are cell phones appropriate for learning tools?
October 20, 2008 
When I was a little, there was no computers in schools, and we had a big and thick computer in my house.
However, now many schools, even in elementary schools, have the computer classes to teach students how to use computers and more detailed skills.
I found an interesting article, J-Schools Use Geo-tagging, Wikis, iPhones to Teach at MEDIA SHIFT site. I did not notice how fast the technology is improving. I was surprised with using cellphone, iPhone, in college classes. Some professors think that they will use students’ cell phone as educational tools.
At Abilene Christian University, professors Kenneth Pybus and Cade White are taking this even further by studying the Apple iPhone as a new platform for news. The university was the first in the U.S. to give freshmen either an iPhone or iPod touch, seeing it as a converged media device that could be used by students to receive homework alerts, answer in-class quizzes or get directions to their professors’ offices.
I also think a cellphone is a great tool because it is convenient and has many kinds of functions, such as listening to music or radio and watching TV. It meets consumers’ demands; however, I do not think it is unappropriate for a learning tool. I wonder whether students can concentrate on classes because of cell phone’s many functions.
As communication becomes more mobile; will cell phones be the next step?
I find it difficult to communicate through phones, even those featuring keypads, because they do not meet up to the expediency of a keyboard.
I think cell phones are great for quick communication; and that there are many possibilities with social networking through them.
However, answering quiz questions and homework assignments are not the most expedient and easiest ways to communicate via phone.