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PDAs in schools?

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An Ohio school is continuing a pilot program where third-, fourth- and fifth-graders use PDAs as a learning tool in the classroom (text and cell phone apps are turned off). Students “use applications created by a company called Go Know! to draw pictures and create sketches, journal and write essays,” according to this article in USA Today.

The school district’s technology coordinator explained the motivation behind the program. "Cellphones aren't going away. Mobile technology isn't going away. Right now, what we're telling kids is 'You go home and use whatever technology you want, but when you get to school, we're going to ask you to step back in time.' It doesn't make any sense.”

Tell us: Would you like to see a similar program in your child’s school?

Thanks,
Maureen

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Maureen Kochan
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Last Post Sep 11, 2009 8:11 AM by: Maureen
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Re: PDAs in schools?

Sep 11, 2009 8:11 AM
ConnectSafely co-director Anne Collier makes the case for cell phones in schools here.

The real disconnect is not the one between parents and kids (that I wrote about last week), "It's the gap between how students learn and how they live! They really want to end that divide," according to Project Tomorrow, the Irvine, Calif.-based nonprofit organization that runs the annual nationwide Speak Up study.

What do you think?

Tx,
Maureen

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Maureen Kochan
ConnectSafely community manager
Maureen
Posts: 584
Registered: 6/13/07
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PDAs in schools?

Sep 8, 2009 3:01 PM
An Ohio school is continuing a pilot program where third-, fourth- and fifth-graders use PDAs as a learning tool in the classroom (text and cell phone apps are turned off). Students “use applications created by a company called Go Know! to draw pictures and create sketches, journal and write essays,” according to this article in USA Today.

The school district’s technology coordinator explained the motivation behind the program. "Cellphones aren't going away. Mobile technology isn't going away. Right now, what we're telling kids is 'You go home and use whatever technology you want, but when you get to school, we're going to ask you to step back in time.' It doesn't make any sense.”

Tell us: Would you like to see a similar program in your child’s school?

Thanks,
Maureen

--
Maureen Kochan
ConnectSafely community manager