1) WiFi (Wireless Fidelity): It uses radio frequency to connect WiFi enable computers and other digital devices to networks at very fast speeds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiFi

 

2) Wireless devices such as portable wireless computer.  It’s a great tool during field trip for    students to research information on the internet.

http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/

 

3) Handheld computers offer all of the capabilities of personal information management (calendar, phone list, notes, to-do list, address book) with abbreviated versions of the most popular types of software (word processing, spreadsheets, games, and music recording and playback).

http://www.palm.com/us/products/handhelds/tx/

 

4)      Electronic books, also known as ebooks, are electronic versions of books for PDAs and other portable computers.  E-book software allows the students to see notes online, play sound or read text to students.  Students do not have to carry textbook to class.

http://www.glencoe.com/cgi-bin/pdfServer.pl/sec/math/ose/algebra1/full/ISEOpen.pdf

 

5)      Voice technology enables a computer to accept voice commands and dictation of data.  For instance, cell phones have been adapted so that the callers can simply speak the name of the person to be called, and the cell phone will dial the number.

http://www.voice-technologies.com/

 

6)      Portable data storage, such as a keychain drive, jump drive, or flash drive.  The USB port is plugged into a computer’s USB port, and the operating system recognizes it as an external drive.

http://www.wellesley.edu/Computing/Flashdrive/

 

7)      Virtual Reality (VR) is a combination of hardware and software that together create a digital environment with which you can interact.  Using virtual reality hardware, such as a headpiece and glove, a three-dimension digital world can be viewed as real.

http://virtual-reality.archiform3d.com/

 

8)      Clickers can be used to get instantaneous feedback from the students.  A teacher can ask for responses throughout the lesson, and students simply click a button to send their answer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clicker

 

9)      Blue tooth whiteboard tablets: Bluetooth devices have the ability to wirelessly connect unlike devices.  These classroom tablets use a stylus to issue commands, capture written comments, or make annotations to whatever is displayed to the class.

http://www.calcomp.com/interwriteschoolpad.htm

 

10)  LCD projectors are compact LCD display units with their own built-in light source. The typically brighter picture, enabling displays that are clear even with room and outside light and its compact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCD_projector