K12> K12 Resources & Software for Palm Computers

Gleason Sackmann (gleason@rrnet.com)
Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:02:00 -0500

From: aninno@cnyric.org [mailto:aninno@cnyric.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 1:48 PM

Greetings,

Below is my latest contribution toward using Palms
in school - the next big trend in tech integration.

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K12 Palm Software Resources -- A. Ninno
April 2000, Center for Learning Technologies,
CNYRegion Information Center, OCM-BOCES, Syracuse, NY

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There are many Palm programs other than the calendar,
addressbook, to-do list, mail, and memo programs that come
with a Palm. Third-party software can be used by students
and educators, such as doc readers/editors, databases,
calculators, spreadsheets, web-clippers, etc. Below is
a short list to get you started using a Palm in school.

AvantGo - free account & software to put webpages in a Palm
Choose from over 300 website "channels", such as NY Times,
WeatherChannel, USA Today, Sky & Telescope, MapBlast, etc.
http://avantgo.com

BeamBox - beam files not seen by the resident Palm OS
beaming software, such as Palm docs, databases, etc.
http://www.inkverse.com/beambox.html
http://www.palmgear.com
http://www.handango.com

CityZen - freeware world map, database, geograhy quiz
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~hancockd/CityZen/
http://www.palmgear.com
http://www.handango.com

CSpotRun - freeware Palm doc reader
Use this to read docs downloaded from Memoware.com
http://www.pobox.com/~bill.clagett/?palm
http://www.palmgear.com
http://www.handango.com

Documents to Go - put Word, WordPerfect, Excel, etc., files in a Palm
http://www.dataviz.com

Due Yesterday - student planner for the Palm - Tom Bulatewicz
http://www.nosleep.net

Four Zero - student planner for the Palm - Nathan Black
http://www.xmission.com/~nblack
http://www.palmcentral.com/3com/education.shtml
http://palmpilotware.palmpilotware.com/education.html

iGraph freeware graphing calculator - Justin Manus
email to: jmanus@leland.stanford.edu
http://www.handango.com

ImagiProbe - handheld data collection software
ImagiWorks, Inc.
http://imagiworks.com/

IRChat - freeware interactive whiteboard for Palms
http://www.palmix.itil.com/newpalmix/products/irchat_home.htm

IRP2PChat v2.0 - commercial upgrade version
http://www.iscomplete.org/products.htm
http://www.iscomplete.org/IrP2PChat/irp2pcha2.htm

IrPrint Suite 1.0R3 - print via the Palm IR port!
http://www.iscomplete.org/products.htm
http://www.iscomplete.org/IrPrint/irprintf3.htm
http://www.palmgear.com
http://www.handango.com

JFile Pro - a top-rated Palm database program
http://www.land-j.com/jfile.html

Learner-Profiles & Learner-Profiles-to-Go
Sunburst Software, Inc.
http://www.sunburst.com/

MathGraph graphing calculator
http://rummelplatz.uni-mannheim.de/~holler/mathgraph/
http://www2.viaweb.com/pilotgearsw/alhol.html
http://www.AHSoftware.de/mathgraph
http://pda.tucows.com/palm/calc_scientific.html

Memoware - free public domain ebooks, texts & databases
Classic literature, non-fiction, reference data, links, etc.
Read Plato, Shakespeare, Twain, or the US Constitution on a Palm.
http://www.memoware.com

MetriCalc - freeware metric conversion calculator
http://www.jacksprogramming.com/index.html
http://www.palmgear.com
http://www.handango.com

New York State Learning Standards - Palm Doc - zipped
http://www.memoware.com/c-miscellaneous.htm
Scroll down until you see the title, then download.
Formated & uploaded by Kraig Pritts, Moravia, NY, CSD.
email to: kraig@pobox.com

PalmGlobe - freeware earthview geography program
http://www2.hursley.ibm.com

PalmGo & Pilot Go - Two programs to play Go on a Palm
FYI, Go is a 4,000 year-old Asian board game.
Go is to chess, as mathematics is to accounting.
http://www.palmgear.com
http://www.handango.com

PalmPrint - print Palm docs via the IR port!
http://www.stevenscreek.com/pilot/palmprint.shtml
http://pda.tucows.com/palm/ir_util.html
http://www.handango.com

Parens scientfic calculator - by Rick Huebner
http://www.probe.net/~rhuebner/index.html
http://pda.tucows.com/palm/calc_scientific.html
http://www.handango.com/
http://www.palmgear.com/

Perio - freeware periodic table software
http://www.palmgear.com
http://www.handango.com

Planetarium - by A. Hofer
http://www.pilotgear.com
http://www.aho.ch/pilotplanets
email to: planets@aho.ch

