Getting a Handle on Handhelds: What To Consider before You Introduce Handheld Computers in Your Schools.

Pownell, David; Bailey, Gerald D.

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Publication Date: 2001

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Getting a Handle on Handhelds: What To Consider before You Introduce Handheld Computers in Your Schools.

Pownell, David; Bailey, Gerald D.

American School Board Journal, v188 n6 p18-21,48 Supp Jun 2001

Handheld computers are just beginning to be introduced in schools. Before adopting the latest innovation, administrators must ask careful questions about issues and implications regarding leadership, teaching and learning, staff development, technology support, planning, infrastructure, safety and security, ethics, evaluation, curriculum, change, and equity. (MLH)

Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Computer Security, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Guidelines, Staff Development, Technology Planning

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