Swiss 5th graders receive iPhone in pilot project
Schwyz, Switzerland. As a part of a 2year mobile learning pilot project, a class of fifth graders receive a free iPhone 3Gs. The kids can also use the mobile in their time away from school. The idea of the project is to help them integrate the phone into their “learning lives” and become accustomed to several mobile learning possibilities which the school will continously start to offer. The program is sponsored by Swiss telco giant Swisscom and will be evaluated by a group of teachers. Mobile learning is still new in Switzerlands schools, but this is one of the most interesting projects I have seen so far.
Before the project started...
Links:
Translated Blog of the responsible teachers
http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=de&js=y&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projektschule-goldau.ch%2F&sl=de&tl=en&history_state0=
Swiss television feature (German) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tp6-Yxbr0E
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