Pocket Star Chart - by Kevin Polk
http://www.pilotgear.com
http://www.muse-of-fire.com
email to: kevin@muse-of-fire.com

PocketChess
http://www.eskimo.com/~scottlu/
http://www.palmgear.com
http://www.handango.com

Polyhedra - freeware rotate 3D geometry figures
http://www.palmgear.com
http://www.handango.com

Quicksheet - a top-rated Palm spreadsheet program
http://www.cesinc.com/quicksheet/quicksheet.html

SmartDoc v2.0 top-rated Palm doc reader/editor
http://pda.tucows.com/palm/docreader.html
http://www.palmgear.com
http://www.handango.com

Special Education info as Palm docs
Updated Part 200 Regulations, NYS Commissioner of Educ.
I.D.E.A. 1997 Reauthorization
http://members.aol.com/eszaidlins/esztool2.htm
http://www.memoware.com/c-miscellaneous.htm - scroll down

StudentMate - student planner for the Palm
http://www.jet-ware.com/studentmate.html

TAPRO 2 - Teacher's Assistant Professional
Great Spirit Software, Inc.
http://greatspiritsoftware.com/

WorldTime - freeware world time clock
http://www.cdpubs.com/
email to: wtime@cdpubs.com

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List of references for student, teacher, and administrator Palm use:

A Computer in the Palm of Their Hands
By Kate Crawford & Carolyn Staudt
http://concord.org/1999fall/palm-computer.html

Beaming students won't make teachers smile: The latest classroom
craze - eSchool News staff and wire service reports, Feb. 2000
http://www.eschoolnews.com/archive.html?XP_PUB=eschoolprint&XP_TABLE=2000021
010.db&XP_RECORD=950206437

Handheld Design Awards for Education
CILT: Center for Innovatice Learning Technologies
http://kn.cilt.org/palm99/categories.html

Dick Tracy Goes Digital: Educators Take to PDAs
By Todd Leeuwenburgh, Electronic School, January, 1999.
http://www.electronic-school.com/199901/0199toolsofthetrade.html

Educators Palm Website -- KSU College of Education, Manhattan KS
http://educatorspalm.org/

Handheld Computing for Educational Leaders:
A Tool for Organizing or Empowerment?
By David Pownell and Gerald D. Bailey
To be published in the May 2000 issue of Leading & Learning
with Technology, the monthly journal of the International
Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).
http://educatorspalm.org/leadership/leadarticle.html

More Time to Teach with the H/PC (handheld PC)
By John Woodring, Handheld PC Magazine, September, 1998.
(past issues: Sept. '98)
http://www/hpcmag.com

Palo Alto School Gives Tryout to Palm VII
By Dan Gillmor, The Mercury Center, Silicon Valley News,
December 18, 1999.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/dg121999.htm

Palm Computers Moving From the Workplace to the Classroom
By Andrew Trotter, Education Week, October 27, 1999.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=09palm.h19

Probing Untested Ground
By Carolyn Staudt
http://www.imagiworks.com/prod_ed/stories.html

Record of a "Teachers.Net" chat with Marjan Glavac,
November 13, 1998. Glavac is a teacher, and author of
The Busy Educator's Guide to the World Wide Web.
http://www.teachers.net/archive/glavac4.html

Records of queries and discussions about using handheld
computers in schools, on the EDTECH mailing list for K12
teachers, administrators, and technology coordinators.
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~edweb/
http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/EDTECH.html

Staying on Top of Middle School with My H\PC
by Kirk Cowgill (a 7th grade student), Handheld PC Magazine, September,
1998.
(past issues: Sept. '98)
http://www/hpcmag.com

Synergy Projects & Pocket Computers
By Carolyn Staudt & Sherry Hsi
http://www.imagiworks.com/prod_ed/stories/synergy_project.html

Teacher Talk - Using the Psion 3c (handheld computer) in Primary School,
1998
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Garage/1900/hteachPsi3b.htm

They've Got the Whole World in Their Palms
By Catherine Greenman, NY Times on the Web, 9-2-99
http://www.nytimes.com/ - see archives

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General Palm-User Resources

Palm Guru - reviews of Palm-related products
http://www.palmguru.com/

Palmtops/PDAs at About.com - reviews, links, etc.
http://palmtops.about.com/compute/palmtops/

The Gadgeteer - reviews of Palm-related products
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/palmos.html

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"The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from."

Anton Ninno, Systems Consultant
email: aninno@cnyric.org
315-431-8407 voice & 315-433- 8368 fax
http://www.ocm.cnyric.org/learntech/
Center for Learning Technologies
CNY Regional Information Center
OCM Board of Cooperative Educational Services
6820 Thompson Road, Syracuse, NY 13221