Tuesday
Jul122005
Gone Mad! in Missouri
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at 5:08AM 
I'm at SuccessLink's third annual Handheld Computers Conference. Over 300 educators have gathered at a resort in Lake of the Ozarks to learn and share about handheld computing in education. I had the pleasure of delivering the keynote presentation Monday morning. I demonstrated many software applications, including Gone Mad! Two conference attendees came up on stage with me to complete a Gone Mad! crazy word game titled "Handhelds are Handy." The story is actually one of the sample stories that is included when install thbe software. In Gone Made!, if you really like the way one of the stories turns out, you can export it to Memos to enjoy again and again. That's what I did with the story below, completed at the conference:
Handhelds are HandyIf you had the fortune to attend this conference, please leave a comment and share something you learned!
Handheld computing has come a long way since the original Palm Mortician. Handhelds now have enough memory to store 25 flowers. They also have more processing power than deadly caskets from 1980. Many handhelds come with a built-in dog for jumping. Additionally, there are thousands of stinky software houses for handhelds. For example, there's a program called Gone Sexy! where you happily read and write your own spicey stories. What does the future hold? Perhaps handhelds that can run your husband!
Reader Comments (5)
Hey Tony - Stacey, Julie and I wanted to thank you for the cool blog! You did a Wonderful job on the keynote! Glad to have you back this year. Lisa
Just got back home (Indianapolis, IN) from presenting and attending @ the SuccessLink conference. Thank you again, Tony, for your expertise and resourcefulness. I can't wait to begin PRODUCING CONTENT that is media-based with and for my students. I am looking forward to you posting the Willow Radio files so we can begin to implement a trans-continental collaboration via student-podcasting. I left Missouri feeling well informed and motivated to continue moving forward and exploring the power of handheld computers. THANKS! Marc
How do you do it? I have attended many of your sessions at Tan-Tar-A over the past few years and I just can't help but be amazed at your dedication and expertise. I mean in a day and age when hardly anyone does anything for free...there is a great guy like you who devotes so much of his time to seeing that students succeed. You are truly an inspiration! Thank you!!
Wende with Successlink
Hi Tony,
I really enjoyed your presentation. This will be my first year to teach with handhelds. It actually all started because my principal and technology coordinator listened to you at a conference. I got many great ideas listening to the five reasons you love handhelds. I am very excited about using handhelds and can't wait to implement the new ideas. Thanks for all the great resources. Keep up the great job! Ann
We traveled all the way to Missouri to find fresh new ideas to implement handhelds in the classroom and yet we still learned the most from you-- our Nebraska neighbor! You keep adding outstanding applications and integrations for handhelds and are always energetic and so great about sharing. Thank you,
Teachers at O'Neill Elementary,
O'Neill, Nebraska