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Name
The emerging of Handheld-centric Classrom
Overview
This paper first discusses the technology infrastructure and educational benifit of handheld-centric classroom; then it talks about the instructor's perpectives on its application and the challenges of its application in schools.
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- Papers and Reports
- Research Projects, Programs or Centers
Intended Audience (Select all intended audiences for this Resource - choose one or more, delete the rest)
- Researchers
- Teachers/Educators
Topic Area (Select the general topic area for this Resource- choose sa many as apply, delete the rest. Add new if relevant)
- Research
- Teaching
- Using technologies in teaching/learning
Author(s)
Cathleen Norris & Elliot Soloway
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- Material is in public domain
- Material is subject to fair use exception (note: this can be a default, since almost EVERYTHING is subject to fair use...
Keywords/Tags
Handheld, Classroom, Handheld-centric Classroom, Educational Benifit, Pedagogy, Assessment, Learning-in-context, Collaboration, Multiple Resources
Paper citation
Norris, C., & Soloway, E. (2004). Envisioning the handheld-centric classroom. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 30(4), 281-294.
(not available online at U of T, hard copy is available at OISE library)
Review and Wiki
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This paper is a good start at learning what handheld-centric classroom is? what benifit one can get if using handheld in classroom or even other learning situation? and what challenges one may encournter when applying this technology in classroom teaching and learning.
