CILT
The Concord Consortium
Ubiquitous Theme 2002 Workshop Site

Site Update: April 15, 2002

Reference (alphabetical by Author)
Description, Keywords
Abowd, G. D. et al. (1997) Cyberguide: A mobile context-aware tour guide. Wireless Networks 3, 421-433. Cyberguides

Bannasch, S. (1999) The Electronic Curator: Using a Handheld Computer at the Exploratorium. The Concord Consortium Newsletter, Fall.
http://www.concord.org/library/1999fall/electronic-curator.html

Handheld use in an informal setting.

Bannasch, S. (2000). Beam me up, Scottie! handheld computers extend the range of wireless communication in schools. @Concord 4:3. p. 6.
http://www.concord.org/library/2000fall/beam.html

A review of the ways to realize wireless on handhelds.

Bannasch, S. (2001) Wireless computers and probeware support a new science curriculum: using iPAQ pocked PCs to study science fundamentals. @Concord 5:1. p. 7.
http://www.concord.org/library/2001spring/newscience.html

Describes the technology used for data collection, wireless data transmission, and modeling.

Bannasch, S., and Tinker, R. (2002) Probeware takes a seat in the classroom: educational impact of probes improves with time and innovation. @Concord 6:1 p. 7.
http://concord.org/newsletter/2002winter/probeware.html

This article describes new low-cost probeware under development that is particularly well-suited to handhelds.
Bilezikjian, M, Mandryk, R. L., Klemmer, S. R., Inkpen, K. M., and Landay, J. A. Exploring a New Interaction Paradigm for Collaborating on Handheld Computers. UC Berkeley Computer Science Division Technical Report, November 2000.  
Broderson, R. W. (1999) Berkeley Wireless Research Center - Past, Present, Future. Mobile Computing Communications Review. 3 (1), Jan. Review of wireless technologies

Crawford, K., and Staudt, C. (1999) A computer in the palm of their hands. @Concord 4:1. p 3.
http://www.concord.org/library/1999fall/palm-computer.html

Describes the advantages of handhelds and summarizes findings from classroom observations.

Crawford, V. & Vahey, P. (2002). Palm Education Pioneers Program; March 2002 Evaluation Report.
Public report available at http://palmgrants.sri.com/findings.html

 
Curtis, D. (2002). Handhelds go to Class. GLEF on-line.
http://glef.org/orlandpk.html
Write-up on how handhelds were used when a Chicago suburb school was equipped with 2,200 handheld computers in the fall of 2000.

Davies, N., Blair, G.S. and D. Hutchison GUIDE: Context-Sensitive Mobile Multimedia Support for City Visitors. Summary of End of Award Report
http://www.guide.lancs.ac.uk/GuideReportSummary.html

Mobile guides
DiGiano, C., & Patton, C. (2002). Orchestrating Handhelds in the Classroom with SR?s ClassSync?. In G. Stahl (Ed.), Computer Support for Collaborative Learning 2002 (pp. 706-707). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.  
Grant, Wayne C.: Wireless Coyote : a computer-supported field trip. Communications of the ACM, 36(5), May 1993. 57-59. Use of mobiles in field trips
Handhelds go to class - GLEF  
Hsi, S. Using Handheld Technologies to Connect Web-based Learning to Outdoor Investigations. Paper presented at NARST 2000, National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting. April 30-May 3, 2000. Outdoor data collection
Hsi, S., Collison, J., and Staudt, C. Bridging Web-based Science Learning with Outdoor Inquiry using Palm Computers. Presentation to AERA, American Education Researcher Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, April 24-28, 2000. Outdoor data collection
Inkpen, Kori M. (1999). Designing Handheld Technologies for Kids Personal Technologies, 3(1), May 1999. Personal student use

Jones, M. L.W., Rieger, R. H, Treadwell, P., Gay, G. (2000) Live from the Stacks: User Feedback on Mobile Computers and Wireless Tools for Library Patrons, ACM Digital Library, June.
http://www.nomad.cornell.edu/research/stacksrpt.htm

Mobile use in the Library
Kindberg, T. and Barton,J. A Web-Based Nomadic Computing System. Tim Computer Networks, 35 (2001) 443-456, Elsevier  

Kindberg, T., Barton, J., Morgan, J., Becker, G., et a. People, places, things: web presence for the real world. HP Technical Report.
http://cooltown.hp.com/papers/webpres/WebPresence.htm

 

Kirk, H. (2001) Accessibility and New Technology in the Museum. Paper presented at Museums and the Web 2001 Conference, March 15-17, Seattle Washington.
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2001/papers/kirk/kirk.html

Use in museums
Landay J. A. & Davis, R. C. "Making Sharing Pervasive: Ubiquitous Computing for Shared Note Taking." IBM Systems Journal, 1999. 38(4): p. 531-550. Note Taking
Landay, J. A., Davis, R. C., Chen, V., Huang, H., Lee, R. B., Li, F., Lin, J., Morrey III, C. B., and Schleimer, B. "NotePals: Sharing and Synchronizing Handwritten Notes with Multimedia Documents." In Handheld CSCW Workshop: CSCW 98, Seattle, WA, Nov. 14, 1998. NotePals, Handwritten Notes
Long, S., Kooper, R., Abowd, G. D., and Atkeson, C. G. Rapid Prototyping of Mobile Context-Aware Applications:The Cyberguide Case Study. In the Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom'96), November 1996.  

