The need for computing in support of education continues to escalate. Until recently, everyone assumed that educational computing required desktop computers. Today wireless-enabled laptops make it possible for students to use their time more efficiently, access databases and information from the Internet, and work collaboratively. Through this flexible learning approach, students can succeed in selectively incorporating critical input from their peers and instructor, then revising their documents based on their own interpretation of facts and theory. This technology will soon give students full-time access to computation and wireless connectivity, while expanding where educational computing can take place to the home and field. This is an important equity issue because these computers will provide much of the educational benefit of more expensive computers in an inexpensive format that has many advantages over desktops. Connectivity for these devices will soon be the norm rather than the exception. As they become more functional (e.g computing power and battery technology) and more connected (e.g. peer-to-peer grids), the possibility for completely new and unforeseen application increases.