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Palm Pilots as Instructional Tools in the Classroom

This paper presents a look at Palm ***** as instructional tools in the classroom. The writer explores Palm Pilots and how they can improve the learning process for the students who use them. The writer also discusses the best model for such use and describes how many students are benefiting from using them in the classroom. *****re were five sources used to complete this paper.

Introduction

The technological boom of the past four decades has taken mankind ***** heights never before imagined possible. In addition the American public has been demanding ********** in ***** educ*****ional system currently in place. ***** Pilots are technical tools that ***** not invented for the improvement of education, but have turned out to be exactly that. Palm Pilots are being used in ********** ***** improve learning through *****ir many features and the new lessons that students are being expected to complete. The ***** Pilot organizer is more than a d*****te book, it is now an educational tool for instruction.

WHAT ARE THEY?

***** one c***** begin to understand the signifi*****ant impact ***** Palm Pilots can make in ***** classroom it ***** important to first understand what a P*****lm Pilot is and how they operate. Palm *****s are *****ten called organizers because of the organizational features that ***** do have(http://www.evsc.k12.*****.us/icats/training/palmintro.htm).

Among o*****r things it can:

Enter scheduled events in Date Book

***** scheduled events by day, week, or month

Keep all your contact names, addresses, phone numbers, ***** other details in Address Book

***** tasks to To Do List and pri*****itize them Synchronize your data with Palm Desk*****p softw***** on your computer so you always have a backup copy(http://www.evsc.k12.in.us/icats/training/palmintro.htm)"

***** Pilots are excellent personal assistants ***** the ability to have a significant amount of control over the individual uses that they provide. They often come with an ability to customize their use with several ways to enter data, front panel controls ***** brightness control. They also come with a list of available software that can do everything from word process ***** figure out amortization of a mortgage.

***** Pilots were initially invented for the purpose of business and home ***** ***** over ***** ***** few years they have found their way into the ***** ***** are ***** students in a variety ***** ways(QUEST Volume 8, Number 1, February 2001 (http://www.mdausa.org/publications/Quest/q81palmpilot.cfm).

Several features of Palm Pilots make them ideal for classroom *****. One of those features is ***** compact size, ***** no bigger than a pocket c*****lculator. They usually ***** not use a mouse or monit***** which means it is easily transported to and from the ***** so that the student can keep track of all work in the same place.

Palm Pilots cost between $150 and $250 (though they can be much more expensive in the upward *****s w*****h added s*****tware and features) and use two AAA batteries(QUEST ***** 8, ***** 1, ***** 2001 (http://www.mdausa.org/publications/Quest/q81palmpilot.cfm)."

***** across ***** nation are adapting ***** the use of Palm ***** in