Macromedia developer sources
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/pocketpc/authoring/delivery_guidelines1.html#interface
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/pocketpc/gallery/

Insights and samples for developing Flash interactives for PocketPC

Martin, W., Rieger, R., Gay, G. (1999). Designing across disciplines: Negotiating collaborator interests in a digital museum project. International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting, Washington, DC.

Use in museums

Olsson, T. (1997) Students with eMates Take to the Field: Learning Science by Doing Science. Apple Learning Technology Review.
http://www.apple.com/education/LTReview/fall97/main2/default.html

 
Pea, R., Tinker, R, Linn, M., Means, B., Bransford, J, Roschelle, J., Hsi, S. and Songer, N. (1998) Toward a Learning Technologies Knowledge Network. Educational Technology Research and Development. Describes CILT plans, including its 'ubiquitous computing' strand.

Perkins, J. Handscape Project Description: An investigation of Wireless Technology in the Museum Community 9/30/2000
http://www.cimi.org/wg/handscape/Handscape_long_desc.html

Use in museums
Regan L. Mandryk, Kori M. Inkpen, Mark Bilezikjian, Scott R. Klemmer, and James A. Landay. "Supporting Children's Collaboration Across Handheld Computers." In Extended Abstracts of CHI 2001, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Seattle, WA, April 2001. pp. 255-256. Collaborationing in the classroom through the use of handhelds.
Rieger, R.. & Gay. G, "Using Mobile Computing to Enhance Field Study" by Robert p, 215-223. Proceedings from the Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Conference: CSCL 97, Toronto. Dec 10-14  
Roschelle, J., Pea, R. (2002). A walk on the wild side: How wireless handhelds may change CSCL. G. Stahl (Ed)., Proceedings of CSCL 2002, Boulder, CO, January 7-11, 2000. [Distributed by Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale NJ]  
Soloway, E., Grant, W., Tinker, R., Roschelle, J., Mills, M., Resnick, M., Berg, R., & Eisenberg, M. (1999). Science in the palm of their hands. Communications of the ACM, 42(8), 21-26.  

Soloway, E., Norris, C., Blumenfeld, P., Fishman, B., Krajcik, J. and Marx, R. Devices are Ready-at-Hand, The Communicaitons of the ACM, June, 2001
http://www.handheld.hice-dev.org/readyAtHand.htm

Arguement for integrating handhelds in the classroom and examples of handheld activities/applications.

Spasojevic, M. and Kindberg, Tim (2001) A Study of an Augmented Museum Experience. HPL-2001-178 Technical Report # 20010726
http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2001/HPL-2001-178.html

Use in museums.

Staudt, C. (1999) Probing Untested ground: young students learn to use handheld computers. @Concord 4:2.
http://www.concord.org/library/1999fall/untested-ground.html

Describes pilot tests with second and fifth graders using probes with handhelds.

Staudt, C. (2002) Handhelds track student progress: instant feedback though beaming identifies student misconceptions. @Concord 6:1 p. 4.
http://concord.org/newsletter/2002winter/handhelds.html

This article describes a classroom use of a graphing program and the special value of student sharing using beaming.

Staudt, C., and Horwitz, P. (2001) Reconciling conflicting evidence: researchers use models and handhelds to investigate how students learn science. @Concord 5:1 p. 6
http://www.concord.org/library/2001spring/evidence.html

Describes the use of wirless iPaqs in a class learning about thermal conductivity using probes and models.

Staudt, C., and Hsi, S. (1999) Synergy projects and pocket computers. @Concord 3:3.
http://www.concord.org/library/1999spring/synergyproj.html

Describes plans for water quality measurements in different sites.

Tinker, B. (1999). What to do with a billion computers? @Concord 4:1 p 10.
http://concord.org/newsletter/1999fall/billion-computers.html

Describes how a massive literacy effort could be mounted using handhelds that are sufficiently inexpensive to give away.

Tinker, B., Staudt, C., and Walton, D. (2002) The Handheld Computer as a Field Guide. @Concord 6:1 p. 10.
http://concord.org/newsletter/2002winter/monday_lesson.html

This provides ideas for teachers on how to use a Palm in field studies, complete with links to a number of useful software packages.

Tinker, R. (1996). The whole world in their hands. Washington, DC: Department of Education.
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/Futures/tinker.html

 
Tinker, R. and Krajcik, J., eds. (2001). Portable Technologies: Science learning in context. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. A report of classroom research on portable technologies (mostly e-Mates) using probes.

Tinker, R., and Staudt, C. (1999) Mondays lesson: force and motion. @Concord 4:1 p. 8
http://concord.org/newsletter/1999fall/mondayslesson.html

Shows how to measure force and motion of a swing at the same time using a handheld with Vernier probes.
Van Horn, R. (March, 2002). Disruptive Technology. Phi Delta Kappan, 83 (7), 492-494. Disruptive technology, 2G devices, Symbian OS  
Woodruff, A., Aoki, P.M., Hurst, A., and Szymanski, M. (2001). "Electronic Guidebooks and Visitor Attention." To appear Proc. International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting.  
Woodruff, A., M.H. Szymanski, P.M. Aoki, and A. Hurst. "The Conversational Role of Electronic Guidebooks." To appear Proc. UBICOMP 2001, © Springer-Verlag.  
   
   

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