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1. Palm Pilot Project Linda Wiedenfeld
6th Grade Teacher
Ross Elementary
Kuna, ID
2. Hardware & Software 35 Palm m100 handhelds
35 Quickoffice software
Excel 2000
Word 2000
6 Workstations
1 Smart Board
1 Office Jet Printer
3. Background Information Palms purchased by the Kuna School District
For Thesis Project
Quickoffice purchased by Boise State University
For Building Bridges With Technology Project
4. Tracking Daily Assignments Teacher inputs assignments into the
To Do List
Beam Masters:
5 students
Beam to Classmates
5. Date Book Use Students input important due dates, schedules, and events into the date book on their Palms.
School
Home/Family
Extracurricular Activities
6. Tracking Grades
7. Other Uses Address Book
Notes
Calculator
Clock / Alarm
Doc. Transfer - Hot sync
Games
8. Building Bridges With Technology Lesson Science / Conservation Unit
9. Key Curricular Outcomes Problem: The world creates too much garbage.
Solution: Most of what is thrown away could be composted or recycled.
Each individual makes a difference and has an impact on the world.
10. Technology Skills Palm Pilot
Excel:
Enter Data
Sum Function
Graphing
Hot Syncing to Workstation
Saving
Printing
Web Search
PowerPoint
11. Throw-Away-Journal Excel Spreadsheet beamed to Palms and used to track amount and type of garbage thrown away.
12. Analyzing Data Individual Student Data
2 Students Data
4 Students Data
Whole Class Data
Compare 2 Classes
Whole Class Data
Times by # of classes
Times by Kuna Population
Times by Idaho Population
Times by USA Population
Times by World Population
13. Graphing The Results
15. Comparing Results Student to Student
Other Classes
Data from Web Sites
16. End