More schools piloting secure mobile devices | Mobile and Handheld Technologies | eSchoo... - 1 views
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A company that manufacturers secure personal cell phones for children is making a move to education, where it has introduced secure, internet-enabled mobile handheld devices for classroom use. School teachers or administrators can program the devices to allow (or disallow) calling or texting during certain times of the day, making them ideal for educational use, the company says
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“There is recognition that we can leverage capabilities and technologies … by providing mobile learning devices for students with controls for schools,”
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Data from Project Tomorrow’s 2010 Speak Up Survey indicate that 67 percent of parents support their child using mobile devices in the classroom for school work, although 65 percent of school administrators in the same survey strongly objected to letting students use their own mobile devices in school.
