Handhelds in the Classroom

Handhelds offer portable, cheap, easy access to information. These benefits have propelled handheld devices to become a standard in some organizations, from helping salespeople access their customer's information on Palms to enabling executives to check their e-mail on Blackberries.

I have been curious to learn more about the future and current uses for handhelds in schools and classrooms, as they have far more potential than PC's to become ubiquitous learning devices. I share some findings below.

The Next Generation Mobile Classroom, a project funded by the iCampus alliance between Microsoft Research and MIT, is exploring how mobile devices such as handhelds can help promote learning and interactivity in the classroom of the future. The project's target audience is higher education, but many of the features could also be applied to K-12 classrooms. For example, students can unobtrusively ask questions via a handheld without interrupting the flow of a teacher's class, permitting the teacher to also gauge how well students absorbed the current lesson.

In schools today, students, teachers, and administrators are already using handhelds for a variety of functions. The Intel Innovation in Education initiative provides a good overview of educational uses for handhelds. With these devices, students can collaborate on projects, archive information, or simply manage their personal schedules. Teachers use them to quickly retrieve curriculum standards, notes, and student information while preparing lessons or working with a student. School adminstrators find handhelds useful for easily accessing student data in a meeting or simply sharing information with other school staff.

I will provide a list of resources for handhelds in education in my next posting.

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