The document discusses using mobile phones in classrooms for educational purposes. It provides examples of standard phone tools like calendars, cameras and voice recorders that can be used for tasks like organizing schedules, documenting processes, recording podcasts, and sharing files between students. It also explores using the internet on mobile phones for activities like web browsing, news, collaborating on wikis and blogs, and turning phones into more powerful tools through applications.
1. Mobile Phones in Classrooms Toni Twiss NZ Ministry of Education eFellow 2008 www.tonitwiss.com/mobile
2. Quick Mobile Facts Worldwide there are 2.5 billion mobile users Over half (59%) are in developing countries In the past 12 months the number of mobile users grew by 500 million Every month in China there are 5-6 million new users 33 Billion text messages are sent each month in China alone
3. It is predicted that mobile phones are going to be the primary device to access the internet: They are cheap and you don't need to read or write to access them or the material on them Estimates are that 80-100 million Chinese mobile phone users log on to the internet via their handset every month Marc Leperrouza – as Quoted on Ewan McIntosh's edu.blogs.com
