Handheld Learning - learning with mobile and ubiquitous technologies

Hi Dave

How much does it cost to attend your open day?

Sim

This is interesting!

We have RedHalo running on 30 Acer PDA's. If pupils want to access RedHalo using their own PSP do we need to buy more RedHalo?

This is an interesting report because it is using smart phones and their individual connections to the internet. I've often wondered how this might be an improvement to using the school wireless network which are often unreliable and almost impossible to manage between school and home.

There's also the benefit of not having to be concerned about whether the students have internet access at home because they can use the phone. However I wonder how such a project sits with the current concerns about using mobile phones in schools?

Simone

You could try the Acer n311, they are small, light, with a very nice screen and cost less than £200

will there be places for post-grad students?

Hello 

I've been working on a small project using Acer handhelds as we couldn't afford EDA's  but we got Red Halo and have been using Phatpad that comes with it and also comes with a version for our tablet and desktop PC's. This has been a good combination and I wondered how you thought this compared to One Note?

I was told that the mobile version of One Note didn't support the stylus on handhelds but this seems a bit odd to me!

Also we're looking forward to integrating our handhelds with the whiteboards which is supposed to come with Red Halo this Summer (so I'm told  )

Happy Easter!

http://www.handheldlearning.co.uk/content/view/34/2/

This is a really interesting project. It's great to learn how you've used handhelds to do something that would be virtually impossible otherwise.

Thanks for the information!

The following extract is from an inner city primary school parents newsletter:


I found this extract somewhat disturbing and wondered what other members of this forum thought. Of course, one imagines what might have precipitated such a note; phones disturbing classes, getting lost, stolen, etc. But clearly not yet seeing the possibilities of the power in the pocket and perhaps the need to establish a usage policy rather than a ban. The school is rightly proud of their ICT suite where they teach keyboard skills to Year One.

I also thought it was worth posting here so that it would be held in posterity as something that might (hopefully) be looked back on in a different light.

Does anybody know if Inspiration works with Windows Mobile 5?

The version I have doesn't seem to work and there's nothing on the Inspiration website.

Does anybody know where the EDA can be purchased?

This is a general educational technology blog but I enjoyed Ewan McIntosh's observations of this years excellent Handheld Learning conference.

http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/hl2006/index.html

Just thought people here would like to know about some shareware called Profcast.

It works on a Mac and allows you to record your voice presentation and Powerpoint slides simultaneously and create a podcast from them.

I've just started using it but have found it very simple to use having now created a few simple podcasts.

The software costs $30 if you want to continue using it after 15 days which I will be!

 

http://profcast.com/public/index.php

Hi there

Can anybody recommend any software for observational record keeping for use on a handheld?

Thanks!

Simone

I can't see how this would be of use in an educational context unless it was video on demand. I like the idea of vodcasting and can see a lot of possibilities for organisations such as the BBC, Teachers TV or Channel 4 distributing curriculum relevant material using this technique to handheld devices especially if it can be done overnight then used the next day. As ifelix suggests this material would then be more useful because the students can use it anytime, rewind, fast-forward, repeat and reflect.

I wouldn't subscribe to broadcast television on a mobile phone but I could understand why an authority would subscribe to materials from the beeb provided via vodcast although I imagine they would be free.

Hi there

I was wandering around the BETT show and saw some demonstrations using PDAs with interactive whiteboards. Somebody on the Handheld Learning stand told me that there was some free or shareware available that would work with either Palm or Pocket PC and a variety of whiteboards.

Unfortunately I've lost my notes and can't remember what the software was called or where to get it.

Does anybody know or can anybody recommend software that will allow me to use a classroom of PDAs, either Palm or PPC, with a whiteboard for applications such as voting or demonstrating?

Any help appreciated!

Thanks

Simone