Hi everyone,
The AP had an interesting story this weekend about universities now
requiring students to participate in school-sanctioned mobile phone
services:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060709/D8IOKONO0.html
I've posted an analysis of one of the more cutting-edge programs (MSU
Connect at Montclair State University) on my learning.now blog:
http://www.pbs.org/learningnow
permalink:
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/2006/07/making_mobile_phones_mandatory.html
The Montclair program includes a variety of campus-specific services on
their phones, including classroom management tools and real-time public
transportation information. It also includes a controversial tracking
program called Rave Guardian that allows the university to pinpoint the
exact location of all students using GPS. In my blog I take a look at
the service and ponder whether or not it might have relevancy some day
in the K-12 universe as well.
thanks,
andy
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Andy Carvin
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andycarvin (at) yahoo . com
http://www.andycarvin.com
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://www.pbs.org/learningnow
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