Ready or Not--PDAs in the Classroom
Jay Dominick,
Syllabus,
Sept 25, 2002
This article trumpets the arrival of PDAs in the classroom and asserts that "they will continue to get smaller, cheaper and better" (PDAs, that is, not classrooms). I'm not so sure. PDAs are at about minimum size (though they could be thinner) - people don't like looking at a 1 x 1 screen. And PDAs are already awkward to use. I don't think they're great classroom tools - ultra-slim tablets seem more likely. That said, so long as PDAs remain the only means of communication while the instructor is lecturing, they will have a future as diversions. But I am less convinced that you will be able to teach with them.
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