Applications for handhelds

Tonight, we heard some interesting applications for a handheld in administration. One assistant principal shared how she uses her handheld. By downloading the information from her school's information program, SASI, she is able to access student and teacher info almost instantly. This provides her with a number of ways to save time. For example, when a student was in the wrong place, smarted off to her, and then, ran off, she was able to pull up the child's picture and identify her. This allowed her to pursue the incident the following morning. She also is able to locate a child's schedule and find them in the building no matter where she is in the building. She also was able to use her camera to document the inappropriate conditions in which a student was living with her camera. The photos were then turned over to DSS. She was amazed at how she could save time in so many ways. She expressed the hope that this technology would soon become second nature, and she would use all the applications available to her.