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Looking Across the New Digital Divide: A Comparison of Inservice and Preservice Teacher Perceptions of Mobile Phone Integration

Brief Paper ID: 45405
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    Kevin Thomas
    Bellarmine University
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    Blanche O'Bannon
    University of Tennessee

Abstract: This study compared the perceptions of 1121 inservice teachers and 245 preservice teachers in Kentucky and Tennessee to determine the difference in their support for the use of mobile phones in the classroom, as well as their perceptions of the mobile phone features that are useful for school-related work, and the instructional barriers to mobile phone use. The results indicated that significant differences between the teachers and the preservice teachers. In all cases, the preservice teachers were more supportive of the use of mobile phones in the classroom, more positive about the useful features and preservice teachers had less concern about the barriers associated with using phones for school related work.

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