Personal Digital Assistants in the Classroom

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Personal Digital Assistants in the Classroom

• Mike Davies
• Sarah Snyder
• Karen Naile

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What is a PDA?

• A PDA is a handheld computing device that
• is cost efficient.
• performs specific organizational tasks.
• provides convenient computer access.
• can be applied to all content areas.
• accepts downloads.

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4 Common Places in Education

• Teacher
• Student
• Subject Matter
• Context

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Common Place in Education Teacher

• Lesson plans to implement PDA use in the
  classroom.
• Focus on the following content areas
• Mathematics
• Heath
• Business
• Languages

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Common Place in Education Student

• Students will use PDAs in the classroom to
  enhance learning.
• Students will focus on real world situations.
• Organization
• Application programs
• Meaningful learning strategies will be used.
• Some strategies may include
• Cooperative learning
• Scaffolding
• Inductive/Deductive strategies

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Common Place in Education Subject Matter

• We will look at the use of PDAs in the following
  content areas.
• Mathematics
• Health Science
• Business Education
• Languages

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Common Place in Education Context

• Setting
• Classroom
• Home
• Anywhere the options are unlimited
• We will include Michigan Content Standards and
  Benchmarks for Technology and our content areas.

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Emphasis Areas

• Mike Davies
• Business Education
• Technology
• Sarah Snyder
• Mathematics
• Health Education
• Karen Naile
• Foreign Language
• Language Arts

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Major Categories of Resources

• Review of PDA options
• Lesson Plans
• Tutorials
• Downloads
• Research concerning the effectiveness of PDAs in
  the classroom.