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and Additional Information:
- Download/Install Software
- Handheld Computer Suggestions
- The Gadgetteer
- PDAs in Education
- Quick & Dirty FAQ
- Removing Software
- Teacher and Faculty Testimonials
Palm
News Sites:
Palm
E-Zines/Magazines
Various
Links about Sofware, Programming, and More
4.0Student Action Names Palm OS Edition Antivirus for Palms Avantgo - Download websites into your palm when you hotsync AvantGo Bachmann Software and Services - Bachmann Print Manager - applications to print via the IrDA port or the RS232 port. Canada Palm Users Group, CPUG CEmonster Copilot - Windows PalmPilot Emulator - the Palm OS Emulator. Cutting Edge Software, Inc. DB Viewer - see contents of .pdb/.prc databases on the PalmPilot Education Applications for handhelds ePocrates - for physicians eSchool News Special Report: Handhelds in Education Faulty memory in Palm IIIc, Palm IIIxe, Palm Vx, IBM WorkPad c3, HandSpring Visor Deluxe and TRGpro - Information about the 8 MB DRAM issue GoAmerica Communications GradePoint v2.0 Graffitiaid HackMaster API Handango- software programs for education Handheld Computing in Education Handheld Learning Handheld Systems Archive - Handheld Systems magazine archives HandheldNews.com Handhelds in Schools Hi-CE Palm Pages Hot Pots Palm OS Database for Potters IBM WorkPad - PalmOS devices distributed by IBM. Imageprobe 2.0 - provider of math and science extensions of the Palm InterPUG - Support local Palm User Groups (PUGs) ISTE Publication: Palm Handheld Computers—A Complete Resource for Classroom Teachers K-12 Handhelds Kathy Schrock's Guide to Digital Gadgets LandWare: Newton, Windows CE, PalmPilot and more Learning in Hand Mobile Technology Loan Wizard - Mortgage and loan calculator. Medical Piloteer - Webring Mobile Generation Software - Offers freeware and shareware including MobileDB and Mobile Account Manager for the Palm user. Developers of PalmOS software for the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm IIIx, and Palm V. NearlyMobile - Information about downloading and installing 3rd-party software O'Reilly PalmPilot Center Palm Computing Development Zone - The official development site by 3Com Palm for Academics Palm Medic - Palm Pilot repair and memory upgrades Palm News for Educators Palm OS Application Database and Reviews Palm OS Connected Organizers Palm OS site Palm Pilot og Linux Palm Pilot Tutorial - Getting Started Palm Success Stories in K-12 Education Palm TipSheet Palm(Pilot) Links Palm.com Palm.com: Print & Online Resources Palm: Software Development: Alternatives to C PalmLaw - A virtual legal community for PalmPilot users PalmPilot Development Tools and Article PalmPilot Newswire PalmPilot Survival Guide PalmPiloteer PalmPower Magazine PalmStation.Com - Updated daily Palmzone Bulgaria - Software, multilanguage dictionaries, games PDA Central PDA Resources pdaED PDAGeek Pen Computer Solutions Peripheral Brain Peters Pilot Pages Philadelphia, PHILAPUG Pilot Software Development by Darrin Massena PilotWeb Guide PilotZone PocketC (Orbworks Power to the Palm - hardware setup Probesight.concord.org - battery-powered ultrasonic ranging device, Temperature Probe, Light probe, and Digital Multimeter. QuartusRay's PalmPilot Software Archive River Run Software Secrets of the Palm Smallware SPT Series - Scanner- and wireless network-integrated Palm OS devices Starfleet Pilot - PalmPilot site with a Star Trek theme Syncable Solutions - cables and adapters for Palm PDAs TealPoint Software Technology Resource Group The Palm Tree - software, news, information. ThoughtManager for Teachers - Manage classroom tasks, homework records, behavior logs, parent phone calls, etc.Create & organize lesson plans & classroom activities using templates that are included. Design standards-based assessments that inform instruction. Teach students note-taking, group collaboration skills, research steps, vocabulary skills, text-book reading, hierarchical information storage (outlining), time management, & more Share your outlines, activities, ideas, agendas, lesson plans by beaming them, sending them via email or posting them on this Web site. Tiny Viewer - TinyViewer supports zooming out to help you view large images. Translation Dictionary - Over 60 languages TRG Undocumented Pilot VFDIDE Washington University Medical Palm Initiative
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- news:comp.sys.pen
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- A comparison of the postures assumed when using laptop computers and desktop computers - Applied Ergonomics
- A Laptop in Every Schoolbag
- Active Assessment for Active Science A Guide for Elementary School Teachers - George E. Hein and Sabra Price.
