Professional Development

K12 Handhelds offers a variety of professional development workshops on a variety of topics including:

Using handhelds in education
Podcasting
Web 2.0
Open Educational Resources

They types of professional development we offer include on-site workshops, Palm-certified workshops, open workshops (for individuals), in-classroom coaching and mentoring, and awareness sessions.

These workshops and courses start with an introduction to handhelds for beginners and then build to more advanced courses that focus on applications for administrators, teachers, and students. All of our courses focus specifically on the needs of K-12 educators.

On-site Workshops

We provide a variety of on-site workshops on mobile technology integration. These include introductory workshops that cover a variety of leadership and planning issues, give an in-depth training on basics, and introduce participants to a variety of educational applications.

Our more advanced workshops focus on specific applications for administrators, teachers, and students and are tailored to the grade level and subject areas of most relevance to you.

Examples of these workshops include:

Using Handhelds in Educational Leadership - (beginner administrator workshop)
Using Handhelds in the Classroom (beginner teacher workshop)
Integrating Handhelds into the Curriculum (advanced integration workshop)
Creating Audio and Video Podcasts for Education
Become a Mini-Movie Producer
Web 2.0 All-You-Can-Eat Buffet
Using and Creating Free, Open, and Sharable Digital Curriculum Resources
And more!

All of our workshops focus on the needs of K-12 educators and are very interactive and hands-on. We customize the content so that you get the most value and provide a variety of printed and web materials that participants can retain for reference.

The fees for these workshops depend on the size of your group, the length of the workshop, and whether or not you want hardware and software included in the price. Contact us for pricing information.

Palm Certified Workshops

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K12 Handhelds, Inc. is proud to be designated as an authorized Palm Education Training Provider.

We are Palm Certified Trainers with expertise in the Palm OS® and years of personal experience as K-12 educators and administrators. We specialize in the application of Palm handheld computers for educational administration, teaching, and learning. Our workshops provide participants with a high quality learning experience specially designed to meet the needs of administrators and teachers using Palm handhelds.

We conduct workshops at a variety of locations nationwide and can deliver workshops on-site at your school or district.

We offer the following professional development opportunities:

Basic Palm OS Skills for Educators - full-day workshop
Curriculum Applications for Palm Handheld Computers - full-day workshop
Advanced Handheld Use Workshops (on a variety of topics including specific application training, curriculum integration, application authoring, etc.)

It is highly recommended that individuals wishing to maximize the use of Palm handhelds in support of teaching and learning attend at least two workshop days.

The fees for these workshops depend on the size of your group, the length of the workshop, and whether or not you want handhelds included in the price.

As a part of these workshops, K12 Handhelds, Inc. provides the instructors, learning materials and resources, an active, engaging environment that is conducive to successful learning, and follow-up phone and email support.

For more information on fees, to enroll or schedule a Palm education workshop, please contact us by phone 800-679-2226 or by email at info@k12handhelds.com.

Open Workshops

We have a limited number of workshops that are open to individual participants. Check out the current offerings here.

If you would like to request a workshop in your area or be notified of upcoming workshops, let us know.

In-Classroom Coaching and Mentoring

While traditional group workshops are very effective for learning basic technology integration skills, one-on-one coaching and mentoring is more effective for fostering more advanced integration skills.

K12 Handhelds will work in the classroom with your teachers on topics, skills, and lessons of their choosing. Often this process begins with K12 Handhelds facilitators teaching model lessons and then moves into co-teaching lessons and finally to a support role. Tailoring this process to each teacher's individual needs leads to a much greater comfort level and to more effective integration.

In conjunction with this, K12 Handhelds can also provide custom curriculum development. As a part of this, we develop lesson plans, interactive ebooks, games, movies, and more that support curriculum standards and skills specified by your teachers and curriculum coaches.

Awareness Informational Sessions

We make presentations to a variety of groups interested in handhelds in education. These sessions are not intended to provide in-depth training, but rather to give participants an overview of what is possible with handhelds used in an educational setting. If you are interested in an awareness session for your school, your educational service agency, a conference, or some other event, contact us!