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How Have Missouri Students Accelerated Learning Using Handheld Computers?. Dr. Mark Yehle Stacey B. Franks SuccessLink. A Day in the Life…. Is this your school?. How does the Handheld Computer compare to a Desktop Computer?. How does the Handheld compare to a computer?.
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How Have Missouri StudentsAccelerated Learning Using Handheld Computers? Dr. Mark Yehle Stacey B. Franks SuccessLink Successlink 888-636-4395
A Day in the Life… • Is this your school? Successlink 888-636-4395
How does the Handheld Computer compare to a Desktop Computer? Successlink 888-636-4395
How does the Handheld compare to a computer? -Tony Vincent, 2005 Successlink 888-636-4395
-Tony Vincent, 2005 Successlink 888-636-4395
-Tony Vincent, 2005 Successlink 888-636-4395
-Tony Vincent, 2005 Successlink 888-636-4395
-Tony Vincent, 2005 Successlink 888-636-4395
-Tony Vincent, 2005 Successlink 888-636-4395
Word processing…………………… Spreadsheet…………………….…… Database………………………..…… Presentation………………………… Digital photography…………..…… Internet connectivity……………… Printing……………………………… Drawing & Painting………………… Scientific probes…………………… Stories, texts, authoring……..…… eMail & telephony……..…………… Assessment………………………… Palm keyboard, WordSmith Sheet to Go, QuickSheet MobileDB, ScheduleFinder MARGI Presenter to Go Veo Photo Traveler, Zire™ 72 PicoBlue, WiFi (802.11), Treo™ 600 PrintBoy, TealPrint TealPaint, Diddlebug, Sketchy ImagiProbe, PASCO, Vernier eReader, Palm eBook Studio Outlook, VersaMail, Treo™ 650 Making the Grade, mClass:Reading Beyond the PDA to the handheld computer… Successlink 888-636-4395
Students • Warrensburg Project • Handheld Learning Environment • EReader Successlink 888-636-4395
Teachers • PAAM • Built-In Apps Successlink 888-636-4395
Administrators • GoObserve • Docs To Go • Smart List Successlink 888-636-4395
Acceleration of Learning • Reading EBooks • Long Division • Write More • Shepard Blvd Elementary Successlink 888-636-4395
Classroom Management • PAAM • SD Deploy • Charging/Storing/AU Policy • Breakage Successlink 888-636-4395
Software • GoKnow’s HLE • Documents to Go • MIT Participatory Simulations • TONS of Freeware—http://www.learninginhand.com Successlink 888-636-4395
Student Achievement • Research Center for Educational Technologyhttp://www.kent.edu/rcet/Handhelds/RCET-Handheld-Research.cfm Action research results from Kent State University • Learning With Handhelds Executive Summary http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/lwl/pdf/BCLwHExecSum.pdf Results from a project that uses Palm handheld technology to improve the educational experience of the seventh graders in Michigan's Berrien County • Learning Impact of Handheldshttp://goknow.com/GettingStarted/LearningImpactExpanded.php#Research Listing of articles and references from GoKnow Successlink 888-636-4395
Student Achievement • British Educational Communications and Technology Agencyhttp://www.becta.org.uk/corporate/press_out.cfm?id=2636Findings of a pilot project and examples of how schools are using handheld computing, published March 2003 • Wolverhampton LEA "Learning2Go" Evaluation Phase 1 Reporthttp://wgfl.wolverhampton.gov.uk/PDASite/content/docs/dpa Report 11.pdfStudy of mobile learning in England written August 2005 • Are PDAs Pedagogically Feasible for Young Childrenhttp://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A5254.cfmby Drs. Young Mi Change, Laurie Mullen, & Matthew Stuve, T.H.E. Journal, March 2005 Successlink 888-636-4395
Student Achievement • mLearn: World Conference on Mobile Learninghttp://www.mlearn.org.za/Features full research papers and abstracts from researchers world-wide • Handheld Devices for Ubiquitous Learning Project http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/%7Ehdul/#Instruction Extensive listing of research from Harvard Graduate School of Education • NESTA Furturelab Literature Review in Mobile Technologies and Learning http://www.nestafuturelab.org/research/reviews/reviews_11_and12/11_01.htmReport from the U.K.'s National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts Successlink 888-636-4395
Student Achievement • Handhelds Go to School: Lessons Learnedhttp://www.computer.org/computer/homepage/0903/tatar/r9030.pdfPDF file of an article published by the IEEE Computer Society, November 2003 • A PDA For Every Child - A Primary Case Studyhttp://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/innovation-unit/communication/yourcasestudies/738333/Brief summary of findings by Mark Klekot at Stiperstones CEP in the U.K. • Ubiquitous Computing Evaluation Consortiumhttp://www.ubiqcomputing.org/index.htmlWeb site for a group of researching bodies studying the effect of one-to-one computing. So far, most of the research is on laptop initiatives. • The Effect of Palm Pilots on Student Learning in the Elementary Classroom http://www.successlink.org/handheld/PalmInHand.pdf PDF file of research done in fifth grade classrooms by Chris Diggs, May 2004 Successlink 888-636-4395
Student Achievement • The Impact of Personal Digital Assistants on Academic Achievementhttp://www.millburn.org/science/pda/NatJSHS.pdfResearch by Alex Bick, April, 2005 • SRI Researchhttp://www.palmgrants.sri.com/findings.htmlPDF files showing a summary, complete with graphs, of the SRI research of handheld-using teachers' attitudes • Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technologyhttp://rcetj.org/Online publication with many articles that focus on handheld and ubiquitous computing • Do Handhelds Make a Difference?http://www.remc7.k12.mi.us/remc/makeadifference.pdfPDF file of a presentation by Karen Swan & Mark van 't Hooft at the Fourth Annual Handheld Computer Conference in Holland, Michigan Successlink 888-636-4395
Questions? • Dr. Mark Yehle myehle@successlink.org • Stacey Franks stacey@successlink.org • Julie Barchenski julie@successlink.org Successlink 888-636-4395