First Graders Develop Technology Skills in the AT&T Classroom

The bus rides to Akron Portage Path Elementary Schoool from Kent State University were both educational and fun thanks to mobile technology in the form of Palm handheld computers. Mr. John Bennett, their first grade teacher, digitized children's alphabet programs for use on the Palms. Along with Math Ace, a free software for the handheld, the children entertained and improved their language arts and math skills at the same time. The unit of study was about how "I Will Share Me and My World With You". Mr. Bennett created a Wiki for a collaborative project with a class in Malaysia. This made the sharing of information between his class and the class in Malaysia possible. He incorporated websites, curriculum standards, lesson plans, photos and some of the childrens work to be shared with teachers, parents and children.

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