3 Common Issues with Mobile Device Management

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Check out this data from research* conducted by Project Tomorrow regarding students with mobile devices:

As you can see from the above table there is an amazing opportunity to engage with students on their terms—using the same devices that are used for texting and playing video games—to get them excited about history, math, and science. However, there is a tendency among K-12 IT organizations to state that mobile device adoption won’t “jive” with existing IT and security policies—often resulting in a knee-jerk reaction to push back on the burgeoning technology.

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Sources: *Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile! Blackboard K-12 & Speak Up 2010 Report. Project Tomorrow