What is PocketSchool?
This project involves the assessment, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of mobile learning technology to provide underserved and marginalized children around the world with equitable access to basic education and literacy exposure in health and environmental safety. The primary framework for the design and implementation addresses situation specificity, cultural sensitivity, practical usability, theoretical applicability, economical scalability, and viable sustainability. Creative contents and mobile applications are being created through the Stanford Mobile Empowerment Developers Network.
Figure1. overview picture for PocketSchool
Background
How did "PocketSchool" come about?
| 1st Generation Model Tuskegee “Movable School“ in Alabama |
2nd Generation Model | 21st Century Model |  George Washington Carver (1861-1943), quite arguably, the father of African-American Science. The Movable School reached “the hard to reach” and served the needs of “the people left behind.” Mayberry, 1991) |
 Reaching out to children in rural areas with a van full of textbooks & science simulation kits. |
 The Teachermate mobile educational device – Developed by Chicago-based NGO Innovations For Learning |
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Pursuing of PocketSchool
• Programmable Open Mobile Learning Platform
– anyone can program and share educational applications (from kindergarten
to life-long learning scenarios)
• Loaded with literacy, math, science simulation, and other educational
software
• Low-cost
• Self-sustainable model
• Incentive structure
• Grassroots approach
• Scientific inquiry-based adoption and learning
• Less dependent upon school infrastructure and teacher perceptions or preparation
Demonstration
Contents of PocketSchool
Individualize learning plan
Mobile Device Charging Option
Teaching concepts and abilities related to formal education
| Mobile Math Learning Game | Mobile Farming Simulation | Mobile Storytelling Program |  |
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Healthcare Education
Publications and Reports
Publications- An action research for the development of mobile learning system for
the underserved
Kim, P.
Educational Technology Research & Development, 57(3), pp. 415-435, 2008 - Pocket school: Exploring mobile technology as a sustainable literacy
education option for underserved children in Latin America
Kim, P., Miranda, T., & Olaciregui, C.
International Journal of Educational Development, 28(4), pp. 435-445, 2007 - Adaptive Open Mobile Learning Device For the Underserved
Park, C.B., Choi, H., & Kim, P*.
Proceedings of 2009 IEEE. International Conference on Consumer Electronics, 2009 - Mobile Technology as Empowerment Tool for the Underserved
Kim, P., Freedman, N., Parikh, V., Taleja, N., Cho, G., Lim, G., & Geva, U.
Mobile Technology as Empowerment Tool for the Underserved. Proceedings of 2009 IEEE. Conference on Technologies for Humanitarian Challenges, 2009 - Stories to tell and 1001 more days to live: Exploring the Micro Creative
Economy as a Means to Fund and Promote Literacy Development in Underserved
Areas
Kim, P., Cao, K., & Lee, I.
2009 (Forthcoming) - Socioeconomic strata, mobile technology, & Education: A comparative analysis
Kim, P. Higashi, T., Gonzales, I., Carillo, L., Gàrate, A., & Lee, B.
2009 (Forthcoming) - Stay out of the way! My kid is video blogging through a phone!
- A lesson learned from math tutoring social media for children in underserved communities
Kim, P., Ng, Chen Kee, & Lim, G.
2009 (Forthcoming)
- 'Starting Where Children Are': Children as mobile game design partners
Gloria Lim, HyeKyung Kim, Jiseong Hong, Paul Kim
Seoul National University & Stanford University, South Korea & The United States, Jaunary 2010
People
| Faculty | Staff | Former Members |  Dr. Paul, Kim |
 Uri Geva |
Amy Wong Noah Freedman Lindsey Sunden Grefory Kress |
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"PocketSchool" is the subproject of POMI in Education.
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