USING HANDHELDS: LEARNING "ANYTIME, ANYWHERE"
Thursday, April 25, 11:45-1:15 in Buntrock 142
Phyllis Larson, Asian Studies
Craig Rice, IIT
While the effort to incorporate technology into teaching and learning has focused on the use of computers, one overlooked technology that will likely play an increasing role in education is the handheld. Handhelds are extremely portable, and recent innovations in handheld technology have resulted in color, high resolution, and audio and video capabilities.
We will describe how, for three semesters beginning in Fall 2001, we used the Handspring Visor to teach Intermediate Japanese reading and writing skills. We will also describe how, thanks to a grant from the Freeman Foundation, we intend to use the Sony CLIE to expand our use of handhelds in teaching to include multimedia content. We will demonstrate some of the specific handheld applications we are using in teaching of Japanese, but will also talk about opportunities that handheld technology offers to all learners and teachers.
