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Palm Computing
PDA handheld computing Resources on the Web
| Educational Sites | eBooks | Hardware | Journals | Peripherals |
| PDA friendly web sites | Software | Web-based services |
| More PDA resources | SRESD PDA training handouts | Tutorial videos |
| PDA friendly web sites | Software | Web-based services |
| More PDA resources | SRESD PDA training handouts | Tutorial videos |
Administrators
| Administrator's Role in Technology Integration | http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech087.shtml | How important you are for integration of technology |
| Beaming Your School Into the 21st Century | http://www.principals.org/news/ beamingschool.html |
By R. Scott Pfeifer and Rick Robb |
| Supporting Science Inquiry in K-12 Using Palm Computers | http://www.pdaed.com/features/ palmmanifesto.xml |
by Elliott Soloway |
| Updated keyboard driver for the Zire71 | http://www.palmone.com/us/ support/downloads/kb_driver.html |
Fixes the problem of the keyboard launching hotsync |
Educational Sites
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http://www.k12handhelds.com/ | Great learning resource |
| http://palm.atu.edu/ | Palm Powered University of Arkansas Resources | |
| http://www.nearlymobile.com/ | Great tips and hints | |
| http://www.pdaed.com/vertical/tutorials.xml | Tutorials on downloading and installing software; projecting; securing data; setting up AvantGo; Upgrading; Using Hacks; Creating and customizing Databases; Using the Infra-red port | |
| http://www.nearlymobile.com/ | Tutorials and tips | |
| http://www.palmgear.com/tips/index.cfm | Tips | |
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http://www.palmblvd.com/ | |
| http://Palm.com | Palm Company home | |
| http://www.handspring.com | Handspring Home | |
| http://itc.utk.edu/pda | ||
| http://k12handhelds.com/101list | 101 uses | |
| http://k-12.pisd.edu/handhelds/ | Plano, computing for every student | |
| http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/p5/links /handhelds.html |
5th graders create QuickTime videos online on how to use the Palm |
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| Science | http://probesight.concord.org/curriculum/ template_section.htm |
Experiments and lessons using probes |
| Articles and tips | http://members.tripod.com/pdahandhelds/ | Includes links to schools using PDAs and Lesson Plans |
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eBooks
| Adobe acrobat reader for the Palm O/S systems | http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/ readerforpalm.html |
| PDA bookstore | http://www.memoware.com/mw-books.htm |
| Internet Book Company downloadable chapters for free preview | http://www.internetbookco.com/frnt_frm.htm |
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Handheld computing Journals
| PalmUser, a great magazine from the UK | http://www.palmtop.co.uk/palmuser/index.htm |
| PalmPower Magazine | http://www.palmpower.com/ |
| Palm Tipsheet | http://www.palmtipsheet.com/ |
| PDA Street, has specialty streets - Palm Street, Visor Street... | http://www.pdastreet.com/ |
| Palm Info Center - News, reviews, chat, surveys | http://www.palminfocenter.com/ |
| Palm Boulevard | http://e-newsletters.internet.com/palmb.html |
| Collection of articles | http://magportal.com/c/comp/pda/ |
| Handheld Computing | http://www.hhcmag.com/ |
| TidBITS | http://www.additional.com/community/palm/ |
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Hardware for networking
| Clarinet | http://www.clarinetsys.com/site/applications-page/market-segment-page/education-page/education.htm |
| TriBeam and Web Target | http://www.tribeam.com/product.html |
| Bluetooth and BlueFish | http://www.bluefishwireless.com/index.html |
| WideRay and Jack | http://www.wideray.com/product/network.htm |
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Classroom Assessment Programs
| Assessa PDA - build multiple choice or short-answer tests from a database of 50,000 questions. Scoring, analysis, visualization tools to help interpret data. | http://www.assessa.com |
| Classroom Wizard from Scantron Corp. Teachers create quizzes online, students are beamed the quiz, take it, beam-back for instant scoring and results analysis. The instructor machine must be connected to the Internett. | http://www.classroomwizard.com |
| LearnStar - create interactive, real-time quizzes using LearnStar library content. | http://www.learnstar.com |
| MCLASS:Reading enables K-3 teachers to do reading assessments as they observe studetns. The program tabulates errors, calculates fluency, and generates progress reports. | http://www.wirelessgeneration.com |
