And the results are in . . .

The tests are done, and everyone did well, so I was relieved. I was nervous that if they didn’t do well the classroom teacher might feel that the technology interfered in some way. I asked the kids to write a short, informal response to the unit activities – what they liked/didn’t like, if they think the Palm handhelds made it easier or harder to organize/learn/share the information, etc.  Almost all of their comments were positive – they loved using the Palm handhelds. There were a few “negative” comments, but mostly things like, “it was hard to learn to set up the keyboard,” etc. Skills types of things that would resolve themselves if the kids were using the Palms on a more regular basis and were more comfortable with them. I’ll be meeting with Miss L. to get her responses to the unit next week. I plan to use some of the students’ comments (and maybe Miss L.’s) in my final podcast. All in all I feel the unit was a success, although there are a few things I’d do differently.