HANDHELD HYYPERLINKS

http://www.intel.com/education/handhelds/
This website introduces you to Learning with handhelds. It discusses handhelds, managing with handhelds and teaching with handhelds. Handhelds are becoming increasingly popular with educators due to the affordability.

http://schoolcenter.hilton.k12.ny.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=3345
This is a site that provides some ideas and information about using handheld computers in a high school setting.

http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/she/mvillasa/Handheldlinks.htm
This site gives you information about how handheld learning were used in the classroon and will address questions that been ask over the last several.

http://www.kathyschrock.net/
This site introduces you to Kathy Schrock and the conferences and workshops she can present. Below is a list of workshops she can offer your school, group, or association. In addition, she will work with you to develop whatever specialized presentation you would like in the areas of information literacy, educational technology, or technology gadgets!

http://www.educatorspalm.org/
Handheld technologies are changing the way people access and work with information. These devices are becoming smaller, cheaper, better, and more connected. Educators and students need to be taking advantage of these emerging technologies to enhance lifelong learning. This site will help all people in learning organizations to use and get the most from these devices.

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic78.htm
This website will introduce you to how to integrate GPS device into the classroom. It will also share with you the difference between Handsprings, Plams and other Handheld devices.




http://www.k12handhelds.com/s_showprodinfo.php?prod=k3445
This site introduces you to Principalm. A device that provides you access to student information on a Plam OS-=based handheld computer. You will be able to access in the school hallways, on a field trip, or away from the office, the most important information about each of your students.

http://www.stanford.edu/~jmanus/edhand/
This web site is devoted to the invesigation of the use of handheld computers in education, specificially in the sciences and mathematics. There are white papers that investigate the uses of Palms in education and there is a large example (TProbe) of a functional Palm application designed specificially for education.

http://www.electronic-school.com/2001/06/0601handhelds.html
This site discusses how the business world is using handheld devices and goes on to ask the question of how the handhelds can enhance teaching and learning.

http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/02/handheld.html
A Report Card on Handheld Computing By Jean Shields and Amy Poftak Due to an appealing confluence of power, portability, and price, handheld computers are gaining momentum in schools. We've gathered reports from pioneers in the field to help you explore the pros and cons.

Class Activites / February 3, 2005

Class began with a review of Sketchy and learing how to further use the sketchy game.



Another review session was with the calendar site of palm. We learn how to create appointments in the calendar. We then learn how to beam the appointments to a classmate.



We then review the memo application of the palm by writing a memo and beaming that to a classmate.



We then had a overview of soft buttons in class using the overhead. We covered the calculator and learn how to go to preferences and make the calculator to a soft button.



We learn how to adjust brightness and learn that the brighter the brightness the more battery power was loss.



We work with the Built in Work Clock. We change some settings to work pull up local time and sites for example Columbia, SC / eastern standard time.



We played around with alarms and the noise was everywhere.



We then went over Palm Desktop and learn how to synchronze to destop computer.