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Managing Technology: Equipment Issues

One to One Laptops | Using Handheld Computers

One to One Laptops

Laptops and Learning Resources
Gary Stager has a number of excellent links. Many are to articles he has written himself. Well worth exploring
http://www.stager.org/laptops.html

Selling the Dream of 1:1 Computing
Gary Stager lists ways to justify a 1:1 laptop program. He has some interesting points to make.
http://www.stager.org/laptops/talkingpoints/index.html

1:1 Computing Guide Book
This is from the TechLearning site and requires free registration to download. It is quite a comprehensive booklet which helps you to examine how to implement a one-one laptop program.
http://www.techlearning.com/1to1guide/

Apple 1 to 1 Learning
Connect to some laptop initiatives. Learn about some of the research.
http://www.apple.com/education/k12/onetoone/

Microsoft Anytime Anywhere Learning
Download a guidebook on 1:1 computing
http://www.microsoft.com/education/aal.mspx

Using Handheld Computers

Learning in Hand
This site is maintained by Tony Vincent. It has information and links about uses, software available, articles and much more.
http://learninginhand.com/

Handheld Hints
http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55800823

Learning in the Palm of Your Hand
The Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education at the University of Michigan has been working on using handhelds for a number of years. They have developed a number of applications
http://palm.hice-dev.org/

Monday's Lesson: Handheld Computers in the Field
From the Concord Consortium's newsletter, this article describes how students studied and catalogued changes in a forest after a fire.
http://www.concord.org/newsletter/current/monday.html

eTools Applications
There are excellent links from this site to information on using handhelds in education
http://www.clarion.edu/academic/adeptt/learning/etools/applications.htm