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Software Hardware & Add-ons Ideas & Information The Concord Consortium - reviews and download locations for software of use in the classroom
GoKnow - has taken over development and sale of many Hi-CE applicaitons - including Artemis, Model-it and GoObserve - these application integrate the best features of earlier applications
KidSolve - applications for project-based use of Palms, site includes lessons
SportsWare - here is a nice use of a Palm - for athletic trainers, coaches, nurses - track injuries and keep emergency info available on the road
Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education - Hi-CE - download free software, participate in a message board - Recommended: Cooties, Go 'n Tell, PicoMap, HandySheets - Mac users will need to boot into Classic and use older versions of Palm OS
palmOne - Palm Education - software reviews
AvantGo - download web sites to your Palm - free
Tucows - source of shareware applications for downloading - games, leisure, scheduling
EasyGrade Pro EG Clipboard - how-to and manual for Palm connectivity
FileMaker Pro Mobile - synch your grade report, mapping and planner databases
PocketTimer Pro - for timing races!!
The Missing Sync 4.0 for Palm OS X - software for Mac and Palm OS 4 and 5 handhelds
DeLorme | Earthmate GPS Receiver for Handhelds - turn your Palm device into a GPS locator - with Street Atlas USA software
Presenter-to-Go - If you have the luxury of support funding, take a look at this presentation system: project from the Palm!
Other ideas - an all in one solution might meet the needs of a school tech program:
- Sierra Wireless Voc - cell phone and Windows PC device in one - QWERTY keyboard and European standards
- Handspring Treo 600 - Palm PDA and cell phone in one - includes a camera
- Palm Tungsten - all-in-one solution from Palm - wireless connectivity, mp3, video
- Palm Zire 71 includes a camera - new versions expand upon features for an excellent price
Keeping up-to-date:
Inspiration is now available for Palm OS
- PDAGeek.com
- Technology & Learning has an insert in each issue devoted to The Handheld Education (from palmOne, below)
- Intel Education: Learning With Handhelds - find lesson plans and fascinating collaborations to join
- Learning @ Hand - lessons for using Palm platform in the classroom
- palmOne - Palm Education - software reviews and ideas - also training opportunities
- PdaED.com - reviews, uses, product comparisons
- Go-Know
- Learning in Palm of Your Hand, also a Hi-CE site, archives articles about Palms in the classroom; view a video and photos of Palms in use
- PocketMac - Mac OS for Pocket PC
- Planet 5th - brought to you by a teacher actively using handhelds in his classroom
Where to Buy:
- Educational Resources - online software catalog
- EduPalm - links to off-beat software and discount hardware sources
- FreewarePalm
- FreewarePPC
- Handango
- PalmStore
- Palmgear
- PDA Archives - for older hardware and systems
- Handango
- goKnow - for education (students and teachers) - many free - demos: Sketchy, PicoMap, FlingIt, more
- Tucows
Maps and GPS
- MapQuest Mobile
- Earthmate Road Warrior
- NYGPS group homepage - learn what others are doing, join in!
Imagiprobe for the Palm - interface for Vernier sensors for use in Science class, on fieldtrips, etc. - software for the iBook and the Palm
Ideas for UseVernier Palm Handheld Data Collection
Other PDA probeware:
- Science Probes - current links to suppliers of probeware and software from NYC
- Data Harvest - also creates probes and interfaces for use with Pocket PC
- ProbeSight - from the Concord Consortium - how to, why to, what to use
Palms in the Curriculm:
- NetAdventure - KidSolve with the Concord Consortium, monthly in-quiry based challenges for Middle and High School using handhelds and downloaded software - professional development included - requires registration
- Alameda Creek - be a student in a demo version of Palms used in a water quality study
- Debating Merits of Palms in Class - article from Wired
- Handheld Learning - created by Kansas educators
- Search for Lesson Plans Using Mindtools - a webquest for teachers who want to explore ways to use Palm applications (the Mindtools)
- geocaching homesite
Palm Applications on the Web - annotated resource created by a Palm trainer - RainbowTech
Reviews and news from About.com
Freeware.Palm - source for free applications
Created by Sketchy (from Hi-CE)Where to Buy:
- TealPoint - online ordering
- Amazon.com - sells Palm products in the Hardware store
- Handspring - the Handspring uses the Palm OS too, but some of the products will not work with it
- palmOne - a large store of applications and add-ons, new headquarters of company
- Palmgear
- Handango
- Palm Boulevard - scroll down to the Before You Buy...and other advice links too
How-To:
- Fingertips! from the Educator's Palm - subscribe to get e-mailed weekly tips
Don't forget to check out this super resource!
Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain 08/11/2004
