Mobile Computing | Q&A Will Smart Phones Eliminate the Digital
Divide? Within five years, every K-12 student in America will be
using a mobile handheld device as a part of learning, according
to Elliot Soloway, a professor at the University of Michigan.
"Smart phones are the one technology that can eliminate the
digital divide," he told THE Journal. "Given the cost of the
device, it is very conceivable that every child, rich or poor,
can have one 24/7." Soloway is founder and chief executive
officer of GoKnow, an education consultancy that provides
professional development seminars for educators, and a member of
the faculty in the College of Engineering, the School of
Education, and the School of Information at U Mich. He's been
following education technology trends for the last three
decades, focusing especially on mobile devices for the bulk of
those years. A frequent speaker on education technology issues
and a fierce ed tech advocate, Soloway explained that mobile
phones are ideal for K-12 students: They'