The iPhone - project has been created by Beat Döbeli. Responsible Teachers are
Christian and Gisela Neff. Participants are 17 Students of a 5th grade, which are about
11 years old. It is a Two year pilot project. Personal smartphone (Apple iPhone 3G)
were provided in fall 2009. The children can take the smartphones home and
use them outside school after an eight week introductionary phase.
All services free of charge. Before the projet a preperation phase took place: The introduction phase emphasises on prevention. Students developed a written
agreement with rules for the use of their smartphones in and out of school (Neff 2009).