Integrating Handheld Technology and Web-Based Science Activities: New Educational Opportunities

January 1, 2002 | Media and Technology, Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks

This paper describes the integration of handheld computer technology into an existing web-based educational platform, the Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE) and the synergy it produces. This solution facilitated a research program that explores how handheld computers (PDAs, palmtops, etc.) can expand the scope and functionality of inquiry activities in K-12 science and mathematics curriculum. The paper presents the WISE software and curriculum and explains how combining it with handheld technology creates unique educational opportunities. It then goes on to describe the system that was developed, and its future.

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Turadg Aleahmad

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University of California, Berkeley

Jim Slotta

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University of California, Berkeley

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Resource Type: Reference Materials

Discipline: Computing and information science | General STEM | Mathematics | Technology

Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Educators/Teachers

Environment Type: Media and Technology | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Conferences

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