Your Source for GoKnow Info on using Verizon Wireless' CELLPHONE COMPUTERS & Netbooks in K-12

We have created this wiki to help folks download documents about using CELLPHONE COMPUTERS quickly and easily. If there is a document that you want that isn't here, please send me a message (soloway@goknow.com) and bingo, bango, a document will appear. As you can see already, this is an informal website, but nonetheless an important one: it contains just the documents that will help you better understand how GoKnow's 1:1 mobile solution can work for you and your classroom, school and district.

PAPER FLYER: The attached one-pager summarizes your Verizon Wireless services and GoKnow's services. Click on the icon and the file will download - and you can give this flyer to your customers. GoKnow Flyer VzW.pdf

POWERPOINT: The attached file is a PowerPoint that Soloway & Norris use during our school webinars to present the GoKnow&Verizon Wireless mobile solution for K-12.  Click on icon to download. .Preso To VzW by GK MLElong FINAL.ppt

VIDEOS: Videos about GoKnow (Revised2).pdf This file contains wonderful videos - check them out and see which one you feel is compelling -- and show it!

VIDEO: Secretary of Education Duncan says that students should use cell phones in K-12 !! This is an historic moment. The highest ranking educator in America is now on record supporting the use of cellphones - not their ban - from K-12 classrooms. To download this video CLICK HERE (this version is in .wmv format).

VIDEO:  SHOW THIS VIDEO IMMEDIATELY TO THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS! The video listed below is of 5th graders in Keller, TX using Verizon Wireless smartphones equipped with GoKnow's Mobile Learning Environment. The two teachers involved with this class received professional  development by GoKnow.  The video was created by the Pearson Foundation; it is not a commercial for any specific company. Folks who have seen this video have said it should receive an Oscar - it is that good. It really makes the point visually of how kids can effectively use cellphone computers for learning.

See the Keller video on YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwuW9XAONBM 

VIDEO: St Marys,OH schools - This video was created by NBC out of Columbus OH. They created a short clip on mobile learning at St. Mary's OH.

The video is 30 megs for Windows Media Player and may take a while to download: pdanews4.wmv

This file contains sample lessons -- curricular activities that teachers and students do using cellphone computers. 

VERIZON WIRELESS CASE STUDY This file is a short case study of how cellphone computers were used in St. Mary's, Ohio.

NEWS ARTICLE:  This file is a news article about the cellphone implementation in St. Mary's, OH, using Verizon Wireless' cellphones and GoKnow's Mobile Learning Environment

VIDEO: Katy, TX Schools - MyFox TV channel in Houston, TX filmed this clip of students starting to use cellphone computers at Cimarron Elementary School in Katy ISD, TX: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/education/091002_katy_isd_smart_phones 

COMPARISON CHART: GM1 GM2 Comparison Chart final.pdf GoKnow has just release GoManage2 a much more powerful version of its already-powerful Learning Management System (LMS). GoManage2 enables teachers to send feedback to students easily and quickly. GoManage2 enables teachers to monitor student progress easily and quickly.

GOOD INFO ON MOBILE LEARNING: ML District Administration Nov Dec 09.pdf ML District Administration June 2010.pdf These two articles that appeared in District Administration Magazine, a well-respected publication in education, explains "mobile learning" and features Verizon Wireless + GoKnow schools!! Give these two readings to your school administrators.