Let’s ban malls! Rethinking cellphones in education
July 31, 2009
By: Steve Vosloo, Shuttleworth Foundation, [email protected] Presented at: Gauteng principals conference, NAPTOSA (National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South…
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Teens and their cellphones
July 31, 2009
Over the last few months I’ve interviewed a few South African and Zambian high schoolers about their cellphones, mobile IM and school. Download the video: WMV (37MB) or Flash…
Call to adults: Please be responsible
July 20, 2009
Too often the media coverage and public discourse around teens’ use of mobile phones is distorted and negative. A recent article in New Era newspaper titled Namibia: Substance Abuse a Growing…
Txt savvy 4 2morrow
July 13, 2009
Txt savvy 4 2morrow is a piece that I wrote for the Mail & Guardian’s The Teacher (print edition, 1 July 2009). The article considers how mobile phone texting might not be so detrimental…
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