Palm Resources
Planet 5th - Mr. Vincent's 5th grade class in Omaha Nebraska using Palms in the classroom. See how these students use it every day plus there are many great links and resources for teachers.
http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/p5/index.html
Neal Topp's book "Handhelds in Schools"
http://www.unocoe.unomaha.edu/handhelds/
Kathy Schrock (Discovery School.com) - This page provides educators with resources for effective use of the handheld computer in support of teaching and learning. The site includes supporting Web sites, links to hardware and software sites, books, and training handouts.
http://kathyschrock.net/power/
Books on using Palms in the classroom, especially using Hi-CE and goknow software (see links below).
resource guide for teachers http://iste.org/bookstore/detail.cfm?sku=palmbo
student manual for the software http://iste.org/bookstore/detail.cfm?sku=palmsg
The folks at Hi-CE (Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education at the University of Michigan) are working hard to find new and better ways to effectively use handhelds in education. Use this site as a resource to obtain new freeware, join in discussions about handhelds, and view videos and articles.
http://palm.hice-dev.org/
Quizzler software for making quizzes and other interactive Palm documents (there's a free version and a more expensive expanded version)
http://www.pocketmobility.com/quizzler/
goknow - "powerful learning tools for today's digital kids" -- productivity tools for education (there are free versions and more expensive expanded versions)
http://goknow.com/
5 Star Shareware - The UK's Premier Website for Shareware and Freeware Downloads.
http://www.5star-shareware.com/
Palm Gear - "THE source for your Palm powered world" software, ebooks, devices, accessories,...
http://palmgear.com/
Palm Digital Media (a subsidiary of palmgear.com mentioned above) - Electronic Books for Handheld & Desktop Computers
http://palmdigitalmedia.com/
FreewarePalm - Download free software to your Palm handheld
http://www.freewarepalm.com/
The latest from PalmOne themselves on Palms in education (including educational pricing of their products, comparisons of PalmOS to Pocket PC, success stories, webinars (online, live seminars), news stories, resources)
http://www.palmone.com/us/education/
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