Handheld devices, their impact on classrooms.

Tablets and hand-held devices are our topic of the day. A look at how iPads and cell phones are being used, as well as the “great tablet debate.”

The impact of iPads on an elementary classroom in Kentucky:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20101208/ZONE09/312080037/1060/NEWS0105/Centerfield+fourth-grade+class+learns+using+iPads

A similar look at handheld technology from Wisconsin:

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20101208/GPG0101/12080815/Area-schools-go-for-high-tech-ed

Tab or iPad? The Free Press offers a viewpoint:

http://www.freep.com/article/20101116/NEWS09/11160311/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-vs.-Apple-iPad