Final project

Write 1-2 paragraphs on what you plan to do for your final project. Your final paper topic needs to be approved by me and this is a good vehicle to let me know what you're thinking about doing. It should include the following: whether you plan to do a literature review or mini-study, what broad question you'll be exploring, what resources you plan to use (this can be broad—what literature or area of a literature, doesn't have to be a complete list of references), and how it relates to class.

I plan to do a literature review for final project, the resources can be articles about e-learning, m-learning, teens and cellphone use.
and my question is like this:
-what are the major features (including benefits and downside) of the mobile communication among teens?
-How can we use mobile phone in a classroom? (cases)


According to the survey conducted by Pew Internet & American Life Project, 45% teens had a cell phone in 2004, but the rate had climbed steadily, and it reached 71% in 2008.
When we look at the users, nearly 2 in 5 teens sending text messages everyday, more than half of them talk to their friends on the phone everyday. It means they communicate through mobile phone almost everyday, and it is inevitable to think about mobile communication aspects among teens.
Especially, mobile phone has multiplied possibilities such as texting, web browsing, and game playing, so it can be a "mini-laptop," and it makes "anytime, anywhere learning" possible.

I will first explore the features of mobile communication among teenagers, functions of mobile phone such as enhancing intimacy, making community, information sharing. Especially, I will more focus on the use of mobile phone in a classroom, the aspects of online-research, using references(dictionaries), social networking(teamwork) and so on. In this part, I would like include examples or experiments of phone use in a classroom.

Also, it is important to recognize the concerns of the mobile phone can cause. As we know from the fact that most schools ban smartphones, sometimes it distracts student from learning. or it can be a powerful tool of cyber-bullying. Also, we face some interface issues when use it in a classroom, such as small screen, limitation of message length and non-verbal cues.

After looking through those aspects, I will conclude with suggestions for future research.