ICT Support for Learning:Industry Makes Pitch That Smartphones Belong in Classroom

Industry Makes Pitch That Smartphones Belong in Classroom.  Matt Richtel and Brad Stone. NY Times. Online Feb 2009. ... The cellphone industry has a suggestion for improving the math skills of American students: spend more time on cellphones in the classroom. … CTIA, a wireless industry trade group, plans to start making its case for the educational value of cellphones. … Proponents of selling cellphones to schools have said that they are simply making the same kind of pitch that the computer industry has been profitably making to educators since the 1980s. …