Week 5: What Do Parents Think About Mobile Learning

Mobile devices in schools could be a great thing.  For schools that are finding their belts as tight as  they can go, mobile devices would be able to be used in math class (as a calculator), in a current events class to read various types of newspapers from all around the world, and in pretty much any other class to look up facts about a topic (in the moment type of learning).  I found this article fascinating What Do Parents Think About Mobile Learning because of the statistics of parents that are on board with  this type of learning tool.  As far as an educator and a parent standpoint I think it would be an excellent opportunity (with boundaries maintained) because if the mobile device was already bought, why not use it for good?  Why as a parent would I buy my student a phone so that I could keep tabs on him and then turn around and want to spend more money on calculators for the classroom that have the same functions that could be used on the phone.