The use of mobile phones in education

For the wiki activity this week we were to reflect on our thought of the use of mobile phones in education using De Bono's thinking hats. after some consideration this is my opinion, focusing on De Bono's Yellow thing hat (Positivies):

Students are already using mobile phones in a number of ways in everyday life as well as in the classroom as it is a hand held information and communication device that is common amongst the majority of high school students. Using mobile phones in education can be successful because majority of students all ready use mobile phones in the classroom regardless of whether it was intended in the teacher’s lessons plan and allowing mobile phones for educational purposes will more likely engage those students that are technologically savvy. Incorporating the use of mobiles in the classroom for educational purposes will hopefully engage more students in learning and by learning information they way they want will hopefully help them retain the information learnt. 

I believe it is a positive tool in education as I often used mobile phones in high school to communicate and research information as they are a easy device to navigate and are small and easily portable. 

Would love to here everyone elses opinions on the subject :)