Handhelds in Education
Teacher Resources
Palm Company Home
Berrien Springs Learning
Without Limits - Handheld Project w/ 7th Graders
Hi-CE's Palm Pages from
the Center for Highly Interactive computing in Education at the
University of Michigan (Elliott Soloway) - downloadable collection of
free PDA applications for the classroom
GoKnow
Kathy Schrock - Power in the
Palm of Your Hand
ITC
101 Uses for Handhelds from
K12 Handhelds
Plano - computing for every
student
Learning
in Hand/Planet 5th - Mr. Vincent's 5th graders create QuickTime
videos online on how to use the Palm
Links to schools using PDAs
and Lesson Plans
Palm
Source
Palm Company Home
Palm Source
Palm Trainer handouts
Palm Trainer resources
Handheld Tutorials
K 12 Handhelds - learning
resource
Arkansas Tech University
Palm Lesson Plans
Nearly Mobile - tips & hints
PDA ED Tutorials
Tips from PalmGear
The
Educator's Palm - Fingertips!
How Personal Digital
Assistants (PDAs) Work
Online Services
Palmnet - Palm wireless service for the Palm 7
series - send e-mail, get stock quotes, be in contact almost anywhere
888-756-PALM(7256)
GoAmerica wireless connectivity for Palm
III and V series - browse the web virtually anywhere - 888-462-4600
Yahoo Messenger on your Palm ( from Yahoo
Mobile)
Pendragon Forms 3.2 -
professional database development tool - create forms with drag-and-drop on the
Internet and download them for your palm (Will work with ODBC and Oracle)
847-816-9660
XTNDConnectServer to
support and integrate handhelds in your IT environment 800-235-7576 ext 6620
Small Sites (PDA Friendly Web Sites)
GoChannels.net
PawGo
Plink-It
Small Sites
SqueezeNet
Freeware & Shareware Websites
ZD Net
Palm Gear
Eurocool
Handango
Palmtracker
Assessment Applications
Assessa
Desktop Pro for Palm - an
anytime, anywhere assessment solution; software and services, providing
the building blocks to improve the education process and student
performance, to better understand how students learn. To facilitate
testing, survey processing, test and cognitive data warehousing, data
analysis, and reporting.
LearnerProfile 3.0 (Sunburst
Communications, Inc.) - assessment tool that enable teachers to plan,
organize and review observations about students' progress and the work
they produce. Collected observations can then be transferred into the
computer for analysis and reporting. Version 3.0 includes modules for
observations, gradebook, and attendance; Learner Profile (desktop)
Single Copy, $299.95, Lab Pack of 5 $899.95; Learner Profile to Go
(Palm) Single Copy $99.95, Lab Pack of 5 $299.95; 1-800-321-7511
Student Management Applications
4.0 Student - $29.99 +
subscription
Locker (elementary) -
Freeware
Steps by Sarah Wood - track
incidents of discipline problems on your Palm handheld. Uses a "strike
one, two, three" metaphor - FREE (only available on this CD -
author-created for personal use)
Palm Gradebook Assistant by Excelsior Software, Inc.
- utility based on Excelsior's Gradebook2; allows teachers to edit and
maintain subsets of student assignment and attendance information using
their Palm handheld computer; Excelsior's Network, Site, Pinnacle Lite,
and Pinnacle products - $495; 50 user license (or 5 pack for $75) Single
User edition (as on CD $15; Gradebook2 $50 if downloaded, $80 purchased
direct w/CD (This totals $65 for download or $95 for direct w/CD)
Teachers PET by Coffee Pot Software
- Teachers PET (Portable Educator's Toolkit) is designed for teachers,
by a teacher. Teachers PET offers grading, attendance, and contact info.
Keep tabs on up to 10 classes at a time. Easy to use - Shareware reg.
