Can eBooks Help Reluctant Readers?

Kathy Schrock wrote a two-page article about eBooks in the current issue of i.e. magazine from SMART Technologies. E-Readers: Can Electronic Books Help Reluctant Readers? starts on page 10. Certainly the answer to the title of the article is a resounding yes!

Kathy mentions Dr. Terry Cavanaugh's book, The Digital Reader: Using E-books in K-12 Education. The book is full of advice and resources for teachers. It offers a list of five strategies for high school teachers to support reluctant readers. Though, these strategies can surely be used for all readers. Kathy briefly explains the strategies:

• Offer a wide range of reading materials.
• Use pre-reading techniques.
• Incorporate large-print materials.
• Engage multiple modalities.
• Teach important vocabulary.

Kathy summaries why eBooks are great for students: "The use of electronic books and the myriad of features available, can be of help to all students. The ability to access reference material while they are reading, highlight text with a virtual highlighter for note-taking and studying, and create a side note within the e-book to come back to later, are all key factors that enhance student's reading ability."

You can download the Autumn 2006 edition of i.e. magazine in PDF format. You can have a paper edition mailed to you by subscribing for free here.

Extra Graffiti Strokes Reference

Just as they post manuscript and cursive alphabets for student reference, many handheld-using teachers post Graffiti 2® alphabet and number references in their classrooms. I created a PDF that anyone can download, print, and cut out. Posting the Graffiti 2 strokes with the alphabet reference classroms already have is great for students. They don't have to access the help screen or fumble for handouts; it's only 60° head turn away.

The PDF I've provided only has letters and numbers. Chris Cuppett, a technology integration coach from Wicomico Schools in Maryland, has made a document with 18 more Graffiti 2 strokes, including many for punctuation and mathematics. You can download it here. Chris sent me some photos of how he posts the Graffiti strokes outside of his office. Click for larger photos. (Chris is author of the new book, Handheld Applications for the Classroom, FYI)

Handheld Learning U.K. - Day Two

The second day of the Handheld Learning Conference 2006 was held Friday, October 13. A full morning was planned with speakers taking the stage every 20 minutes! Thursday's sessions were mostly about policy and technology. Friday's sessions were more for educators and had examples of learning with handheld devices. Here are some notes I thought I'd share:

