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LINKS FOR PALM Handheld Computers in the Language Arts Curriculum

• Tony Vincent’s website has links to tips for using Palms and more Palm software. http://www.learninginhand.com/
• Language Arts Software in Tony Vincent’s site: http://learninginhand.com/palmsoftware/languagearts.html
• Kathy Schrock’s POWER in the Palm of Your Hand: http://kathyschrock.net/power/
• Arlington  Public Schools – Using Palm Handhelds for Reading, Writing, and Podcasting
• k12 Handhelds
• eBooks – http://k12handhelds.com/ebooks.php
• Book: “Integrating Handhelds into the Writing Curriculum” http://k12handhelds.com/products.php?id=k0004
• Learning at Hand – http://www.learningathand.com/
• Education In Hand: Reading, Writing, and Podcasting (Distric Administration Magazine article)
• Electronic Writing & Communicating Across the Curriculum
• Ideas for Writing: http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/she/mvillasa/activities.htm#Writing
• eReader Software: http://www.ereader.com/product/browse/software

Lesson Plans for Integrating Pam Handheld Computers into the Writing Curriculum

• Write a “Choose Your Own Adventure” Story by Lynn Lary – Literacy (Grades 3-12)
• Creating a Newspaper by Janet Ritchie – All (Grades 6-8)
• Fairy Tales by Shannon Foster – Language Arts – (Grades 3-7)
• Find the Phony: Critical Internet Research Skills – All (Middle School)
• Hear All About It by Lynn Thurber – Language Arts (Grades 6-8)
• Idioms by Sara Write – Literacy (Grades 6-8)
• Invention Persuasive Essay – All (Grades 4-12)
• Investigating a Christmas Carol – Literacy (Grades 6-8)
• LEAP into Journaling by Deborah Tatman – All (Grades 5-10)
• Personal Vocabulary Expansion by Debbie Keith – Literacy (Grades 6-12)
• Poetic Justice by Julie Guthrie – Literacy (Grades 7-8)
• Proud to be an American! by Cindy Strother – Literacy/SS (Grades 6-8)
• Right to Bear Phones by Denice Breaux – Literacy (Grade 7)
• Using the Application Freewrite on the handheld to develop narrative writing skills in diverse learners by Pat Nickerson – Literacy (Grades 4-9)
• Vocabulary: Variety and Venture by Stephanie Beisch – Language Arts (Grades 6-8)

Read about how students at Delmar are using Palm handhelds for math and language arts activities. Students in grades 1-5 have used Palms in various ways. Check out the webpages!

• http://www.globalclassroom.org/2005/palm/literacyapps.html
• http://www.globalclassroom.org/2004/palms/palms.html
  

Other links on handhelds – web articles

• The impact of handhelds on learning
• Digital Handhelds: The Future of Connected Teaching and Learning?
• Student Practices and Their Impact on Learning Spaces
• Handheld Technology in Our Future Teachers’ Hands
• The Impact of Handhelds for Reading Improvement
• Handheld computers and education
• 7,000 Oregon Students Use Palm Handheld Computers
• Handheld computers in the classroom
• Handhelds boost K-12 writing quantity and quality
• Study shows handhelds can increase learning in K-12
• Handhelds impact K-12 Perspective
• Learning with handhelds – Findings from Classroom Research
• Focus on effectiveness – handhelds
• PORTAL for Mobile Learning

Links to books on handhelds

• 101 Great Educational Uses for Your Handheld Computer
  370 page guide for teacher, student, and administrative uses of handhelds
• Administrative Solutions for Handheld Technology in Schools
  by David Pownell & Gerald D. Baily
• Changing How We Teach and Learn with Handheld Computers
  by Carolyn Staudt
• Handhelds for Teachers and Administrators
  Resource for using Palm and Pocket PC handhelds in the K-12 classroom. Part of the Workshop Books series. By Janet Caughlin with Tony Vincent
• Handheld Applications for the Classroom
  Focuses on 43 freeware and shareware Palm applications. by Chris Cuppett
• Handheld Computers and Smartphones in Secondary Schools: A Guide to Hands-on Learning
  by Bard Williams (due by the end of March 2006)
• Integrating Handhelds Across the Curriculum
  by Donna Camp, Karen Fasimpaur, Jackie Jones, and Amy Mann at K12 Handhelds, Inc.
• Integrating Handhelds into the Writing Curriculum
  by K12 Handhelds, Inc.
• Mobile Learning: A Handbook for Educators And Trainers
  by Agnes-Kukulska-Hulme & John Traxler
• Palm Computers in the Elementary Classroom–Curriculum and Strategies
  by Michael Curtis, Janine Kopera, Cathleen Norris & Elliot Soloway
• Palm Handheld Computers—A Complete Resource for Classroom Teachers
  by Michael Curtis, Bard Williams, Cathleen Norris, David O’Leary, & Elliot Soloway focusing on GoKnow Palm software
• Palmtops: Computing @ Every Student
  From FTC Publishing and includes a CD-ROM
• Pocket PC Computers–A Complete Resource for Classroom Teachers
  by Michael Curtis, Adam Gramling, Kyle Reese, Adam Wieczorek, Cathleen Norris & Elliot Soloway
• Tips and Tricks for Using Handhelds in the Classroom
  by Midge Frazel and Joe R. Souza, Jr. from Teacher Created Materials
• Ubiquitous Computing in Education: Invisible Technology, Visible Impact
  by Mark van ‘t Hooft and Karen Swan

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