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T.H.E. Journal September 2003 Howard Tomlinson	Educational PDA Games Engage Students, Teach Essential Language Skills One kind of handheld gadget is increasingly becoming accepted, encouraged and often provided by the school: PDAs. This is because handheld computers are a much less expensive alternative to laptop or desktop PCs for each student.
T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010	A Tool for Its Time A new functionality has so transformed learning management systems that their manufacturers prefer the term digital learning platform, to better reflect their products' capacity to do a great deal more than manage a classroom.
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T.H.E. Journal January 2009 John K. Waters	All Hands on Tech A district finds integrating handheld devices is the way to an effective and cost-effective expansion of its 1-to-1 computing program.
T.H.E. Journal December 2001 Barbara Hudgins	Leveraging Handheld Technology in the Classroom Over the last year, the use of PDAs in the classroom has become more prevalent. Yet few hav tapped the affordability and portability of handheld technology for ongoing classroom assessment. In my classroom, such a system has the students actually looking forward to quizzes...
T.H.E. Journal September 2001 Elizabeth M. Willis & Peggy Raines	Technology in Secondary Teacher Education Educators must accept the computer and its software not as replacements for the content of the disciplines at the core of the curriculum, but as useful extensions that complement content...
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2010	2020 Vision: Experts Forecast What the Digital Revolution Will Bring Next A discussion about how far we've come in education technology, and where we can expect to go.
T.H.E. Journal August 2004 Anastasia Trueman	InterWrite SchoolPads Take Technology to a New Level This wireless pad gives teachers the ability to use an electronic pen like a mouse to annotate and highlight any computer image. It also enables teachers to interact with a projected image at the front of the room while standing anywhere in the classroom.
T.H.E. Journal October 2003 Judith B. Rajala	Wireless Technology in Education Despite the manifest advantages of wireless technology in the classroom, there are also a few points that districts should consider before going wireless.
T.H.E. Journal May 1, 2010 Vanessa Hua	A Strategy Worth Watching The Excellence in Teaching Project discards frivolous checklists in favor of a purposeful online, observation-based process of assessing teachers' performance.
T.H.E. Journal February 2003 Jaclyn Scott	Don't Forget the Little People: A Vision for an Online Kindergarten Learning Community Kindergarten students are unique because they are at the beginning stages of learning how to be independent individuals. They are dependent on adults to supervise, protect and guide them through life and learning experiences. These principles apply to a virtual learning community.
D-Lib February 2009 Marcia A. Mardis	Classroom Information Needs: Search Analysis from a Digital Library for Educators All too often, digital library developers create collections of resources in the absence of rigorous examinations of educator and learner needs.
T.H.E. Journal October 2005 Chris Rother	Teachers Talk Tech The Teachers Talk Tech survey exposes a growing problem: Cash-strapped schools must choose between using computers as administrative or instructional tools.
T.H.E. Journal March 2006 Linda L. Briggs	A Mobile Cause Incorporating handhelds into the classroom means first having to address a few key challenges.
T.H.E. Journal December 2003 Bob Lally	Difference by Design: Taking Learning Tools From the Home into the Classroom Technologies developed as learning tools that will be used by children at home are judged by a different set of criteria than those educators use to determine their suitability for the classroom.
T.H.E. Journal December 2007 Matt Villano	A Handful of Learning Educators are turning to handheld computers to bring multimedia applications such as digital movies and e-books to their students.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Dream On: Visionary Educators and Their Big Ideas The four educators we've chosen to spotlight as visionaries conceived, developed, and guided technology-driven initiatives perhaps initially thought to be impractical.
T.H.E. Journal September 2001 Matthew Miller	Focus on Assessment Tools Exciting new assessment tools benefit both students and educators. These tools are making teaching simpler and more rewarding for instructors, because they can now concentrate more on their students' education and not on creating documents...
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser	Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers.
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Chris Rother	Evaluating Technology's Role in the Classroom Teachers are using computers more than ever before for everything from instruction to handling administrative chores and communicating with parents.
T.H.E. Journal November 2003 Chris Rother	Technology's Value in Education A teacher survey reveals the importance of student access to computers and the need for more tech training.
T.H.E. Journal March 2003 Shawna White May	Integrating Technology Into a Reading Program Being a teacher is a difficult job. You often have more than 25 students in your classroom and several different learning styles. In addition, it is your responsibility as a teacher to reach all of the students. I believe this can be made possible through the use of instructional technology.
