Pennsylvania students using handhelds

Here is a great article from the Keystone State.

It's 10:30 a.m. at South Fayette Elementary School and Scott Sundgren's third grade class is unusually quiet. The 21 students are busy writing and editing essays on tiny, handheld computers.

"They're cool," says a freckle-faced boy holding up his Palm Zire 72. "They're a lot more fun than using pencil and paper."

Through a $10,000 Hands On Learning grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education and a 25 percent match from the school district, Sundgren was able to purchase 30 "Palms" for his classroom.

The devices, which are manufactured by palmOne Inc., come equipped with a calculator, calendar, notepad, 1.2 megapixel camera, MP3 player, voice recorder, spreadsheet, slideshow and animation capabilities and an infrared port for sending information and pictures from one user to another.

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