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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Will Kindle Go to School?
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a new electronic book-reading device, the Kindle, just days after the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) reported a continuing decline in reading among today’s students. …the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announces the … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Mobile PC Hardware, Mobile PCs in Schools, Research
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A Classroom with Mobile PCs
Picture in your minds eye a classroom with the teacher and all 30 students each using a mobile PC. Place the classroom in whatever setting you choose. A demonstration likely exists of mobile PCs used in a similar setting. The … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile PCs in Schools, One-on-One Learning
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Students Like Using Tablet PCs at BHHS
Ken Collura posts a useful summary of Carolyn Sommerich study of human factors (see page involved in the Bishop Hartley High School (BHHS) Tablet PC program. BHHS offered the first uses of Tablet PCs in high schools. It is important … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Tablet PC Schools
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HISD Student Tracking Data System Funded by Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $4.5M to Houston Independent School District to create a data system to track individual student academic progress. By tracking student results, teachers will be better able to identify individual strengths and weaknesses and … Continue reading
Empirical Evidence: Handheld Use Leads to Increased Achievement
Cathleen Norris and Elliot Soloway of GoKnow Learning released scientifically-based research that demonstrates handheld computer use in K-12 classrooms leads to student achievement gains. The landmark research will help schools nationwide secure grant money to … improve(d) test scores. In … Continue reading
Posted in Learning Content, Mobile PC Learning, Research
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Tableteers, Respond to ACM’s Call for Papers
The Association for Computing Machinery offers a list of deadlines for submitting papers to present at several upcoming conferences. ACM delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field’s premier Digital Library and … Continue reading
Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook Available Free
TeacherMagazine released its first issue of Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook. … a guide to ideas and resources on teacher learning (bold added). Register for a free subscription to this periodical. I look forward to seeing how commentators and reporters handle … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile PC Context, Teacher Training
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We’ll Miss You, Marc.
The Tablet PC and other mobile PC users community has buzzed for almost a week about the health condition of Marc Orchant, a friendly, super bright person. He passed away December 9, 2007. Joan and I join the many others … Continue reading →