The personal digital assistant promoting the teacher's instructional innovation

This study intends to investigate Digital Assistant (PDA) is net devices and its application in education. The study went through literature review and staged interview. The interview process targeted on students and parents from an experimental primary class located in Kaohsiung County, southern Taiwan, They all joined the digital experimental project in that specific primary school. In the experimental period each parents in that class were distributed a PHS phone. Through message transmission and mobile net communication, parents discussed and shared feelings with teacher and other parents through using mobile devices (pros & cons). Finally, as reference material, it concludes by making suggestions for educational government authorities, primary school administration departments and teachers who utilize PDAs to achieve teaching innovation.