Lesson Resources and Tutorials

Over the past year, many experts have provided materials to help teachers integrate the handheld into all curricular areas. Below you will find resources that will provide lessons or suggestions for developing your own lessons into your specific curricular area. Also provided are instructions for the use of various programs.

Palm Handheld Computers, Michael Curtis, Bard WIlliams, Cathleen Norris, David O'Leary, and Elliot Soloway, ISTE Publications, 2002.

101 Great Educational Uses for Your Handheld Computer, Karen Fasimpaur, K12 Handhelds, K12 Handhelds, Inc., Long Beach, CA, 2003.

Idea Bank - PEP Palm Education Pioneer Grants,2000-2001, SRI International, http://www.palmgrants.sri.com/ideabank.html.

Technology and Learning Magazine Series of Handheld Articles in PDF format:
Vol. 1- 2002 - The Next New Thing
Vol. 2 - 2002 - A Computer in Every Hand
Vol. 3 - 2002 - The New Literacies
Vol. 4 - 2002 - Students Learn in Many Ways
Vol. 5 - 2002 - Reseached Based Handhelds

Part 6 - 2003 - Collaborative Learning
Part 7 - Top 10 Reasons to use Handhelds
Part 8 - Every Child Can Learn
Part 9 - NCLB and the Future of Learning
Part 10 - Information Processing
Part 11 - Hands-On Science
Part 12 - 21st Century Learning

Tutorials for various programs in alphabetic order:

Docs to Go

eBook and Palm Reader - PDF

FlingIt

PicoMap

Quizzler - Quizzler PDF

Sketchy

TealPaint

ThoughtManager