Oregon School Hands Out 7,000 Palms

Forget about the iBooks or iPods some students have been given on campuses around the country. Oregon school district’s are issuing Palm’s to 7,000 students in hope to make them more productive.

Finding that pencil and paper is not as useful as it once was, the land of free full-service gas is seeing a rise in academics in their fine schools. The harder more boring classes also now have some draw as Lynn Lary, instructional technology specialist, tells Palm, “We had a teacher in middle school who offered an elective math class to interest kids in problem solving,” she said. “Usually he has 17 to 20 kids each semester. Once he started using Palm handhelds, 50 kids wanted in.” Ya, I bet they wanted in! ;)

More than 7,000 students in eight Oregon school districts are using Palm(R) handheld computers this school year, thanks to a creative mentoring program developed by three recipients of a federal technology grant, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) said today. Their handheld-integration strategy brings in teachers statewide. [Source]

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