Don’t believe in the saying that it is hard to “teach old dogs new tricks.” On the contrary, sometimes it is harder to teach “pups” new tricks! Yes, I am talking about my 6th grade World Geography class. Teaching these kids a news skill is like sticking a round peg into a square hole! [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Handhelds'
The MIRACLE of “Inspiration”
March 11th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Discovering a New Handheld/PC Need…
March 11th, 2006 · 8 Comments
Yesterday, our 8th graders used the handheld, for the first time, to type in their Bill proposals. A lot of them were very excited and amazed by the capabilities of the handheld. So there they were, merrily typing away, until it was time to go…
Only one of them finished and was able to print her [...]
Saturday’s eBook Class
February 28th, 2006 · Comments Off
Well, Saturday’s lesson was fun. We learned how to make eBooks and how to look for eBooks on the web. We also learned how to transfer our “homemade” eBooks to our handhelds using the bluetooth adaptor.
Can you imagine how light student backpacks could be if all textbooks were eBooks?!?!?! I was thinking of making my [...]
Using handhelds in the classroom…
February 22nd, 2006 · 2 Comments
Well, not quite my classroom, but Rolly’s classroom…
It was very interesting to see my fellow teachers totally enjoy the handheld experience — to the point of acting like my students! (except for me, of course, I am always level headed!).
This is an example of a colleague hard at work. Our teacher told us that we [...]
