PARENTS SAY YES!
63% of parents say they would buy their child a cell phone if they knew it would be used for educational purposes
ONLY 18% of parents dismiss mobile devices as not having a positive impact on learning.
Potential Benefits of Using Cell Phones in Learning According to PARENTS!
43% Increases student engagement
41% Prepares students for world of work
38% Extends school day learning
37% Provides access to online textbooks
35% Improves teacher-parent-student communications
32% Students can review class materials
31% Personalizes instruction
27% Provides way to help struggling students
Student's HAVE Cell phone ACCESS:
98% of high school students have a cell phone (31% with mobile Internet)
83% of middle school students have a cell phone (25% with mobile Internet)
43% of 3rd through 5th graders have a cell phone (15% with mobile Internet)
28% of K-2nd graders have a cell phone (12% with mobile Internet)
Student's Suggest Ways to Use Cell Phone for Learning:
- Look up information on Internet
- Record or take notes
- Work on projects with classmates
- Access digital textbooks
- Take videos of class presentations or experiments
- Play educational games
- Communicate with classmates
- Receive reminders and alerts
- Organize schoolwork
- Communicate with teacher
- Learn about school activities
- Access social networks
- Create and share documents/media
- Upload assignments and work to portals
- Coordinate calendars
- Share/edit bookmarks
Teacher's Fears of Integration
76% Students will be distracted
62% Not all students have the mobile devices
33% Concerned that students will cheat using the devices
24% Do not know how to effectively use the devices within instruction
23% Need curriculum to support the use of mobile devices
Yet ONLY 13% of teachers dismiss mobile devices as not having a positive impact on learning.
