Handheld Synthesizer

This handheld synthesizer called Kaossilator, is a neat little gadget that can be for music variations in the classroom. This device by Korg is an innovasive rhythm maker, and lets the students make up their own rhythms through asymatical, simulation sounds. This device also comes with its own headphone, but also has an insertion port to connect to speakers to produce better audible sounds. Students will have fun trying out the various sounds using their fingers on the screen in order to produce the rhythms with sounds.

Hand-held Reading Gadget

The hand-held gadget of which is described here is called The TeacherMate System by Innovations for Learning. This handheld computer is an integrated learning system that can adapt to any school's core curriculum, and effectively differentiates instruction by ananlyzing the scope and sequence of all major reading and math basa programs to ensure a quality alignment of TeacherMate activities with classroom instruction. The TeacherMate is a composition of reading/ math instruction, that introduces K-2 reading- phonics, spelling, and leveled guided reading literature in both English and Spanish. Students ar given repeated exposure to basic math facts and concepts such as number sequence, addition measurement, geometric shapes and fractions. This item also comes with its own headset, and can be used without a PC. Children in the classroom may find extra time to work on supplement work on reading or concepts in math, to go along with the lessons learned for that day. In the classroom, children can use this to reinforce what has been learned, or move on to another level in game-form. This gadget has 15 different lesson and levels of learning, has bright, colorful picures on the screen for viewing and a loud audio system that can also accommodate the hearing impaired students. There is a good sound control on the system, but the gadget vibrates when in progress by allowing the fingers to touch the small amplifiers on the sides of the gadget that enables the student to 'feel' the sounds coming through the system. More information on this item can be found @ www.innovationsforlearning.org.

mapquest

Mapquest is a new, innovative way of getting driving directions, to get from one place to another without the guess work. The maps and routes shown are presented and done in quality photographs, making it very easy to read and navigate. Routes can be shown with a selection of points showing time and travel distance, and can also include landmarks and other places of interest. It gives exit numbers for directions to turn on each of its maps.
In the classroom, the Mapquest is a great tool for students to look up a specific place or specific area, to take a virtual trip or literal trip, in or outside of the classroom setting. Students can also utilize Mapquest through Google Earth and Sketch up, which is software for the classroom where students can make a 3D picture of a location, and put it on mapquest. Mapquest also offers other interactive tools that enables them to add mates, allows viewing of past-viewed maps, and other handy tools and features that students can use for various resources. Mapquest's software makes an educated guess at the position of a stated address based mostly on where it could be found inside that segment. Some of the better sites students (or teachers) might want to look up would be @ Google mapquest, @ Mapquest4Mobile- for Blackberry devices, Yahoo.com Mapquest, and Mapquest.com. The best way to know which of these is better for your needs, one must take the time through thorough planning, to try each and compare. To find more information on this, log into www.ezdrivingdirections.com/mapquest.html.

gps use

The GPS is like a type of mapquest that uses receievers, within the realms of some kind of transportation ( a car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, boat,etc, or any driving vehicle). The small, compact tool works through three different kinds of GPS variations: the Garmin, the TomTom, and the Magellan. Nowadays, students in the 21st century driver's ed. classes have found some interesting ideas and technique uses in the GPS features while learning proper driving skills.
Some of the features found in most of these tools include (each tool varies on customized features): the use of regular or celebrity voices, a 12-month fuel service subscription, software maps of North America, Canada and Europe, a 6-month (more or less) LIVE GPS service online map codes, PhatomALERT Red Light Camera and Speed Light Detector Software, Smart GPS Navigation maps and routing, some shows the current street driver is on at the bottom of the screen and next street to turn on in the top right corner, some also have IQ Routes, big screen- easy to see and read, very loud speaker, satellite acquisition is fast, map color can be changed, can change the color of the car, some have symbols in 3D mode, auto day/ night mode changes the brightness and color, some others have the ability to prepare a route with any Depart and Destination Coordinates, others also give good POI (Points Of Interest)- some don't. There are TTS (Text To Speech) instructions which are very helpful in suggesting where to turn and prepare the driver for the next turn. The status bar can be customized, and the Advanced Lane Guidance (on the highway), shows and arrow with the lane the driver needs to be in, sometimes uses a 3-D sign to exit.

In the classroom, the GPS has several uses as earlier stated, but for the students, the GPS can be used in anthropology, archaeology, science, and math. Geocaching uses the GPS for adventuresome hobbies in hiking and treasure hunting, by combining a set of coordination of longitude and latitude, to find the 'cache' within nature. The GPS system is also a neat way of teaching math and science, working together. The main idea for the student is understanding how the GPS receiver works- by analyzing high-frequency, low power, radio signals from the GPS' satellites above Earth. In science, students can learn how the GPS' receiver and satellite work together to make measurements. In math, students can make a calculation using the GPS receiver from the basic concept of the law of radio wave lengths, which are electromagnetic energy that travels at the speed of light (or about 186,000 miles per second). During experiment, the student can figure out and calculate how far the signal has traveled by timing how long it takes for the signal to arrive back to the receiver.
The suggestion is made for the students and administration to shop carefully, according to both the need and what is available financially. For more information on these and other electronic technology gadgets, log in @ www. ConsumerReports.org/GPS, or http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/travel/gps.htm. Have Fun!!

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