- Anywhere, Anytime Learning - Microsoft
- Beaufort County SchoolBook Foundation
- Beth Tfiloh Laptop Pilot Program
- Cincinnati Country Day School
- Computer in a backpack: Once Expensive Toys of Business Executives... - Seattle Times Eastside Bureau
- Computer Kids - PC Magazine Online
- Computers boost kids' test scores -CNN
- Communicating and Collaborating Online - PBS TeacherLine
- District's Laptop 'Plan' Is Idea Whose Time Has Not Come - Education Week
- Doors open today on Stanford's big experiment - The Seattle Times
- Electronic Laboratory Notebooks for Collaborative Research
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eSchoolNews.com
- The #1 News Source For K-12 Technology and Internet Decision Makers
-
Federal
Way Public Schools - Every Student...World-Class Skills
- Fostering the Use of Educational Technology: Elements of a National Strategy - Thomas K. Glennan and Arthur Melmed
- George Lucas Educational Foundation - "The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) is a nonprofit operating foundation that documents and disseminates models of the most innovative practices in our nation's K-12 schools. We serve this mission through the creation of media -- from films, books, and newsletters, to CD-ROMS. Our Web site contains all of our multimedia content published since 1997."
- Behind the Scenes at a Laptop School - George Lucas Educational Foundation, How The Mott Hall School makes laptop learning a reality.
- Laptops for All- George Lucas Educational Foundation,A commitment to projects and widespread use of laptop computers has spelled success for students at The Mott Hall School in New York City.
- Start With the Pyramid - George Lucas Educational Foundation,M.I.T.’s distinguished Professor Seymour Papert is among a growing group of scholars who support project-based learning, in which students move from hands-on work to abstract thinking by solving real-world problems.
- Marc Briller on Project-Based Learning - George Lucas Educational Foundation, Marc Briller, staff professional developer at The Mott Hall School in New York City, describes this laptop school’s approach to professional development, computer maintenance, and other logistical issues.
- Mirian Acosta-Sing on Project-Based Learning - George Lucas Educational Foundation, Mirian Acosta-Sing, principal of The Mott Hall School in New York City, discusses how the adoption of a laptop computer model has transformed her school.
- Sandra Skea on Project-Based Learning - George Lucas Educational Foundation, Sandra Skea, a fifth-grade teacher at The Mott Hall School in New York City, describes an interdisciplinary project.
- Growing Presence in the Classroom - Seattle Times Eastside Bureau
- Guidelines for laptop use - Villa Academy
- How to Use the Internet in Your Classroom
- How to Pick the Perfect Notebook - Joel Dreyfus
- Integrating Laptops Into Multiple Subject Areas: Thoughts From Teachers and Students
- Instructional Facilities Improvements Project REQUEST- A notebook solution at Penn State Allentown
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Join
Email Discussion Lists for Laptop Schools
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K-12
Laptop Schools
- Learning with Laptops
- Laptop Comfort Zones - New York Times (Requires a cookie)
- Laptop Computers for Every Student - Education World
-
Laptop
Computers in Schools - Impact on Instructional Practices and Student Learning
- Laptop computers in the hands of 600 undergraduate teacher education students - University of Missouri
- Laptops in the Classroom - Center for Media Research, Germany
- Laptop Learning Challenge - This page tells you how to use a limited number of laptops in the classroom, how to care for and protect laptops, and how to facilitate student communication on computers.
