Application of PDA's in the Internet
Web-clipping
Using a free web-clipping service, such as AvantGo, provides instructors access to information that may assist them in planning activities such as projects, lesson plans, and lectures. Online weather updates, maps, and tourist information can make the process of planning a fieldtrip less time consuming for educators. Also, web-clipping services allow users to customize and select the pages that they want to download and use in their classrooms (Buyukkokten, O., Garcia-Molina, H., & Paepcke, A., 2000; McFadden, 2000).
Teachers can design their own virtual fieldtrips or course web pages then assign students to download the sites to the PDA for reference and class discussion. Individual teachers or schools can design web sites containing information that parents can download to their PDA's as well. This information can include syllabi, class rules, lesson plans, school and cafeteria calendars, faculty contact information, student academic handbooks, and other manuals that often fail to make it home in students’ backpacks.