for Educators
Prepared by Pt3 Grant San Francisco State University
PALM SOFTWARE APPLICATION
- Hi-CE (Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education at the University of Michigan)
Great PDA integration applications for the classroom. Download programs to create concept maps on your PDA, load web pages into your handheld, create quizzes and more. Join the discussions boards to talk about the latest uses of handhelds in the classroom.
The Concord Consortium
Includes educational software programs for PDAs with teacher reviews and project ideas to support each application.
- Rainbowtech
This site was created by Shari Barnhart. It lists recommended Palm applications, articles and more.
- Palm Spot
Find software application for your handheld sorted by category (education, communication, graphics/images, calculators and more).
- Filemaker
This is for Filemaker enthusiasts! Use your Filemaker files on your handheld device.
- AvantGo
Download newspaper articles , magazine clippings, maps, weather reports and more right into your PDA. The listings automatically update each time you hot sync your PDA with your computer.
- Palm Reader
Download this Palm Reader to read your favorite books on a PDA/ Handheld device. The reader is free. Palm OS and WinCE/Pocket PC compatible.
- Innovations in Educational Technology
This website lists useful handheld applications, including Documents to Go ( read Word, Excel documents on your handheld), Eudora email. For those who are new to the application download process, there is a link to the Palm Easy Download Guide.
- Palm Website
This is the official Palm education portal. Learn about Palm's initiative to bring its handheld devices into the classroom. This site includes articles handhelds in the classroom, grants given to US schools to integrate Palm technology and links to educational software.
ARTICLES
- Educators Palm
Lists steps to integrate handheld devices in schools. Includes lists of articles that discuss issues related to PDA devices in schools. Visit this site as well for PDA, cases and keyboard comparisons (Infrastructure section).
Read about the future of handheld devices.
Here's what's new with handheld devices. This site has articles on probes being used with PDAs, Palm Education Pioneers grant and more.
Initiatives by the University of South Dakota to require undergraduate students to use handheld devices
Palm Grant Recipients. Need Acrobat Reader to download the project plans.
Handheld design awards in education. By Exploratorium
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology
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