Bits & Pieces
Monday, October 24, 2005 at 12:36PM 
The October edition of T.H.E. Journal features the article Tech + Imagination = Results by Cathy L. Barlow and Karen S. Wetherill. The piece is about a project at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington where a grant and partnerships have brought innovations like handheld computing into college and K-12 classrooms. The project has a focus on instruction, assessment, and learning.
Registration is now open for the Research Center for Educational Technology's Ubiquitous Computing Conference: Bridging Research and Practice. The conference is December 1 & 2, 2005. I'll be speaking at the conference on Thursday, December 1.
More Dropairs Pair Boards have been posted to Northglide's site, including 50 States Geography by Dale Ehrhart. This Pair Board has students identify states by their name and shape.
Many of you have been looking to purchase the Veo Photo Traveler camera for Palm. Veo no longer produces the camera, but you can get new Photo Traveler cameras for $9 each plus shipping from Surplus Computers. Originally retailing for $99, the Photo Traveler uses a Palm handheld's expansion slot and is compatible with certain models. Although not officially supported, I know that users have has success with newer handhelds like the Tungsten E and C handhelds.
With the new iPods that can play video, video podcasts are becoming more popular. Like regular podcasts, you don't need an iPod to view them. You'll need to copy the video file from iTunes to an expansion card. I use the free The Core Pocket Media Player to view videos on Palm handhelds.
Reader Comments (5)
Hey tony, I sent you the president pairboard this afternoon by email, I'll submit to Northglide in a few days.
Before I bought a Zire 72 I used the Veo on my Tunsten E and it worked OK. It probably about 3/4 of what you get with the Z72. I noticed some new SD Cameras on palmgear a couple of weeks ago. One had a flash but they were fairly expensive.
I use the Core Pocket Media Player. A freeware product called FairUse allows you to rip DVD's and convert its contents to a size that fits on the handheld screen in a fairly straight forward way.
Dale Ehrhart
Tony,
Thanks for the tip on the Veo. Always wanted one. Of course, I had to do a little extra looking around on the Surplus Computers site. Kinda like going into Target or the grocery store for just one item...
It's a cool site. Gotta go back from time-to-time.
Casey
Dale, the presidents Pair Board is really great! There are some I didn't know, but I soon learned them by playing.
Everyone, be sure to keep checking the Northglide.com site for more and more new Pair Boards for Dropairs!
Any suggested new devices for projecting the Palm's screen or the entire image of the Palm while working with with a whole class. I am currently using a document camera ("Elmo") but it is a bit overkill for what I need to disply. I have heard that the Margie (sp?) Presenter is no longer created or supported. Is this true? Any ideas...?
I prefer using a document camera--then there's no software to load and less things can go wrong.
There is a cheap solution, and that's PDAReach. It sends your screen to a Windows computer through the USB cable and then you can project the PC's screen.
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