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houseofbuck.com Trash or Treasure

Trash or Treasure

Do Palm Pilots Still Have a Viable Life in the Classroom


Summery The Palm Pilot was becoming popular several years

ago as an educational aid

Has the newer, flashier iTouch relegated the Palm Pilots to the landfill?

Certainly NOT!

This presentation will share various ideas and resources (many of them free) that will breath new life into some older technology


Palm Zire 31 iTouch


The Three “R”s


Reading

Plucker - free e-book reader for Palm OS based handheld devices

Project Gutenberg


Writing

Graffiti Practice that comes on the Palm


Math

Math Card – Four Function drill and PracticeAngles – Guess the angle

LcmGcf – Determine the Least Common Multiple or Greatest Common Factor of Two Numbers

Fraction Math Time (Shareware14.95)


Science

Chem Table - Periodic Table

Weather Calculator

Planetarium

Monophase


Social Studies

Herbert's 50 U. S. States (Shareware14.95)

Herbert and the Presidents (Shareware 9.95)


Documents To Go

http://www.dataviz.com/ 49.99


Music

Fret Trainer

CDB Fret

Mini Score

Palm Tuner

Chords


Drawing

SproutPaint

Sketchy


Resources


K12 Handhelds

http://www.k12handhelds.com/index.php

Provides schools with integrated solutions for mobile technology use in education

101 GREAT Educational Uses for Your Handheld Computer


FreewarePalm.com

http://www.freewarepalm.com/


http://www.edteck.com/palm/software.htm


http://www.beret.com/downloads.php


Free Games

http://www.methodshop.com/games/reviews/palmgames/index.shtml


Questions


Thank You

Dr. Lisa Buck

West Blocton High School

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