Mobile technologies like PDA devices offer several opportunities to enhance student learning. They allow students to access information anywhere and anytime, encouraging learning outside the classroom in real-world contexts. PDA devices are also relatively inexpensive, making them accessible to disadvantaged students. Mobile technologies also promote 21st century skills like collaboration and communication. They can help overcome challenges of larger technologies by fitting more naturally into various learning environments. PDA devices additionally enable personalized learning experiences tailored to individual students' needs.

1. Unplugging our Students! Using Mobile Technologies to enhance Student Learning

3. Digital Directions January 9 th 2009

8. Enable a personalised learning experience Not all children are alike; instruction should be adaptable to individual and diverse learners. There are significant opportunities for genuinely supporting differentiated, autonomous, and individualised learning through mobile devices. Shuler, C. (2009). Pockets of Potential: Using Mobile Technologies to Promote Children’s Learning, New York: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. Students who manage themselves are enterprising, resourceful, reliable, and resilient. They establish personal goals, make plans, manage projects, and set high standards. They have strategies for meeting challenges. They know when to lead, when to follow, and when and how to act independently.

9. Possibilities More than half of the world’s population now owns a cell phone and children under 12 constitute one of the fastest growing segments of mobile technology users in the U.S. Technology continues to change at an accelerated pace.

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14. The Process The Use of PDA’s in Teaching & Learning Define Research Questions Work with colleague to Design school wide trial Locate NZ research Internet based research Apply for grants to conduct trials Technology Companies Gaming Charities Educational Grants Dialogue with educators LEARNING2GO PROJECT WOLVERHAMPTON CITY Research integration of existing / future technologies and their impact WRPPA STUDY AWARD Report Back Conduct trials Senior Student Focus Group Analyse results Publish findings