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Cells as classroom computers

February 5, 2009
Estimated reading time: 1 minutes

Eliott Soloway

Professor Elliot Soloway has developed software for cell phones that allows them to be used in classrooms, giving each student his own computer. He says this could revolutionize education.

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Related news release: Project uses cell phones as computers in the classroom

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