronic book) is “a portable electronic device used to download and read books or magazines that are in digital form.

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What do you think would be the primary benefits of using mobile devices in education?
http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/02/11/drill-down.aspx Ethical and Social Issues:
 * Misuse of camera and video phones (Privacy and Security)
 * Digital Divide
 * Copy right issues
 * Distraction

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