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Classroom Management Applications
| Grant Street Software GSS SD Deploy - configure groups of handhelds via a SD card. |
http://www.grantstreetsoftware.com/success.html available also from: http://www.k12handhelds.com/s_showprodinfo. php?prod=k3122 |
| GSS PDA Manage - configure and make changes to Palms for classroom use - software tool | http://www.grantstreetsoftware.com/products/ pdamanage.html |
| Portsmith multi-slot Ethernet Cradle to charge, sync dock up to 10 handhelds a the same time. | http://www.portsmith.com/pspda.shtml |
Early Elementary Programs
| ANI Learn Together - learn early literacy skills in English and Spanish. Trace letters on the screen, create songs, the story is there. | http://www.apte.com/software/#palmos |
| Alphabet Rhyme Time - teaches the alphabet using music, graphics, and a poem. Upper and lowercase letters. | http://www.rjen.com/Pilot/ART.html |
| CopyWrite from Revelation Computing Pty Limited - highlights problems with stroke order and direction, jerkiness, and pencil lifts. | http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~revcom/ web/CWGeneral.html |
| ArithmeFish by AcroDesign Technologies helps with basic math facts. | http://www.gmvhdl.com/acrodesign/fish.html |
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English Language Arts
Astraware Limited -
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http://www.astraware.com |
| Literati from Beiks LLC. Scrabble-like game for word building. Two difficulty levels | http://www.beiks.com/palmzonebg/ showtitle.asp?TitleID=87 |
| Words 2 Grow - Beret Applications. A program to build vocabulary through games like hangman, tic-tac-toe. Includes a study guide and review. | http://www.beret.com/w2g.html |
FineArts Programs
| Sketchy by GoKnow | http://www.goknow.com/handheld.htm |
| TealPaint | http://www.tealpoint.com/softpnt.htm |
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Math Programs
| ImagiMath suite has ImagiGraph for plotting and parametric equations, ; ImagiCalc; and ImagiSolve a worksheet and equation solver. | http://www.imagiworks.com/ |
| GeoPro to calculate area, volume, perimeter of shapes. | http://palway.ca/Apps/Geopro.htm |
| Math Class from Evans Software has addition, subtraction, division and multiplication drills. | http://www.myweb.cableone.net/mmkevans1/ evanssoft/es.htm |
| Calculators: |
Creative Creek's: One Plus One - scientific and financial calculator. PowerOne Scientific - functions for advanced math (powers, logarithms, trig, boolean) CalcWrite - Revelation Computing Pty Ltd. is a graffiti-based problem-solver |
http://www.creativecreek.com/one_one.html |
Online Web-based Services & Activities
| Palm wireless service for the Palm 7 series, to send e-mail, get stock quotes, be in contact almost anywhere. | email custcare@palm.net 888-756-PALM(7256) |
| GoAmerica wireless connectivity for Palm III and V series - browse the web virtually anywhere. | www.goamerica.net 888-462-4600 |
| Share and synchronize your calendars with others online from your PDA | http://www.wesync.com/wesyncUSER/wesync/ home/index.asp |
| Grab text from a browser and have it synced to your palm at the next synchronization. | http://www.coola.com/coolets/ browserbuttons.html |
| Register and insure it against loss or damage. | www.PDAsLostorStolen.com |
| Yahoo messenger on your palm, from Yahoo Mobile | http://mobile.yahoo.com |
| Satellite Forms - create forms with drag-and-drop on the Internet and download them for your Palm. | www.pu,matechservices.com 877-287-7822 |
| Database Applications - professional database development tool. Build custom databases without programmimng. Builds a Microsoft Access database for you. Will work with ODBC and Oracle. | www.pendragonsoftware.com 847-816-9660 |
| CodeWarrior programmimg software to create apps for your Palm. | www.metrowerks.com/products/palm 800-377-5416 |
| XTNDConnect Server to support and integrate handhelds in your IT environment | www.extendedsystems.com/go/sync8 800-235-7576 ext 6620 |
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PDA peripherals for education
| iTemp temerperature monitoring Palm OS software from DigitSense | http://www.digitsense.com/palmos/itemp |
| iButtons for math and science | http://www.ibutton.com |
| VeoPhoto camera for Palms (640x480) | http://www.k12handhelds.com/s_showprodinfo. php?prod=k1000 |
| Palm Pilot Robot kit | http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~pprk/ |
| eBeam Imageport | http://www.e-beam.com/products/ |
