GPS Summaries for Session #39

GPS Summary for 1 to 1: A Handheld Computers Project in the K-12 Environment

presenter: Cherie Stafford (Paradise Valley Unified School District)

session details: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ocotillo/retreat05/demo.php?id=39

Total GPS forms: 16

"What is your level of interest in this demo topic? (1-5)": Average: 4.06 (N=16)

"What questions do you have?": (N=13)

• What is the funding needed? What type of training is needed?
• How can we develop this tech for PC?
• How do we get these?
• "How eefective have the handheld computes been in K12? How safe (meaning, how many students have broken it)?"
• Where will the future generation be?
• How could we do something similar in the community colleges?
• Consistency of financial support for technology in District.
• What other school districts may use this?
• What other school districts may use this?
• How can we use these in the CC classroom? Will this be useful to the K-12 teachers I work with?
• How widely are these handheld computers used?
• Not applicable.
• Wow! The C.C's better get ready for these new-learners!

"What would you need to use this idea?": (N=11)

• The technology.
• Wireless network on campus.
• We love this idea of construction. We continue to look for money to fund a K-12 adoption.
• "Money. Actually I'll be looking into this device, it might be the answer to our mobile lab. "
• Money. Collaborative wireless proj.
• A K12 class and more experience.
• Money and staff.
• Training.
• Training.
• Professional development for K-12 teachers I work with.
• Money and a supportive department.