$19.95
TeachFile by Eddie Soft provides total
classroom management, tracking assignments in weighted categories,
attendance, and general status information. Generate and export 11
detailed reports, including net weighted grades, for individuals or
classes in this sophisticated grading application - Single User
TeachFile: $12.95; Site License TeachFile: Contact EddieSoft for site
license [email protected]
Social Studies Applications
AvantGo - Freeware
CityZen -
Freeware
Herbert's 50 States - $14.95
Herbert's Presidents - $14.95
Mapopolis - Download app free +$14.95
subscription for maps
PiCoMap - Freeware
(wide-screen version available for AlphaSmart Dana)
Quizzler - $14.50 for Pro Version
Sketchy - Freeware
(wide-screen version available for AlphaSmart Dana)
US Constitution & Data Viewer
Learn World
Geography
Math/Science Applications
Ecological Footprint Builder - Freeware
Vernier DataPro (use with LabPro interface &
LoggerPro software for computer; sensors & probes -
lesson plans available
ImagiMath Suite
has ImagiGraph for plotting and parametric equations, ImagiCalc; and
imagisolve a worksheet and equation solver - $39
GeoPro
- calculates area, volume, perimeter of shapes - $9.99
Math Class - basic
drills - $15
One Plus One calculator
- $19.95
PowerOne
Scientific - advanced math functions - $19.95
CalcWrite - $19.95
Student ToolBox from Internet
Coach - $19.95
Tesselations-
Freeware
Geney - Freeware
BubbleBlasters -
Freeware
Planetarium - Freeware
Sierpinski Gasket
- Freeware
Early Elementary Applications
ANI Learn Together - early
literacy skills in English and Spanish - $9.95
Alphabet Rhyme Time - $5
CopyWrite -
handwriting - $29.95
TealPaint - Fine
Arts Applications Sketchy - Freeware $17.95
MiniMusic Suite (includes
Beat Pad & Note Pad) free downloads of others available also, including
BugBand, SpinPad, SynthPad, & Ear Train - $54.95
NoteTrain - identify notes on staff -
$12.00
M-Tools, McChords, EarTrainer, Metronome . . .
- Shareware
SimonSayz - Freeware
Misc Applications
eHomeRoom - web-based application allows
schools and teachers to easily enter schedule and classroom information
for easy viewing by students & parents via Internet or Palm handheld
computer. Licenses on annual license fee basis @ approx. $1.00-$1.50 per
student based on enrollment size. Annual license fees include all
hosting, 7 day a week support and all base-product upgrades; discounts
for Districtwide implementation - 1-888-603-8464
Field Trip Planner by APTE, Inc. -
field trip permission slips, emergency & chaperone contacts,
transportation & safety needs, "buddy" assignments - all at your
fingertips in one convenient place - $9.95 per single user license
(requires Booster.prc (340K)
ThoughtManager for Education from
HandsHigh Software - allows users to organize their thoughts on their
Palm handhelds; collapsible arrows and drag and drop text features
create an easy way to
"Must-Have" Peripherals, Accessories &
Applications
Grant Street Software: GSS SD
Deploy! - configure groups of handhelds via SD card; GSS PDA Manage -
configure and make changes to Palms for classroom use
iTemp temperature
monitoring Palm OS software
VeoPhoto
camera for Palm (640X480)
Palm Pilot Robot Kit
eBeam Imageport
ImagiProbes
High-speed LAN and Internet access products -
408-468-0400 ext 103
PalmPrint and CatScan scanner software
800-823-4279
JAWZ DataGator protects your information -
encrypts the data - 888-391-5279
DataViz Documents
To Go $69.95
QuickOffice $29.95
eBook Readers
Aportis
Bible Reader
Cspot Run
Guten Palm (Weasel Reader)
isilo
Mobipocket Universal Reader
Palm Reader
Peanut Reader
Quickword
Qvadis Express Reader
Read Them All Free
Microsoft ebook Reader
(for Pocket PC only)
TealDoc
TomeRaider
eBook Content for Handhelds
Adobe eBooks Central
Amazon
Aportis
Barnes and Noble
ebooks
Ebook Crossroads
eBookMall
Electronic Books in
Libraries (Univ. of Rochester)
Memoware
The PDA Librarian
Project Gutenberg
Slate eBooks (Pocket
PC only)
Time Warner iPublish
TealPoint Software
University of Virginia's
Electronic Text Center
Curriculum &
Implementation
EduPalm
Handheld
Devices in the Classroom
Handheld Learning -
newsletter
Concord
Consortium
Mobile
Technology
Shari's
Recommended Palm Apps
Using
Handheld Technologies in Schools
uSight - Ubiquitous technology
in education
Handango - software applications
for PDAs
Palm Webring
All About Handhelds
Idea Bank Using
Palms
Success Stories Using
Palms
Using Palm OS Handhelds
Within the Curriculum
Education
applications (Shari)
Handheld Computing Journals
Computing
Unplugged
- UK Mobile Computing Magazine
PalmPower Magazine
Palm Tipsheet
PDA Street - Visor Street, Palm
Street, different Palm OS handhelds
Palm Info Center - News,
reviews, chat, surveys
Palm Boulevard
Newsletter
Collection of articles
Handheld Computing
TidBITS
The Handheld Educator (T
+ L Journal Archives)
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