Articles

• "Solar-Powered Cell Phones Revolutionize Third World" (Oct. 14, 2009) - From PC Magazine -Kristin

• "Using cellphones to change the world: MIT project leads to programs that help health workers, farmers in developing countries" (Oct. 14, 2009) -- From the Boston Globe -Kristin

• "Wesley Chapel high school makes a lesson out of cellphones: A school is taking a novel approach to students' cellphones in class -- by turning them into learning tools" (Oct. 11, 2009) - From the Miami Herald -Kristin

• "Phone Time Beats Screen Time" - Part of the report referenced in the previous bullet, teens "currently" (2005) prefer the phone over computer interaction. -Rico

• "Developing World Embraces Mobile Phones: UN Report" (3/2/2009) — From the AP (Associated Press) via the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). Mentions the "digital divide" in a cell phone context. This and other similar articles I found quote a 106-page UN Report released on March 2, 2009 about this topic. I cannot find a direct link to this UN Report. Anyone else found it? -Kristin

• "In Rural Africa, a Fertile Market for Mobile Phones" (10/6/09) — From the NYTimes. Mentions a variety of uses for the cell phone in Uganda, some agricultural and a mention of casual use in schools at the end. -Kristin

• "Cell Phones in the Classroom? LOL" (8/4/09) — From the Teachers College Press Room. Two alum from the Instructional Technology and Media program taught a class on using cell phones for education. (Theresa Matos mentioned this article in a post on Blackboard. Thanks!) -Kristin

Tools

• Use Your Cell Phone as a Modem — There's been some discussion about how the cell phone may be the next computer for most of the world's population. Here's an easy how-to about using the cell phone for a computer-like function. - Kristin

Statistics

• Generation Mobile: Online and Digital Media Usage on Mobile Phones among Low-Income Urban Youth in South Africa (February 2009) — a PDF report by Tino Kreutzer, MA, Centre for Film and Media Studies, Faculty of the Humanities,

  University of Cape Town. -from Chris Washington's listing on the Statistics page