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©2009 GoKnow! ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Cathleen Norris, PhD GoKnow Co-FounderRegents Professor, University of North Texas
Elliot Soloway, PhD GoKnow Co-FounderArthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of
Michigan
Educating the Mobile Generation: Use Mobile
Learning!
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Today’s Story
• How do we educate… mobile
generation?
• Cellphone Computers: Inevitable • And …who sells cellphone computers?
• Success stories
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World HAS Changed
Work force “Kids these
days”
Digital
Mobile
Industrial
Knowledge-
work
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4“I’m learning my way”
Pencil and Paper is BORING!!!
Educating the Mobile Generation
“Outside of school, technologyis essential to their lives.”Julie Evans, Speak Up Day
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21st Century Skills
• To teach 21st century skills &
content…
• …..Need 21st century tools• 1:1
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Missing Pieces: NOT Integrated !!
1. Educational Software
2. Professional Development
3. Sustainable
1:1 Laptops: Learn from U.S. Failures
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21st Century Skills
• To teach 21st century skills &
content…
• …..Need 21st century tools• 1:1
• Mobile
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CellphoneComputer
Netbooks
Mobile Technologies
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21st Century Skills
• To teach 21st century skills &
content…
• …..Need 21st century tools• 1:1
• Mobile
• Essential - Not Add-on
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Computers are an Add-on
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Trinity Meadows Intermediate, Keller, TXTrinity Meadows Intermediate, Keller, TX
The cellphone computer at the hub of activity
ESSENTIAL for Learning
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Educational SoftwareGoKnow’s Mobile Learning
Environment
• Multiple Media, Multiple Entry
Points
• Differentiated Instruction
• Manage Devices, Lessons, &
Artifacts
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MLE Example
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GoManage Example
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Educational SoftwareGoKnow’s Mobile Learning
Environment
• Multiple Media, Multiple Entry
Points
• Differentiated Instruction
• Manage Devices, Lessons, &
Artifacts
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St Marys, OHSt Marys, OHThe cellphone computer
at the hub of activity:
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St Marys, OHSt Marys, OHThe cellphone computer
at the hub of activity:
collaboration
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Curriculum Strategies:To transform
pencil-and-paper lessonsinto
complete & comprehensivemobile-computer-based,
engaging lessons
Professional DevelopmentIntegrate Tech into Existing
Curriculum
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Impressive Results: St Mary’s Ohio - 2009
St Mary’s OH, 4th Grade
Pencil-paper
With Cellphone
Reading 15% 46%
Math 42% 71%
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Step by Step Sales ProcessSelling Verizon Dataplans & Smartphones into K-12
Dr. Elliot Soloway, GoKnow Learning, Inc., Ann Arbor, MIJohn Horton & Melissa Zajacz, Verizon Wireless
Step 1: Paint the Vision - Future is NOW !!!
URGENCY: Be a Leader; Don’t be left behind
Show video of Keller TX, Leave key documents behind
Call Elliot Soloway, GoKnow
Step 2: Make the Vision Concrete - Plan a Pilot
GoKnow Webinar & Pilot Plan
Step 3: Close the Deal
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Technology Solution
Economically Sustainable
• Verizon Wireless provides the network
connectivity & devices • Students connected 24/7 both in school &
at home
• Safe – Verizon provides free filtering
• Students use cellphone computers -
smartphones with keyboards – or cellular
netbooks
• Affordable & Sustainable for 1:1
Norris & Soloway
Estimates of Costs: Pilot
Option A Option B
Verizon
Handset (Cellphone Computer, Windows Mobile, External Keyboard)
$0 $0
CellularConnectivity (unlimited) @$35/month
$ 350 /school year
CellularConnectivity (50 megs) @$26 month
$ 260/school year
GoKnow MLE $30/year $30/year
Total School Year $380 $290
150 Connected Devices + MLE $ 57,000 $ 43,500
GoKnow Prof Development $ 6,000 $ 6,000
RedFly (qty 5) by Celio Corp $ 1,000 $ 1,000
$ 64,000 $ 49,500
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Step by Step Sales ProcessSelling Verizon Dataplans & Smartphones into K-12
Dr. Elliot Soloway, GoKnow Learning, Inc., Ann Arbor, MIJohn Horton & Melissa Zajacz, Verizon Wireless
Step 1: Paint the Vision - Future is NOW !!!
URGENCY: Be a Leader; Don’t be left behind
Show video of Keller TX, Leave key documents behind
Call Elliot Soloway, GoKnow
Step 2: Make the Vision Concrete - Plan a Pilot
GoKnow Webinar & Pilot Plan
Step 3: Close the Deal
Norris & Soloway
“Ed Sec says yes to cell phones in class”
Point #3: Sustainable… At Last
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Mobile LearningFor the Mobile
Generation
Opportunity is NOWSolution is NOW
Verizon Wireless + GoKnow
Sustainable… At Last