Survey: Most parents support mobile learning devices

A majority of parents overwhelmingly think that mobile apps, mobile content, and technology in the classroom promote positive learning habits and yield benefits, according to a new survey from Grunwald Associates, the Learning First Alliance, and underwritten by AT&T.

Most children in preschool through 12th grade have access to different technologies at home, and this includes mobile learning devices:

• Seventy-eight percent of parents said someone in their family owns a laptop or portable computer, and of that group, 52 percent said their child uses the device.
• Twenty-four percent own and eReader and 11 percent of those children use the eReader.
• Forty-six percent of parents own a tablet and 34 percent of those children use the tablet, with 47 percent using it daily, 46 percent weekly, and 7 percent less than once per week.
• Seventy-seven percent of parents own a smart phone and 43 percent of children in smart phone-owning homes use the devices. Sixty-five percent of those children use the smart phone each day.