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The SCSU Team. Plamen Miltenoff pmiltenoff@stcloudstate.edu. Gary Schnellert glschnellert@stcloudstate.edu. Who are we Today’s agenda: Overview Hands-on Comparing platforms mVal in a classroom Discussion. What is PDA?. What are these things anyway? More than an organizer
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The SCSU Team Plamen Miltenoff pmiltenoff@stcloudstate.edu Gary Schnellert glschnellert@stcloudstate.edu • Who are we • Today’s agenda: • Overview • Hands-on • Comparing platforms • mVal in a classroom • Discussion
What is PDA? • What are these things anyway? • More than an organizer • Almost a computer • Operating Systems: underneath it all • PalmOS vs. Windows OS (PocketPC) • Brands & models • Handspring, Sony, Palm, Compaq
Hands-on • Sell/Buy a handheld • Choose the OS • PalmOS http://www.palmsource.com/ • PocketPC http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/products/pocketpc/default.mspx • Choose the product • Handspring http://www.handspring.com/ • Sony http://www.cliedeveloper.com/top.html • Palm http://www.palm.com/home.html • Compaq http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/prodserv/handheld.html
Educational PDA Apps • Palm OS • mVal • Teacher Performance • Lesson Planner • PocketPC • SpareBrains!Student: arrange student’s data • Coordinator’s Scope: coordinates teachers schedule
Goals for Using Technology in School • Increasing basic skills • Motivating students • Responses to different learning styles • Strengthening teachers performance • Modernizing the school culture
Application of PDAs in the classroom • Curriculum • Student Achievement (grade) • Student-Parents interaction • Teacher (classroom management)
Limitations of Using PDAs • Systematic professional development • Lack of Administrative support • Focus on technology not content
Advantages of PDAs in the Classroom • On site instruction • Regular classroom application • In classroom, lab or in the field • Data collection on site • One computer/unlimited PDA’s
Overview • mVal complete performance • Appraise -students -faculty -staff -administration • View individual student & class performance • Customize to 7 levels of performance with rubrics
Features for Teacher Use • Plan:Build and share resources and activities • Assess:Demonstrates the performance in numerically or graphically • Report:Produces anecdotal report
Features for Administrative Use • Analyze school performance • Create graphs, charts and generate form letters • Track student's attendance record and behavior incidents • Import and compare test results • Performance evaluation
Features or Curriculum Standard • Access to curriculum standards • Review state standards on PDA • Mark selected standards that have been covered in the classroom • Access to supplementary materials
More… • Campus wide management: • http://www.nearspace.com/education/index.htm • Quizzes for PDAs: • http://www.quizapp.com/ (Palm OS only) • http://www.quizzlerpro.com/ (Palm OS only)
Questions Plamen Miltenoff pmiltenoff@stcloudstate.edu Gary Schnellert glschnellert@stcloudstate.edu