UK: 500 hairdressing students given Windows Mobile devices
By Ben Robinson on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 at 5:09 PM PST In T-Mobile, Windows Mobile
The device the students received
Yep, sounds a bit random doesn’t it, but it’s true!
Over 500 hairdressing students from Trafford Colleges and Stockport College are taking part in one of the UK’s largest mobile learning projects. Hairdressing students as well as students receiving additional learning support were provided with a T-Mobile MDA VArio III’s worth £500. For the first time ever students were able to play learning games, write up assignments, conduct internet research, take photos or videos, create learning blogs and access the College student intranet through the college’s virtual private network (VPN) – wherever they are. The devices were also used to email peers and tutors.
Crumbs, that’s a big change from when I was a student – in those days of Command Line Interfaces, you had a have a degree in rocket science just to log in to the University network! How times have changed….. 
[Via: wmpoweruser.com]
