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Handhelds for Students?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the netris dept.

OmegaGeek writes "Wired is reporting from NECC 2002 that one solution to achieving universal computer access advocated by teachers (and marketing departments too, no doubt) is the use of handheld computers instead of laptops or desktop PCs. Is this a reasonable solution? Does it offer anything for the students other than the ability to beam notes instead of passing a piece of paper? I've also posted a commentary at LearningTech."

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  1. Re:Handheld speed of entry by grammar+nazi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "I grafitti much slower than I type, but I type slower than I can take notes on paper."

    'grafitti' is a noun, not a verb. Also, in your last sentence, s/would be/is/; to clear things up.

    BTW, this is the grammar nazi's 500th grammar correcting post!! Everybody doublecheck his/her grammar before posting in honor of the grammar nazi.

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  2. Re:Handheld speed of entry by Dilbert_ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    'grafitti' is a noun, not a verb.
    And a sentence begins with a capital letter...

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  3. Re:Handheld speed of entry by SekretAsianMan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    He doesn't have to capitalize because he was quoting the first word. Hence the '' 's.