Handheld tested as teaching tool

The screen lights up fast

The words from it trickle down

It's like falling rain

This haiku about his PDA was written by a seventh grader who is part of a testing program integrating Hewlert-Packard PDA's into some Northern Virginia public schools.

Interestingly, one teacher says "that learning-disabled students are making greater use of the Jornadas than other students."