The SCSU Team

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The SCSU Team

• Who are we
• Todays agenda
• Overview
• Hands-on
• mVal in a classroom
• mVal as admin tool
• Profile of learning
• Comparing platforms
• discussion

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What is PDA?

• What are these things anyway?
• More than an organizer
• Almost a computer
• Operating Systems underneath it all
• PalmOS vs. Windows (PocketPC)
• Brands models
• Handspring, Sony, Palm, Compaq

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Educational PDA Apps

• Palm OS
• mVal
• Teacher Performance
• Lesson Planner
• PocketPC
• SpareBrains!Student arrange students data
• Coordinators Scope coordinates teachers schedule

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Goals for Using Technology in School

• Increasing basic skills
• Motivating students
• Responses to different learning styles
• Strengthening teachers performance
• Modernizing the school culture

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Application of PDAs in the classroom

• Curriculum
• Student Achievement (grade)
• Student-Parents interaction
• Teacher (classroom management)

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Limitations of Using PDAs

• Systematic professional development
• Lack of Administrative support
• Focus on technology not content

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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 PDAs

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Overview

• mVal complete performance
• Appraise -students
• -faculty
• -staff
• -administration
• View individual student class performance
• Customize to 7 levels of performance with rubrics

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Features for Teacher Use

• Plan Build and share resources and activities
• AssessDemonstrates the performance in
  numerically or graphically
• Report Produces anecdotal report

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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

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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

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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)

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Questions
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