Of course, the focus of using the device will be on education and learning as opposed to straight-up gaming, but as soon as teacher's head is turned we imagine a few of the wee tots will be surreptitiously firing up Mario Kart.
In all seriousness, the prevalence of learning-based titles in math, language, reading and other subjects makes the DS a worthy candidate for educational use.
The Escapist reports that Nintendo's iconic game designer Shigeru Miyamoto revealed the company's plan to get DS systems into elementary and junior high classrooms as a learning implement once the new school season commences.
The DS itself is no stranger to educational usage, as it's frequently found already as a learning tool in galleries, museums and aquariums in Japan. Even McDonald's has adopted the handheld to cut costs in its part-time employee training program there.
Now that Twitter, Facebook and the Nintendo DS are about to be required curricula somewhere in the world, what new technologies do you think will make it into classrooms next?