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Educators around the world are discovering the many advantages of integrating the latest technologies into the curriculum to enhance the learning environment. For schools facing limited budgets, the recent development of handheld computing technology helps educators put a computer into the hand of every student. These handheld devices make it possible for students to use the latest technology on an individual level, while allowing educators to encourage classroom collaboration through a variety of educational software. Among the software available for h. . .As a long time user of Inspiration on a PC I am very excited by the potential for use on PDAs. It has a huge range of applications across the curriculum, especially when on a mobile device. Users no longer have to develop ideas and concept maps when they are fixed to a pen or mouse in an identified block of time. They can record their thoughts as they have them... where ever they happen to be! The most important aspect of concept development is gestation time. Visiting your PC and being required to record ideas at a given moment naturally legislates against that! If an idea pops into your head when you are walking home from school, or during a break time you can record that development instantly with Inspiration on a PDA.
With younger pupils it is proving to be a valuable tool to encourage reluctant writers. Suddenly they are working with a tool which allows them to develop text by filling small boxes rather than being faced with a blank page. Filling the small boxes and adding notes in the diagram mode leads to a straightforward finishing process either in outline mode or through transfer to a word processor. This was always true with the PC version of Inspiration, but the added dimension of flexibility provided by the PDA version, potential for working beyond the standard school day, sharing with friends and/or family means that the reluctant writer can be supported to write in a range of contexts through their daily life.
