OK, this one comes from way back when in March this year. It’s a film produced by students at ACU explaining the many possible educational and social uses for the iPhone.
All incoming ACU freshmen for 2008 will receive an iPhone or iPod touch. The video’s interesting, though the use of the word “iPhone” does get a little annoying at times.
Here’s what ACU says: “Mobile technology is shaping the way we live, work and learn. Since education can now take place in the classroom or virtually anywhere, ACU is committed to exploring mobile learning technology that makes sense for our students and their future.”
ACU leaders have given top priority to researching and developing a "connected" 21st century campus, integrating technology into course curriculum and campus life. Several pilot applications have already been developed for autumn 2008.
“We see mobile devices becoming a standard tool for classroom interaction among students and faculty. These "integrated backpacks" will also minimize the number of academic tools students must carry with them - iPods, clickers, calendars, calculators, eBook readers, etc. - easing the burden for students.”
It’s not just at ACU, though, similar deployments are also taking place at Vanderbilt University in the US, in certains schools and colleges in the UK (we’ve heard, no specifics yet) and among the sports and athletics communities, under the aegis of the Mac-only SportsCode application, widely used in sports as varied as football, rubgy, netball - and currently being tested by the UK fire and ambulance services.
i've already seen enough of my students texting or listening to music during classes--even during exams!--to doubt that there are many legitimate educational uses for a telephone that also plays music and games. i'm sure the students are into it, but the only "educators" i can see getting behind this are administrators in marketing and recruitment.
For a "educator" you don't seem very educated. It's a smart phone- it just does a lot of things fairly well. While it can be used to play music and video, the ACU concept scratches the surface of the possibilities of integrating multiple items into one. The iPhone should be embraced by the educational institutions of this nation to provide a better quality of schooling and simply the process of attending school. And educators should stop acting so uneducated.
This is such a corny video. They should have just cut to the chase and shown the uses of the device that specifically have to do with helping in class. We don't need to know that it can access YouTube or play music. This is about as ridiculous as Full Sail with the MacBook Pro deal. They sent me an email with the top reasons to go to school there, the number one reason was that we get MacBook Pro's (even though they build the cost into our tuition). This seems more like a marketing attempt to get naive kids to attend a school because of a cool gadget they will receive.
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i don't think so
i've already seen enough of my students texting or listening to music during classes--even during exams!--to doubt that there are many legitimate educational uses for a telephone that also plays music and games. i'm sure the students are into it, but the only "educators" i can see getting behind this are administrators in marketing and recruitment.
For a "educator" you don't
For a "educator" you don't seem very educated. It's a smart phone- it just does a lot of things fairly well. While it can be used to play music and video, the ACU concept scratches the surface of the possibilities of integrating multiple items into one. The iPhone should be embraced by the educational institutions of this nation to provide a better quality of schooling and simply the process of attending school. And educators should stop acting so uneducated.
I did an interview with the
I did an interview with the architects of this program and have it on my website. Click on the link above.
Lame video...
This is such a corny video. They should have just cut to the chase and shown the uses of the device that specifically have to do with helping in class. We don't need to know that it can access YouTube or play music. This is about as ridiculous as Full Sail with the MacBook Pro deal. They sent me an email with the top reasons to go to school there, the number one reason was that we get MacBook Pro's (even though they build the cost into our tuition). This seems more like a marketing attempt to get naive kids to attend a school because of a cool gadget they will receive.