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Technology and 21st Century Learning These films look specifically at the ways that the latest digital and mobile technologies can potentially transform the ways that young people communicate, collaborate, and learn.  

In the United States, many schools are seeing six-year-olds with cell phones. The average UK kid gets their first cell phone at eight. Children's access to mobile devices is staggering, as you can see from the "Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile!" survey. For instance, among middle school (6th-8th grade) students:59 percent have a cell phone24 percent have an Internet-enabled Smartphone53 percent have a personal laptop or tablet A generation of students is growing up with a different level of access to information at their collective fingertips

Great summary of ways convergence can impact teaching and learning