Test Scores Jump 30% After Low-Income Kids Get Smartphones
lthough smartphones are verboten in many schools, when used properly they may become powerful learning tools. When Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach Initiative, an effort aimed at bringing internet access to families that can not afford it, put smartphones into the hands of low-income students, the students’ standardized test scores improved — sometimes by as much as 30%. [...]
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Johnson says that providing students with a mobile internet access device like a smartphone could help educators completely redefine the classroom. Allowing kids to be connected throughout the day means that learning can continue long after the school has gone dark
This news is talking about smartphone does make you smart. I think the most important thing is to create a zero-distance communication environment for students. I am a new user of smartphone, it shorten the distance of communication and data resources researching time. This research is focusing on lower-income families, kids are more cherish with what they get, wonder how rich kids' reaction.
First thing that comes to mind is the affordability of this on behalf of the lower-income youth. But, if a company is sponsoring this, and their data plan, then wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIt is a good way to use technology in education. Students can learning in any places and any time they want. But I still like to communicate with students face to face, because it can show their feelings in moment.
ReplyDeletei do love smart-phone. It saves my time. I can study during the time when I waiting CTA.
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