| ImagiProbes | http://www.imagiworks.com/Pages/Products/ ImagiProbe.html |
| Portable devices from Two Mobile | http://www.twomobile.com/ |
| Memoware has accessories | http://www.memoware.com/mw-acces.htm |
| Keyboards and accessories at Palm | www.solutionsguide.net |
| MP3 Player for Palm m100 | www.i-vox.com |
| High-speed LAN and Internet access products | www.clarinetsys.com 408-468-0400 ext 103 |
| PalmPrint software, CatScan scanner software, Take an order!, On Hand for inventories,,, | www.stevenscreek.com 800-823-4279 |
| JAWZ DataGator protects your information - encrypts the data | www.JAWZinc.com 888-301-5279 |
| iambic software: datebook, TinySheet, iambic Reader | www.iambic.com 800-730-5370 |
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Sites to use with your PDA (PDA friendly format)
GoChannels.net: |
http://www.gochannels.net/ |
| PawGo: | http://www.pawgo.com/ |
| Plink-It | http://members.bellatlantic.net/~blumax/plinkit/ |
| Small Sites: | http://www.mergethis.com/smallsites/ |
| SqueezeNet: | http://www.squeezenet.com/ |
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Software for the Palm handheld (in process, will be organized later)
| Univ of Mich. Elliott Soloway's FREE educational student software for PDA's in education. Cooties, FreeWrite, PicoMap, FlingIt and many more. | http://www.handhelds.hice-dev.org/ |
| Freeware Scientific Calculator** -- Thanks to Thomas Öllinger | http://www.murinsel.at/pda/sc/ SC-103PC/english/ |
| Commercial software site from PalmStation | http://www.palmstation.com/ |
| Handango commercial and shareware software for Handhelds | http://www.handango.com/ |
| Palm emulator to run on the desktop (free) | http://www.palmos.com/dev/tools/ emulator/ |
| Freeware software | http://www.freewarepalm.com/ |
| PalmGear : Has MenuHack and many others | http://www.palmgear.com/ |
| Software reseller for Palm software | http://www.tucows.com |
| Intellisync software from Pumatech which lets you automatically synchronize your calendar, contacts, tasks, notes... with Exchange, Outlook, Lotus Notes, GroupWise, Symantic ACT! | http://www.pumatech.com/purchase.html
Phone 1-800-248-2795 & (877) 730-3317 http://www.pumatech.com |
| QuickOffice Suite and QuickOffice Pro (Quicksheet, Quickchart, Quickword) from Cutting Edge Software. | www.cesinc.com 800-991-7360 |
| iambic Office by iambic (Office suite) | http://www.iambic.com/english/ palmos/office/ |
| MiniOffice by Solutions in Hand | http://www.solutionsinhand.com /mo/minioffice.htm |
| Software from Mobimate | http://www.mobimate.com/index.shtml |
| ExpensePlus. Generate expense reports in Excel, Windows or Mac. Mileage, currency, track by client, job, company, credit card... | www.walletware.com 800-640-2068 |
| Finances: Ultrasoft Money financial software. Enter checking, credit card or other transactions. Track by account and category. | www.ultrasoft.com |
| QuickNotes from CIC's Business Survival kit | www.shopcic.com 800-888-8242 |
| MyBible choose your version. | www.laridian.com 319-378-4940 |
| MGI Photosuite mobile Edition. View, store and share color or grayscale photos | www.photosuite.comn/palm 888-MGI-SOFT (644-7638 |
| Synchronize with Outlook and Schedule + | www.dataviz.com/dtgoffer 800-249-1116` |
| mobileplanet accessories, software, products | www.mobileplanet.com 1-800-mplanet |
| PocketMirror Professional for veteran users. Synchronize subfolders in Outlook, categories with public folders, control alarm and reminders | www.chapura.com 800-CHAPURA |
| Synchronize Outlook, Act, GoldMine, Organizer | www.companionlink.com 800-386-1623 |
| Synergy Solutions has SlideShow Commander to control your PowerPoint from the Palm connected to your laptop. Launch 'Em, Today, Scientific calculator, and others. | www.synsolutions.com |
| PDAGreen: A New Palm Software Directory | http://www.pdagreen.com/ |
| TinySheet by Iambic | http://www.iambic.com/english/ palmos/tinysheet/ |
| Linkesoft has several useful application Hacks, such as ScreenShotHack | http://www.linkesoft.com |
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Web sites with more links
| Accesories for your Palm | www.companionlink.com 800-386-1623 |
| Cases for the Palm | www.rhinoskin.com/rg 866-734-8833 |
| Cases for the Palm | www.directcase.com/palm 307-732-1400 |
| Franklin Planner binders, casses and wallets for the Palm | www.franklincovey.com 800-440-1812 |
| More cases for the Palm | www.ebcases.com 800-896-CASE |
| Leather cases | www.bakerproducts.com 800-444-1012 |
| Sites with information for Beginners | http://www.palmspot.com/helpdesk/beginnersguide/ |
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