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Handhelds Go to Class - New short film and story!

Link: http://glef.org/orlandpk.html

In one of the largest school implementations to date, District 230 in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park equipped its three high schools with 2,200 handheld computers in the fall of 2000. Interested teachers were given classroom sets or students could buy or lease the handheld computers. According to English, biology, and social studies teachers in the district, use of the handhelds has increased student productivity and efficiency across all disciplines. In just one example, Laura Ritchey had her biology students use the handhelds to create an "ecological footprint," a measurement of the human impact on nature. Sidestepping the tradition of handing out paper assignments, Ritchey "beamed" the assignments to her students' handheld computers via an infrared ray. The students then used their handhelds to collect field data and instantly input the data into the school computer for further analysis. http://glef.org/orlandpk.html

• Cataloged: 2002-05-12
• Contributor: mailto:[email protected]
• Author/Creator: Curtis, Diane
• Publisher: The George Lucas Educational Foundation
• Rights: The George Lucas Educational Foundation
• Source: The George Lucas Educational Foundation
• Resource Availability: 200 OK

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• Beneficiary: Global: International School Organizations
• Beneficiary: Individual: Administrators
• Beneficiary: Individual: College / University Instructors
• Beneficiary: Individual: Curriculum Supervisors
• Beneficiary: Individual: General Public
• Beneficiary: Individual: Librarians
• Beneficiary: Individual: Students
• Beneficiary: Individual: Supervisors
• Beneficiary: Individual: Teacher Educators
• Beneficiary: Individual: Teachers
• Beneficiary: Individual: Teachers: Elementary School Teachers
• Beneficiary: Individual: Teachers: Middle School Teachers
• Beneficiary: Individual: Technology Coordinators
• Beneficiary: Learning organization / school system: Higher Education
• Beneficiary: Learning organization / school system: Teacher Preparation Programs
• Educational Type: Activity
• Educational Type: Curriculum support
• Educational Type: Environment
• Language: English
• Learning Type: Narrative Text
• Network/channel: Technology Applications for Learning
• Network/channel: Technology Applications for Learning: design or deliver instruction
• Resource Type: Text

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