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Monday, 23 February 2009

Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs wants smartphones in the classroom, and after school, to help make kids smarter.

More than two decades ago, Qualcomm co-founder Irwin Jacobs introduced the world to a new technology standard for cellphones. Now Jacobs hopes to make cell phones standard equipment in the world's classrooms.

Jacobs, who is chairman of the wireless technology company, recently spoke to Fortune about a Qualcomm-funded pilot program that put smartphones in four North Carolina high schools. "Over the years I've thought about smart phones for education," Jacobs says.

But Jacobs admits he mostly focused on using the devices to teach in the classroom; the students in the pilot program, he reports, found the phones most valuable for after-school collaboration with teachers and classmates.

"It turns out the most valuable aspect was the social networking," he says.

 
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