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| The Basics of the PDA--What the teacher has to know first |
1
(.25 hr.) |
What's in the Box
•Parts of the Palm and accessories
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2
(.75 hr.) |
The Basics of the PDA
•Address Book
•Calendar & To Do
•Memo Pad
•Note Pad
•Difference between Memo Pad & Note Pad
•Entering text with the tapboard
•Entering text with Graffitti
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3
(.5 hr.) |
Beaming
•Beam entries
•Beam software
•Giraffe |
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4
(.25 hr.) |
Syncing
•Installing software from a CD
•Syncing software and syncing data
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5
(.25 hr.) |
Syncing Some More
•Using Palm Desktop Software
--Calendar
--To Do
--Address
--Memo Pad
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6
(.25 hr.) |
Downloading software from the web & syncing
•GoKnow software
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Demo, freeware, shareware, purchased
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| The Handheld Computer as a Tool for Learning |
7
(.5 hr.) |
Analogy Activity |
PowerPoint for Analogy Activity |
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8
(1 hr.) |
GoKnow software
demo |
Core HLE Productivity Tools: Freewrite, PiCoMap, Sketchy, FlingIt
Expanded HLE Productivity Tools: Cells, iKWL, Locker, ViewPoint |
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Tony Vincent
Search the sites and/or the book.
Find something (a resource, a lesson plan, an idea,...) that interests you and be ready to share it
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Planet 5th - Mr. Vincent's 5th grade class in Omaha Nebraska using
Palms
in the classroom. See how these students use technology every day.
http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/p5/index.html
Mr. Vincent has a website "Learning In Hand" that is a compilation of
"resources for using handheld computers in schools". Here you'll find
his blog with recent activities, ideas, and new products that he's
learned about. Plus, he has links to hardware, software, and lesson
plan resources for using handheld computers in the classroom (and much
more).
http://learninginhand.com/
Mr. Vincent also has a book out that he's co-authored with Janet
Caughlin.
It is being distributed by Tom Snyder Publications. It's really great,
IMHO.
http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/product.asp?SKU=JANHAN
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10
(.25 hr.) |
Palm Books
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Palm Reader, mobipocket, e-reader
University of Virginia's free Ebook Library - "1,800 publicly-available
ebooks from the University of Virginia Library's Etext Center,
including classic British and American fiction, major authors,
children's literature, American history, Shakespeare, African-American
documents, the Bible, and much more."
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/
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11
(.25 hr.) |
DataViz
Documents to Go |
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12
(1 hr.) |
Learning Activity |
Find an existing learning activity that utilizes handhelds well, or find one and modify, or create one of your own
Learning activity documentation |
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Additional resources
http://theresaoverall.org/mywork/tlo/palm/
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