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=Mobile Device Innovation=

The use of mobile devices in the classroom is an innovation that could benefit the learning for many students and help bring a new way to provide information to today’s

learners. Most students have access to their own mobile devices such as a smart phone or an iPod. Each year the numbers of students that have use and access of

these tools is increasing. From 2006 – 2007 the number of high school students having access to a smart phone increased by 44% (Leadership). These students have

instant access to the internet and other computer technologies by use of the smart phone technology. Incorporating these tools in the educational setting and

preparing students for 21st century skills is what educators need to focus on.

Speak Up data surveyed students in grades 6 – 12 along with administrators and those considered visionary administrators, those who are adapting to technology in

schools and have the vision to change schools to become more technological. Over 50% of students and nearly the same amount of visionary administrators would

like to see more use of mobile devices used in the classroom instruction. The visionary administrators feel that the use of technology improves student achievements,

even though they are unsure how the implementation of the devices should occur (Leadership).

Students with smart phones and iPods continue to increase each year. Visionary administrators feel that the educational day can be extended beyond the normal

educational hours with the use of these mobile devices. Students want the use of mobile devices so that they can easily communicate with other students and work

on projects. The choice for this innovation was based on the idea of keeping students activity involved while still trying to increase their achievement level. Students are

engaged with this form of technology. Keeping them engaged while learning with technology in and outside of the classroom is where the 21st century learner is going.

NetDay Speak Up & Blackboard 2007. (n.d.). //Leadership in the 21st century: The new visionary administrator.// Retrieved March 18, 2010, from []
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