The Whole World in Their Hands: Case Study as the Paradigm Shifts
by Kathleen Heide <kathleen.heide@state.or.us>, Oregon Department of Education in Salem Oregon
Posted Wed May 29 01:59:21 EDT 1996
YES, Bob Tinker! This case study complements your thoughts in the abstract "The Whole World in Their Hands."
>>>>>>>>>> For more, see: http://www.sce.ojgse.edu/earthsea/ choose "Classroom Laboratory for Technology Innovation" on the homepage ... this option should be up by 5/31/96. >>>>>>>>>>
Hewlett-Packard and Oregon Dept. Education have equipped three rural Oregon classrooms with personal digital assistants. These pre-prototypes are not elegant but they are palm-size, wireless, and up to about 20 kids in a class- room simultaneously access the Internet. The students e-mail their peers who are working on student-led research, correspond with scientists (through a certified teacher facilitator) and browse the web without graphics.
Each of the classrooms has at least one desktop machine with graphical web browser so that students can follow up on relevant sites of interest in their research.
Return to Comments Index