Web Resources for Handheld Computers in the Classroom
Following is a brief list of resources from a selection of websites. The list contains a variety of topics.
http://www.palmone.com/us/education/studies/study59.html Here is an article (on the PalmOne site) about one teacher's success using HHC's in the class for a wide variety of topics.
https://my.avantgo.com/home/ AvantGo is a free service that lets you download certain website content to your HHC.
http://www.handheldcomputerdepot.com/buyingguide.html A brief description of and buying guide for HHC's. A bit dated but good information.
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/electronics/handheld_computers_pda/ Another guide with good descriptions and recommendations on buying current HHC models.
http://www.k12handhelds.com/101list A list of 101 different uses for HHC's
http://www.k12handhelds.com/grants.php Information about grants for educational technology.
http://palmgrants.sri.com/PEP_Final_Report.pdf A PDF file of the Final Report for the Palm Education Pioneers program. The report indicates the positive and negative aspects of using HHC's in the classroom.
http://caret.iste.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=answers&QuestionID=1 One of many Q&A's about the effects of Technology integration on student performance. HHC's, along with other technologies, play an important part of these studies.
http://www.iste.org/LL/28/7/32s/index.cfm Making Palm-Sized Computers the PC of Choice for K–12 --An article from ISTE's Learning and Leading with Technology magazine. (Note you need a membership # for access)

http://palm.atu.edu/Astronomy.htm An Astronomy lesson plan using HHC's.
http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=software.showsoftware&prodid=1663 The place to get the Astronmy software for the PalmOS for the above lesson plan.
   

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