Monday, February 16, 2009

Industry Makes Pitch That Smart Phones Belong In Classroom
(By MATT RICHTEL and BRAD STONE)

New York Times: Industry Makes Pitch That Smart Phones Belong In Classroom

Industry Makes Pitch That Smart Phones Belong In Classroom
(By MATT RICHTEL and BRAD STONE)

I remember when a conversation similar to this erupted about six or seven years ago with regard to having kids use PDA's (think "Palm Pilots") as an alternative to costlier laptops, and later the same discussion emerged regarding ipods; then again, few PDAs and mp3 players (at least back then) had the access cellphones have. What's your take on this?