Handhelds R Ann

Handhelds are so easy to use. That was what I went away with from our second class. I have never had the opportunity to use a handheld and felt that they were useless in the educational setting. As we began to use the handhelds and learn different programs and applications, I realized that maybe there was something to this technology. Surfing the Internet later in the evening looking for research, I became even more excited about the possibilities. I came across a wonderful web site with many lesson plans that infused handhelds into the elementary school curriculum and realized there was more to this technology than I thought. All these circumstances led me to read more articles in the hopes that I could use the information to write a grant to purchase a class set of handhelds and keyboards.
I was also intrigued to see the projector that Tony uses with the handhelds in his classes. It is so small yet had such good projection. As a media technology specialist, it would be very important to have such a projector in order for students and teachers to demonstrate and report to other students.
I would like to know how to do the initial introduction of the handhelds to students K-5.