At the Abilene Christian University in Texas new students are to be given an iPhone when they start lessons this coming autumn. At ACU freshmen will use the iPhones or iPod Touches to receive homework alerts, answer in-class surveys and quizzes, get directions to their professors' offices, and check their meal and account balances - among more than 15 other useful web applications already developed, said ACU Chief Information Officer Kevin Roberts. 93 percent of ACU students bring their own computers with them to college; we are choosing to take them to the next level by providing converged mobile devices." For a number of years, ACU's faculty and technology staff have researched strategic opportunities presented by handheld devices in higher education, said Roberts.

However, for the past six months, ACU's intensive research has focused on more than 30 projects exploring pioneering mobile learning strategies for enhancing the campus environment. Seems this is some surefire way of getting teenager to pray to God. I wish I had a school that gave away Ferraris just to get a good grade.

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