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Palm Handhelds

Palms or handheld devices are also referred to as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant - not physical displays of affection!)

Using Handheld Technologies in Schools

This 34 page pdf is a great resource on all aspects of using handhelds in schools - from the Impact of Technology on Education, The Basics of using Handhelds, 101 Great Educ. Uses, Sampling of Projects and more...

Setting up your Palm

FirstClass Sync:

Centrinity's Website for Download
FirstClass Mail conduit file - save to C:\Palm\Add-on\mail.prc

Avantgo.com - delivers pre-selected channels (Web sites) to your handheld every time you synchronize.

WordSmith - a word processor for the Palm used

Learning to Use Your Palm

Palm OS 4 Quick Reference Card (.pdf)

Graffiti 2 PalmOne.com
Graffiti Tips & Tricks
Access Graffiti 2 Help on your handheld by drawing a stroke from the bottom to the top of the screen.

Educators' Palm Fingertips - quick tip sheets & videos that show you how to do many simple tasks

pdaEd.com - Learning Center How-To guides

Palm training for Educators - tutorials

Handhelds in Education Environments

Eliot Soloway's Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education - Plenty of information about the use of handhelds in education.

GoKnow,Inc. & Learning @ Hand

Handheld Learning

Concord Consortium - Many references on using Palm PDAs and probeware in the classroom. Also a good site for articles relating to handhelds in the classroom.

K12 Handhelds

Scholastic - Wireless

PalmOne - Education @ Palm

TechLearning.com - articles

Kathy Schrock's Resource Page - Power in the Palm of Your Hand

Palm Software Download Sites

WordSmith - Word processor

HanDBase - create custom databases or collect data on forms and import to MS Access

PalmOne

PalmGear.com

FreewarePalm

FreeDownloads Center - Palm Software