1. 1 Cathleen Norris, PhD Regents Professor, University of North Texas Elliot Soloway, PhD Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan Mobile Technologies – Not Online Technologies – Will Disrupt Class

2. 2 Today’s Story The 800LB Gorilla - Squash him!! So, Where IS Education Going? Easily Believable Prediction NOT Easily Believable Prediction Conclusion: Mobile Technologies – not online technologies – will disrupt class

3. 3 800LB Gorilla Pro: Delivers personalized instruction… …at lower cost Recent SRI Data: …online is better than f2f Con: Delivery model is fundamentally flawed

4. 4 Delivery Model

5. 5 800LB Gorilla Pro: Delivers personalized instruction… …at lower cost Recent SRI Data: …online is better than f2f Con: Delivery model is fundamentally flawed Data?… look again

6. 6 8 LB Gorilla Pro: Delivers personalized instruction… …at lower cost Recent SRI Data: …online is better than f2f Con: Delivery model is fundamentally flawed Data?… look again

7. Norris & Soloway 7 Easily Believable Prediction TodayTomorrow Concordia & eConcordiaConcordia Michigan Virtual High & Ann Arbor High School 17 th Century Buildings (UK) 21 st Century Buildings Building Schools of the Future

8. Norris & Soloway 8 Easily Believable Prediction TodayTomorrow Concordia & eConcordiaConcordia Michigan Virtual High & Ann Arbor High School 17 th Century Buildings (UK) 21 st Century Buildings Building Schools of the Future

9. Norris & Soloway 9 Mobile Technologies – not online technologies – will disrupt class NOT Easily Believable Prediction Examples: K-12 Daily life

10. ©2009 GoKnow! ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Trinity Meadows Intermediate, Keller, TX The cellphone computer at the hub of activity ESSENTIAL for Learning

11. Nan Chiau Primary School – Singapore Essential Learning My Way!

12. 12 Nan Chiau Primary School – Singapore Seamless Learning (Distance Learning)

13. St Marys, OH Collaboration

14. Norris & Soloway 14 “Everything I thought about cellphones in classroom was wrong.” Ron Myers, Principal, Keller, ISD NOT Easily Believable Prediction Screen size, keyboard size, theft, discipline problems, breakage, utility for learning, test scores…..

15. Norris & Soloway 15 Daily Life Examples NOT Easily Believable Prediction

16. ©2009 GoKnow! ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 16 Mobile Generation NOT Digital Generation “Outside of school, technology is essential to their lives.” Julie Evans, Speak Up Day

17. Norris & Soloway 17 Big Screen TV vs 160x160 NOT Easily Believable Prediction

18. Mobile 21 st Century Learning – enabled! eBooks... In K-12

19. 19 eBooks… Outside of K12 eBook sales are finally zooming after more than a decade in the doldrums-- eBooks finally could be about to break into the mainstream. downloads of eReading applications for smart phones have far outnumbered the Kindles sold. eBook sales reported to the Association of American Publishers have been rising sharply since the beginning of 2008, just after the release of the Kindle. Five of the ten best-selling novels in Japan were originally cellphone novels, written in the short sentences characteristic of text messaging.

20. Norris & Soloway 20 Daily Life Examples NOT Easily Believable Prediction

21. Norris & Soloway 21 “The computer revolution hasn’t even begun yet.” Alan Kay, 1996, NOT Easily Believable Prediction “Everything I thought about cellphones in classroom was wrong.” Ron Myers, Principal, Keller, ISD, TX “Just had a teaching 1st!! Introduced my phones today and I just had about 10 kids say, "I don't want to go to recess!!!" AWESOME!” Mandy Vehorn, 4 th grade teacher, Celina, OH “Outside of school, technology is essential to their lives.” Julie Evans, Speak Up Day “Mobile technology is the one technology that can close the digital divide.” Cathie

22. Norris & Soloway 22 “The computer revolution hasn’t even begun yet.” Alan Kay, 1996, NOT Easily Believable Prediction “Everything I thought about cellphones in classroom was wrong.” Ron Myers, Principal, Keller, ISD, TX “Just had a teaching 1st!! Introduced my phones today and I just had about 10 kids say, "I don't want to go to recess!!!" AWESOME!” Mandy Vehorn, 4 th grade teacher, Celina, OH “Outside of school, technology is essential to their lives.” Julie Evans, Speak Up Day “Mobile technology is the one technology that can close the digital divide.” Cathie

23. Norris & Soloway 23 Today’s Story The 800LB Gorilla - Squash him!! So, Where IS Education Going? Easily Believable Prediction NOT Easily Believable Prediction Conclusion: Mobile Technologies – not online technologies – will disrupt class

24. ©2009 GoKnow! ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 24 Educational Software GoKnow’s Mobile Learning Environment Multiple Media, Multiple Entry Points Differentiated Instruction Manage Devices, Lessons, & Artifacts

25. ©2009 GoKnow! ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. MLE Example

26. ©2009 GoKnow! ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GoManage Example