Elliot Soloway

Elliot Soloway is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Dept of CSE, College of Engineering, School of Education and School of Information, University of Michigan. For the past 10 years, Elliot’s research has been guided by the vision that mobile, handheld – and very low-cost – networked devices are the only way to truly achieve universal 1:1 in schools – all across the globe. In 2001, the undergraduates selected him to receive the “Golden Apple Award” as the Outstanding Teacher of the Year at the U. of Michigan. In 2004 and in 2011, the EECS College of Engineering HKN Honor Society awarded Elliot the “Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award.” Elliot is a co-founder of GoKnow, Inc.

Elliot, in partnership with his long-time colleague, Dr. Cathie Norris, has been crusading for Mobile Learning since the Palm Pilot days. Cathie & Elliot have been exploring ways to use such personal technology to transform – not merely to enhance or enrich – teaching and learning. Finally, with the coming of the cell phone, — low cost, easy to use, truly personal, i.e., truly portable, not just transportable, computing devices — their vision is realizable in schools – worldwide, today! In various sessions, Cathie & Elliot will describe how classrooms all over the globe are employing mobile technologies to dramatically improve student performance.

Blog: http://blogs.districtadministration.com/going_mobile
Twitter: @cathieANDelliot