[Ict4devwg] Mobile Phones vs. Computers in Education

[Vern Weitzel]

Subject: 	[bytesforall_readers] Mobile Phones vs. Computers in Education
Date: 	Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:20:22 -0000
From: 	wayan_vota <wayan at olpcnews.com>
Reply-To: 	bytesforall_readers at yahoogroups.com
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This month on Educational Technology Debate - a initiative of ifoDev at
the World Bank and Unesco - we're discussing:

Mobile Phones: Better Learning Tools than Computers?
http://edutechdebate.org/ <http://edutechdebate.org/>

Numerous initiatives, most prominently the One Laptop Per Child program,
seek to introduce computers to students around the globe. Yet, are
computers the right technology for ICT in education? Perhaps mobile
phones, of which the ITU estimates there are 4.1 billion subscriptions,
would provide a better technology for students?

For teachers and policy-makers seeking to increase educational outcomes
with inexpensive digital devices, do computers or mobile phones offer a
better ICT investment?

- Come join the conversation! Its already started and will unfold all
June with new posts each week by Michael Trucano and Robert Kozma.