Yet each of those nine has a Palm handheld computer to help him or her with high school life. Bev Schottler, the secondary interrelated resource room teacher at Marysville High School, is one of a growing number of educators using Palms as a component of assistive technology. Her students have trouble keeping their schedule in their heads, they can't reliably remember a locker combination or a Social Security number, and many of them have difficulty writing legibly. If a student can't read his own writing, there is little hope he'll be able to study for a test. The Palms help students overcome these hurdles in high style.
Small tasks become victories Kids are tapping on their Palms from first period to last.
Their schedules and to-do lists are revised and updated on the fly. For instance, if the teacher writes a reminder on the board to bring a book to class the following day, the student adds the task to his to-do list. The following day, when he checks his list, he goes to his locker for the book. The book makes it to class, the student doesn't have to miss class time running to his locker at the last minute, and best of all, the student has accomplished this series of tasks on his own, without needing or asking for help. In algebra, the Palm becomes a graphing calculator.