College Students Trade Textbooks for Pocket PCs

Bob Russell · 08-17-2005, 10:15 AM

"College Students Trade Textbooks for Pocket PCs" is the title of an article at Pocket PC Magazine describing an interesting new course offering at Bentley College.

"Students in Bentley College's experimental 'IT 101 intensive' course have traded their textbooks for a Pocket PC. This introductory course uses leading-edge technology in a creative way to engage self-proclaimed computer wizards fresh out of high school. It challenges them to think creatively and to discover how mobile computing devices can solve a myriad of challenges. In the process they learn about wireless technology, programming, web logs and other technologies they will be using throughout their academic careers."

"The idea for using handheld technology for this course came to Frydenberg when he realized that for not much more than the cost of the required textbooks, students could purchase a handheld computer and learn about technology by experiencing it rather than by reading about it. Bentley purchased Dell Axim X30 Pocket PCs because they were the most cost-effective"

Well worth a read.

derekweb · 08-17-2005, 02:31 PM

Very innovative! And awesome, I think, to see a professor thinking outside of the box in terms of how to actually train students. Not only does he get them some serious hands on experience, but he seems to find a way to do it in a cost efficient manner. At a point where it's actually equivalent to the total cost of books for that course...? Wow.

That professor deserves some serious KUDOs.

08-17-2005, 10:15 AM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	College Students Trade Textbooks for Pocket PCs "College Students Trade Textbooks for Pocket PCs" is the title of an article at Pocket PC Magazine describing an interesting new course offering at Bentley College. "Students in Bentley College's experimental 'IT 101 intensive' course have traded their textbooks for a Pocket PC. This introductory course uses leading-edge technology in a creative way to engage self-proclaimed computer wizards fresh out of high school. It challenges them to think creatively and to discover how mobile computing devices can solve a myriad of challenges. In the process they learn about wireless technology, programming, web logs and other technologies they will be using throughout their academic careers." "The idea for using handheld technology for this course came to Frydenberg when he realized that for not much more than the cost of the required textbooks, students could purchase a handheld computer and learn about technology by experiencing it rather than by reading about it. Bentley purchased Dell Axim X30 Pocket PCs because they were the most cost-effective" Well worth a read.

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08-17-2005, 02:31 PM	#2
derekweb Groupie Posts: 160 Karma: 3134 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: United States Device: Palm Treo 700p & iPaq hx2755	Very innovative! And awesome, I think, to see a professor thinking outside of the box in terms of how to actually train students. Not only does he get them some serious hands on experience, but he seems to find a way to do it in a cost efficient manner. At a point where it's actually equivalent to the total cost of books for that course...? Wow. That professor deserves some serious KUDOs.

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