The Arp School District will be training teachers, students, and parents using Wireless Palms (handhelds) to create Word documents, surf the net, email, and update calendars.
If you are interested in learning more about wireless handhelds, please email Joy Rousseau at: joy@arp.sprnet.org
Resources:
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| Handhelds in Teaching and Learning (Education) | ||
| GradeSpeed | ||
| PDAS Monitoring
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| Palm Presentation Station | ||
| Look What Aussie Children are into! |
The Palm LiveDrive allows two views -- portrait and landscape, has 4Gb hard drive, wireless Internet, blue tooth, and synchronizes with your Office Suite (Documents to Go). If you have access to wireless Internet, this Palm will find source automatically.
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According to George Siemens, an instructor at Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, there is a new theory on learning.....
> visit Siemens e-LearningSpace website on Connectivism or read his
> article at:
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm to> prepare your teaching paradigms for the future!
We will NOT be able to stop student use of technology tools (cell phones, ipods, PDAS) and in fact, according to Siemens, in a democratic school we should not even try as these tools will become an integral part of their future success. What is needed, as suggested by the above article, are more sophisticated skills that require integration of electronic tools, databases, trusted networking partnerships and expertise in complex pattern recognition. When school projects challenge students to collaborate to solve complex problems, text messaging becomes an aid not a hindrance.
Read: New Philosophy for New Basics in the Connected Age
Also see: Technology Future Trends
READ: "Legalized Cheating"
5th Wave http://www.uclick.com/client/wpc/fw/2005/10/16/index.html