• Martin Ripley spoke about 21st Century Learning. Martin talked about a better definition of 21st Century Learning that not only includes books, spelling, and mental math, but also problem solving (with technology). Recently Britain's science standards have been called "more suitable for the pub than for the classroom." Britain has an assessment system not unlike the U. S.'s. Instead of "No Child Left Behind," they have "Every Child Matters." From speaking to delegates to the conference, it seems that the U.K. often follows the U.S. lead in education (and I love the word delegate to describe a conference attendee--it implies that those in attendance take what they learn back to others).
• There is one project in the U.K. that seems to be mentioned every few minutes in each presentation. It's the Learning2Go Project in Wolverhampton school that currently has 1,000 devices in the hands of students. David Whyley spoke about "The Wolverhampton Experience." The project has been a big success, especially with teachers and students. David says that teacher training is the most important part of their initiative. Wolverhampton seems to use a lot of multimedia and websites with their Pocket PCs. I've noticed many Fujutsu Siemens Pocket PCs around the conference and those are the devices that Wolverhampton students use. Wolverhampton schools have noticed better students behavior and a positive impact on reading as a result of their project.
• Wolverhampton has five points of its vision for their mobile learning initiative:
  • Enable "learning without boundaries..."
  • Bridging learning between home and school.
  • Learners -- using technology as if it were second natures.
  • Tapping into the learners' culture.
  • Improved achievement and attainment via raised aspirations and motivated learners and their families.
• Gerry Gray from Court Moor School spoke about teaching with Tablet PCs. Tablet PCs run a version of Microsoft Windows that you can write on with a stylus. While I think Tablet PCs are pretty darn cool, I think they are just too expensive for schools--they are more costly than laptops. In a perfectly funded world, I think Tablet PCs would be a wonderful learning tool. Gerry showed an electronic textbook that her students can write and draw on. How useful! Gerry showed many other examples of her students' work. I'm jealous of what she and her students can do with their computers! Students use Microsoft Office OneNote to make pages that can contain typing, handwriting, drawings, images, and videos!
• "Stealth teaching" was mentioned where learning is made so fun, that students don't know they are learning. Personally, I think learning should be fun just by its very nature. Hopefully it doesn't need to be done covertly and students realize they are learning and love it. I believe in telling students learning objectives for each lesson so they know that whatever activity we're doing, there is an educational reason. I think of a video I made with my fifth grade students telling about their favorite Palm applications where, even though its the last day of school, they remember exactly what or how they learned using a particular piece of software.
• Three gentleman from Bradford talked about their KS4 PDA Project. The school paid for the handhelds, but parents pay for the insurance. Kids talking to each other is important. It was noted that when you take students into a computer lab, 30 students can quickly disappear--you can't see them because of "all of the kit." With handheld devices, students can still see one another and does not cut off communication. They told about a great field trip experience where some students visited a museum with smartphones. The students took photos and blogged right from the museum with the devices. Then students who were left at the school would read the blog and text message the field trippers questions to ask the docents or ask to take more photos of certain items. It sounds like everyone, whether they went on the trip or stayed at school, learned a lot!
• Professor Miguel Nussbaum from Universidad Catolica de Chile showed an exciting series of applications for Pocket PCs called Edunova. It's based on students working in groups of three. Through Wi-Fi and a server, students interact with questions where all three exchange answers and then must agree on a final solution. The teacher's Pocket PC displays a color-coded matrix showing what's going on in each group. This is going to be a great tool as it elicits student discussion and has a great teacher management piece.
• Stephen Carrick-Davies Chief Executive, Childnet International, spoke about online safety issues. Stephen says the real danger of the Internet is that adults will focus on the dangers and forget the benefits.
• I spoke about my five reasons for loving handheld computers. These include freeing the computer lab, teacher tools, free software, engaging activities, and animations. I've given this speech many times in the states, but this was first time abroad and by far the shortest time I've had to showcase why handhelds are great for teaching and learning. Aside from a few other speakers like Gerry Gray, I was the only one to really talk about hardware and software. In fact, most speakers emphasized that its not about the technology and all about learning. So true. However, teachers need to know the capabilities of the devices so they can plan learning activities! Most delegates didn't realize that they can run Palm OS applications using StyleTap and were very excited with what they saw. I wish I had more time to share other pieces of software.
• Paula Bouw, School of Education Leiden University Applied Sciences, presented "Innovation in Education? Please, switch on your cell phones!" There has been a lot of talking of using cell phones in learning. I was told that virtually all U.K. 12 year olds and up have mobile phones, so it makes sense that schools would try to use these as learning tools. The cell phone activities focused on taking photos and movies with cell phones. Students could share these via Bluetooth. One example was making an English ABC book. She shared a quote, "A photo is worth a thousand teachers." Students know that they learn a lot from images. To me, learning activities that use cell phones seem somewhat contrived. Smartphones, on the other hand, can so much more and right now, but those aren't the kinds of phones students already have (yet). But, if all of the students already have a mobile device, why not use it as a digital camera and messaging system?
• Representatives from Wireless Generation spoke about their mClass Assessment software for Palm handhelds. They claim 100,000 teachers are currently using mClass learning in the U.S. and growing 75% per year. What I like is that when teachers use software to help them do their job like mClass, they begin to see how handhelds could be used by students for learning. 100,000 is a lot of potential handheld-using classrooms.
• There was very little talk of Palm handhelds. In fact, I was the only a very few speakers even uttered the word "Palm." Pocket PCs are certainly the way schools in the U.K. are going. With the Edunova system mentioned above, I can see that Pocket PCs are getting content, software, and abilities that aren't available on Palm handhelds. Furthermore, with the availability of the StyleTap platform, Pocket PC users can run most Palm OS applications. Today there really are no barriers to going the Pocket PC route. In fact, Fujitsu Siemens is making the EDA, a Pocket PC made just for schools. The EDA is rugged and comes with a suite of software much like HLE from GoKnow, including Inspiration and an animation program. The EDA syncs using software that will allow multiple types of devices to sync content called Red Halo. Red Halo will use a local school server through Wi-Fi for students and teachers to access online. The EDA will ship in January, but after talking with sales reps, it may not be available in the U.S. If the EDA is successful in the Europe, it might be sold in the U.S.
• Podcasts for each of the keynote sessions are available online. Presentations slide shows are available as well.

