Projects - Palm/SRI PEP Grant

Through going efforts of Palm, Inc and SRI, International cosponsored a series of Palm Education Pioneer Grants. Our grant proposal, submitted in combination with Michelle Garza of the Austin Indepedent School District, was awarded in the first round. The grant overview is as follows:

A Three Pronged Approach for Handheld Technology: Curriculum Implementation, Modeling and Assessment

Fulmore Middle School, Austin, TX
Middle School Algebra
Research Partners: SYRCE-The University of Texas, Austin, Texas; Center for Highly-Interactive Computing in Education (University of Michigan); Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT); Imagiworks

Palm computers will be used as one of the primary technological resources within our algebra courses. In so doing, we envision a three pronged approach to Palm use in our extended inquiry classrooms which include curriculum development incorporating probes, modeling tasks and assessment.

Download Grant Proposal (39k, Word Document) - Read our complete grant proposal online

View Movie: Part 1 / Part 2 - These two short movie clips provide insight into some of the activities and student responses in the Fulmore classroom. QuickTime ^TM player required.