- Laptop Learning: Anywhere Anytime Learning
- Laptop Use Shows Increases in Student Learning
- Laptops and Students w/ Motor problems
- Laptops in Ma 112 - Linear Algebra with Computers
- Laptops may soon become standard for students
- Laptops: a learning experience
- Laptops: learning tool or lap of luxury? - Seattle Times South Bureau
- Learning by Laptop - Time.com
- Learning with Laptops - Group Process Data, Pepperdine
-
Lessons
on Laptops - Christian Science Monitor
- Linux on Laptops - This is an index of information and documentation of interest to those who now use or are considering using the Linux operating system on a notebook or laptop computer.
- Mandating Computer Ownership At Law Schools: A Survey - James E. Duggan
- Mobile Teaching and Learning Using Notebook Computers, University of Minnesota
- Moving Toward a Mobile Teaching and Learning Environment: Using Notebook Computers - Donald Sargeant
- Networking All the Way Home
- New Laptops And Printers Target Kids - Doug Olenick
- Notebook Initiative - Report of the Faculty Senate, Villinova (Bad cookie)
- One Computer Per Student
- Personal Computing in Australian Schools
- Planning and Implementing Computer Orientation for a Laptop Campus: The Wake Forest University ThinkPad Project
- Private School Touts Classroom Of The Future - TechWeb
- Project PULSE: One Student, One Laptop - National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education
- Providing Access to Portable Tools Collection
- Pupil use of laptop computers - Laptop Project in Brauer College, Victoria, Australia
- R.I. Teachers To Get Free Laptop Computers - Education Week
-
Research
on Laptop Learning
- School District 45, West Vancouver, B.C.
- School is More than a Place - Laptops in Teacher Education
- Schools May Not Be Ready for a Laptop in Every Backpack
- Schools Plug In to Technology Trend: Student Laptops - Education Week
- Schools take part in laptop pilot program - USA Today
- Schools with laptops (Searchable database of laptop schools by Microsoft)
- School-to-Work Transition in Rural Communities - Bruce Miller
- Search for Laptop Schools!
- Students toting a new book: notebook computer - Dallas Morning News
- Survey of physical ergonomics issues associated with school children's' use of laptop computers - Courtenay Harrisa and Leon Strake
- The Bishop Strachan School
- The effect of using laptop computers on achievement, attitude to science and classroom environment in science - Darrell Fisher and Ed Stolarchuk
-
The
Laptop Fallacy
- The New Curriculum - "...started in the spring of 2001 by John Raymond, an educational technology consultant living in Connecticut. The site is designed to provide essential resources to help teachers integrate technology into their classes, including annotated links and a biweekly column or two on practical tech-integration ideas. You will also find columns on issues, such as leadership and school policies, that are important to the successful integration of technology at schools. We hope you find the site to be useful and would love to hear from you regarding suggestions, general feedback or comments on columns."
- Laptop Programs: An Alternate View
- Marcus Muster on Laptop Programs
- Rick Beattie on Laptop Programs
- Teaching with Laptops
- Leadership in the Successful Laptop Program
- Interview with David Loader, Former Principal of Methodist Ladies College
- Interview with David Loader, Former Principal of Methodist Ladies College
- Interview with Jerry Crystal
- The Editor's Column: Classroom Management in the Modern Classroom
- The Editor's Column: Using Databases as a Thinking Tool
- Interview with J. Duke Albanese, Commissioner of Education of the State of Maine
- Tick, Tick, Tick...Making the Most of Your Precious Lab Time
- Interview with Craig Nansen
- Forums and Listservs
- Rick Beattie on the One-Computer Classroom
- Redefining the Reality Principle
- Teaching Reflection in the Age of Information Overload
- The Voice of the Student: An Untapped Resource in Teaching
- Technology Teaching Concepts, Ltd.
- The Paperless Classroom
- The wearable remembrance agent - Are laptops/notebooks on the way out? See the MIT study about wearable computers.
- Toshiba/NSTA Laptop Learning Challenge
- Trevor Day School
- Ubiquitous Computing, Laptops, and IT in Higher Education
- Using the Web for High School Student Writers
- Vision III - A pilot test of systemwide student laptop lease/purchase programs at Penn State
- Wireless/Laptop Technology Tested in Schools
