While Richard Ridpath went from desk to desk checking homework, his sixth-grade students watched a video on the Battle of Yorktown - on hand-held electronic devices.

"I teach the lesson and the iPod supports what I taught the previous day," said Ridpath, a Colonial Heights Middle School teacher.

"This is their generation; this is aimed at their generation," Ridpath said. "They are a cell phone, iPod, Xbox generation. This is just meeting [students] where they are."

Area educators see laptops and computers remaining a fixture in the classroom, and they are taking advantage of students' interest in innovative hand-held devices to engage them in learning.

Henrico County schools Superintendent Patrick Russo said that learning anywhere and anytime is "the next wave."

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