Handhelds help elementary school students

This would be an interesting study to look in to. Researchers at Kent State University are studying how computers, particularly handhelds, affect the rate at which students learn. So far, the research seems to indicate that student do learn quicker when the learning involved technology. This study certainly supports Prensky's notion that use of digital games would be much more effective in training the "digital generation", than traditional classroom based (and often boring) training.

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