InternetNews May 9, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	E-Mail Apps Power PDA Shipments Wireless e-mail drove a 25% increase in handheld shipments during the first quarter, new research shows.
T.H.E. Journal June 2002 Mary Burns	From Black and White to Color: Technology, Professional Development and Changing Practice The aim of this project was to help teachers create learner-centered, technology-rich learning environments. For the most part, instruction in these schools was traditional and technology use was virtually nonexistent.
T.H.E. Journal December 3, 2009 Bridget McCrea	Keeping on Task in a Digital Environment It doesn't take much to disrupt an entire high school classroom and get a student off task, particularly when that student is using a desktop or laptop computer to finish a lesson.
T.H.E. Journal November 2005 Timothy Howes	Wishlist::Shortlist Tech Choices Across the Board A Connecticut school district official draws up his most-wanted list of new technologies and the vendors chosen or under consideration.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Mary Ann Wolf	Using Technology to Improve Achievement: Making Data Relevant New information systems are helping states and districts individualize instruction and boost student learning.
T.H.E. Journal October 14, 2009 David Nagel	Study: Games, Video Improve Preschooler Literacy A new study has shown that educational videos and interactive games can have a positive impact on preschooler literacy when incorporated into the curriculum in a classroom setting.
T.H.E. Journal August 2007 Susan Brooks-Young	Putting the LURE inLearning Community A homegrown staff development program is polishing up teachers' technology skills and modernizing communication between home and school.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2001 John Teresko	More Than High-Tech Toys Manufacturers will benefit from PDAs if they can manage their use and proliferation...
T.H.E. Journal April 2004 John Watson	The Coming of the Intelligence Age: Enhancing Education Through Assessment In education, there is an interesting convergence developing between assessing and evaluating student capabilities and progress, legislation, technology, and communications. This convergence will naturally lead to an increased use of intelligence systems to collect, manage and report data.
InternetNews February 24, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Sony Ditches PDAs in Japan Sony has been losing money on the CLIE business, as smartphones have gained in popularity.
T.H.E. Journal January 2004 Grimes & Smith	The Impact of Standards-Based Technology Professional Development In an effort to meet local, state and federal demands for education reform, school leaders are scrambling to identify effective strategies for delivering and reporting on technology professional development and how it impacts school reform.
Entrepreneur July 2003 Gisela M. Pedroza	Soft Touch A flexible PDA keyboard you can roll up and put away
T.H.E. Journal September 2, 2009 Ruth Reynard	5 Ways We're Diminishing Learning by Assuming Face-to-Face Instruction Is Best Face-to-face instruction is often assumed to be the proven method, while other methods have yet to prove themselves. This assumption is not only misleading, but it might also be helping to diminish potential opportunities of better learning for our students.
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Gloria Bush	Logging on to Staff Development Enhancing your teachers' knowledge and use of educational technology through online professional development.
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon	Resistance is Futile Even as technology use grows embedded in education, some teachers still prefer the old ways.
T.H.E. Journal May 14, 2009 Ruth Reynard	Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes: Can It Be Measured? The ongoing debate on the effectiveness of technology use for student learning outcomes still seems to have no clear answers.
T.H.E. Journal October 2000 Andrew Hoffman, Ph.D.	Technology Built for Teachers We all love technology, but adapting one's teaching style to the new resources often takes more time and energy than it's worth and doesn't truly help the learning process. When technology is built for teachers' direct benefit, it will have startling results on the educational process...
PC World September 2003 Yardena Arar	Well-Connected Handhelds New wireless PDAs and cell phones put the Web, e-mail, and more in your pocket. We road-test ten models and find two with real Net savvy.
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T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Christine Fox	Elementary Schools : The Time Is Now Early diagnosis of academic deficits is pivotal to keeping students from falling irretrievably behind. Formative assessment technology gives teachers the tools to respond.
PC World October 2001 Richard Baguley	Toss Your PDA Cables Symbol Technologies and Xircom's wireless network adapters open up new possibilities for PDAs -- if the cost and weight are worth it for users.
CIO October 15, 2002 Christopher Lindquist	Picture Perfect Securing PDAs remains a oft-overlooked chore for many IT departments. Now Pointsec Mobile Technologies thinks it has a tool to make administration easier.
PC World September 2002 Michael S. Lasky	Buyers' Guide to PDAs For simplicity look to a Palm OS-based device, and for a Windows look and feel go with a Pocket PC model.
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Murphy & Hayes	Checklist for Designing a Technology-Friendly Classroom There are five key issues that are critical when designing technology-enhanced classrooms for primary-age children.
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