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Getting to Know Numbers
Students study the math concepts associated with the calendar including days of the week, months of the year, odd/even numbers and numbers which come before and after. They use handheld computers with the appropriate software.
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Writing Fables
Students write their own fables. In this writing fables instructional activity, students use handheld computers to write a fable. The class designs a spreadsheet to organize common elements of fables. Students also edit each others' work.
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Social Change
Learners study a social issue involving gorillas, and work in groups to develop strategies to increase awareness of and problem solve a solution for the issue. They collect data using handheld computers and write a report.
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The Important Things About Nouns
Students review nouns by observing a Nouns PowerPoint and write nouns using handheld computers. They listen to Margaret Wise Brown's, The Important Book as a model for a class e-book about nouns which they publish.
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Your Neighborhood Geography
Tenth graders observe geographical characteristics of their own neighborhoods. They take digital pictures and write a summary of the geographical features they find which they present to the class.
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Idioms...not the be taken literally!
Students define common English idioms which they find in books and book excerpts. They use an idiom dictionary and constuct a database of five idioms along with meanings and sentences. They beam this information to classmates.
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Space Trader and Economics
Students use handheld computer with the appropriate software to explore economic skills. They purchase and sell items, travel to planets, and earn enough money to purchase a moon by playing a computer based game.
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The Sinking of the Titanic
Third graders participate in an online scavenger hunt about the Titanic using computers. They read information and listen to the interactive sites to complete their activity sheet.
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The Kidlink Day Project
Young scholars create journal entries on-line as part of a "Kidlink Day" activity. Entries are compared and evaluated by their peers. The writing process is practiced in this lesson.
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Wes Tech Vision: Handhelds in the Classroom
If you want information about using handheld computers in the classroom this site is very helpful. Downloadable handouts from a presentation, slides, videos and research can be accessed from this site.
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K12 Handhelds: Getting Started With Mobile Technology
A good place to visit if you're just getting started with handhelds. Includes advice on what to consider when choosing a handheld and links to various categories of education-oriented handheld software. Make sure to check out the list of...
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Wes Tech Vision: Competing Visions of Handheld
This powerful article attempts to answer the question 'How can we use instructional technology to positively transform teaching and learning environments, to prepare students and teachers for the twenty-first century?" It provides...
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Hi Ce
The University of Michigan's Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education offers this site as a learning tool to use handheld computers in the classroom.
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K12 Handhelds: 101 Great Educational Uses for Your Handheld Computer
This site provides a list of uses for your classroom PDAs. If you have the technology, look for new ways to use it.
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Pda Today
PDAToday focuses on daily news, shopping, and commentary about cool new gadgets and PDA's. Their primary audience is people who are curious about mobile technology as well as the growing number of regular people who are starting to use...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Windows Ce
This Wikipedia article gives an overview of the Windows CE operating system which runs devices such as Pocket PCs, Smartphones, and Portable Media Centers. It is designed to be a variation of Microsoft's Windows operating system for...
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Donna Dubinsky
This Silicon Valley executive brought a transformative technology -- the hand-held digital assistant -- to market. By making information portable, the device has changed the way we live.