The whatif of Gadgets and Education!

Posted on | December 13, 2009 | No Comments

The latest installment of GADGET LAB from Wired Magazine has really got me thinking.

The issue is how the iPhone might reboot ENGAGEMENT in education, and in this case we are talking about University education.

The goal was simple!

The initiative’s goal was to explore how the always-connected iPhone might revolutionize the classroom experience with a dash of digital interactivity. Think web apps to turn in homework, look up campus maps, watch lecture podcasts and check class schedules and grades. For classroom participation, there’s even polling software for Abilene students to digitally raise their hand.

And it seems to be working!

Of course the big question is do our schools, globally, want to run ahead and be teaching and living in the manner that students are living?

“For us, it isn’t primarily about the device,” Rankin said. “This is a question of, how do we live and learn in the 21st century now that we have these sorts of connections?…. I think this is the next platform for education.”

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