André Bresges is a professor of physics at the University of Cologne who explores the use of new media in education.
At an iPhone Developer Conference this week, he announced that at the University of Cologne is considering the purchase of up to 45,000 iPhones for students.
The iPhones would be used to deliver instant notifications of schedule and lecture hall changes to students, for live polls in classes, and more.
Full article via Google German to English translation here.
[Attribution: CrunchGear. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Mike A.” for the heads up.]
Who pays the monthly fees?
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Hmmm, possibly a metric to english conversion error…..
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45,000 phones??? over how many years. Maybe they should consider iPod Touches…. and a good network. LOL
Just a thought.
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I want back to gollege. They have so many cool things today.
No sorry.. I want back to pre-school. They have so many cool things today. No wait… I want back being a kid again. They have so cool Lego´s today.
ElderNorm: Better firstly read the article…
EN you’re right. An all campus WiFi network and an iPod would do the same thing for a lot less money.
who needs a phone for school?
so the kids can play games when they are bored in lectures… good idea!
@ ElderNorm
Looks like one year.
The University of Cologne (German Universität zu Köln) is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. – Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cologne
This smells like a winner for Apple!
Thank you, thank you, folks. Shows are at 9 and 11.
The iPhone is way better for educational purposes than an iPod Touch. See my page on this here:
http://web.me.com/planeten.paultje/Toepassingen/iPhone.html