Personal digital assistants (PDAs, also known as handheld or palmtop computers) are, in this author's opinion, the next great step in educational technology. The educational community has spent countless hours and dollars on providing desktop or laptop computer access to PK-16 students. Most students now have some experience with the Internet, whether through the World Wide Web or through software packages that provide their own real-time content updates. Even with this technology available in most schools, students are tied to a classroom or lab setting. PDAs are mobile, which provides for learning beyond the boundaries of the classroom; they are easy to use for just about any student at any level of schooling; and they are relatively inexpensive. The author believes that it is time for practitioners to embrace, experiment with, and learn what PDAs have to offer students.