Mobile+Phones

= = = Mobile Phones =

An electronic telecommunications device, often referred to as a cellular phone or cellphone. Mobile phones connect to a wireless communications network through radio wave or satellite transmissions. Most mobile phones provide voice communications, Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Message Service (MMS), and newer phones may also provide Internet services such as Web browsing and e-mail.

Mobile Education:
Currently if you have a cell phone you can do the following...read a book, write a book, podcast, Jott notes, create a live TV or radio broadcast, check your google calendar, research information (GOOGL), surf the web (.mobi sites), create a blog, photoblog, videoblog, and now you cantake a class on your cell phone! Yes! No need to have Internet access or a home computer anymore to take distance learning classes.

[|Using mobile phones to augment teacher learning in]
===[|Application of Mobile Technology in Learning & Teaching: ‘M-learning’]===

[|Anywhere, anytime: Using mobile phones for learning]
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**My opinion**:
I think mobile phone is a good technology in the classroom. Mobile phone has advantages and disadvantages:

1- it easy for using. 2- some mobile phones are as the laptop. 3- connection with Internet.
 * advantages of mobile phones:**

1- the battery it is bad.
 * Disadvantages of mobile phones:**

 **How can it be used effectively for teaching and learning ? ** Mobile phones can be used in different ways. For example the students can use it if they need to use the Internet. The students can use it for education games. The students can use it as a recorder in their classroom.

Review by Ghanim Alenizi