I absolutely enjoyed the conference and my time in London! As you can see, I learned a lot. I'm honored to have been a speaker and look forward to being involved in the Handheld Learning 2007 conference.

Soft Reset #16: Q & A

Soft Reset #16: Q & A is now online. Tony and Mike answer email questions about common and not-so-common issues with Palm handhelds and Pocket PCs. Then listen to summer conference-goers explain what they learned about handheld computing.

Show Notes:

• Tony's Tip: When you have questions about handhelds, online discussion forums are a great place to visit. For technical questions, try the Brighthand, Pocket PC Magazine, and PalmInfocenter forums.
• Mike's Tip: Check Palm and Windows Mobile knowledge bases before calling tech support. Cite the knowledge base number to speed your time on the phone.
• Tony and Mike don't know any software filters for the Internet for Wi-Fi enabled handhelds.
• Concept Mapping Software: PiCoMap (Palm & Windows Mobile), Inspiration (Palm & Windows Mobile), and Idea Pad (Palm only)
• Sketchy is a great program for making animations. Can you make a text box larger?
• Listen to short audio clips recorded with Tony's Palm TX from two conferences this summer: SuccessLink's 4th Annual Handheld Conference and the Mid-Atlantic Handheld Conference.
• Visit Soft Reset's Discussion Forum to discuss the show!
• Leave a voicemail for us to play on the show! 206-333-1942
• Email Tony and Mike at softresetpodcast@gmail.com.

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Handheld Learning U.K. - Day One

The Handheld Learning 2006 Conference was held October 12 and 13 in London, England. I had the pleasure of attending and presenting. This is the largest conference dedicated to handheld computing and learning I have ever attended. Nearly 600 conference-goers gathered at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center, right down the street from Buckingham Palace and Big Ben in Central London. Graham Brown-Martin and his team did a fabulous job organizing this event!

I presented a workshop, "Look What I Can Do For Free" that demonstrated many of the great freeware applications that are out there for handhelds. I focused on applications for the Palm OS, although it seemed most conference delegates are Pocket PC users. Those who use Pocket PCs can run most Palm applications using the StyleTap Platform.

As you know I like to do after conference, allow me to share some highlights from the two days. Here's information from Thursday, October 12:

• It was nice to see that the conference was supported by large companies like Microsoft, Apple, Palm, Samsung, and Fujitsu. The U.K. Department of Education and Skills also helped with the conference.
• Doug Brown, Head of Learning Technologies, Technology Group, says that sometime soon we will not be having conferences about computers. It's not like we have conferences for other tools like pencils. Doug tells the story that things besides the actual technology need to change. He told the story from 20 years ago where there was one computer in a classroom. He worked with educators and told one teacher that the computer could be used by students as they finish the lesson. The teacher said, "That won't work. Students do not move in my classroom." Though most teachers are past this attitude, there are more changes to make for mobile learning to be most useful to students. U.K.'s computer to pupil ratio is 6 to 1 for primary and 3.5 to 1 for secondary. It seems that 1 to 1 is the goal. However, most people have more than one computer. So, is 1 to 1 the right target?
• Professor Stephen Heppell presented the keynote address. His daughter recently became a teacher. If you take the processing power of all of the computers she had in primary school, that power is exceeded by one of today's mobile phones. Stephen posted an interesting slide that said, "In the next 30 years more children will leave school than in all history." What we do in schools in the next 30 years really does matter! Go to heppell.net for some videos of great learning projects called Be Very Afraid.
• Tony Parkin, Head of ICT Development, Specialist Schools & Academies Trust, made a great point. Like in the U.S., the U.K. has had many pilot projects with handheld learning. Tony says that with so many pilots, it's about time this plane gets off the ground! I've seen many pilot projects and I do hope that handhelds take off and go mainstream because I know what it's like to teach with a room full of them--rewarding, exciting, engaging, worthwhile, etc.
• Vanessa Pittard, Director of Evidence & Evaluation at Becta, presented about evaluating handheld learning projects in schools. She says we are learning a lot more about handheld learning, but there is still much more to learn. To expand handheld learning in schools, Vanessa says that in order for it to go mainstream, its results need to be repeatable. Right now most projects are in classrooms with teachers who are enthusiasts for technology or certain learning approaches. Vanessa explains that technology should not be a solution looking for a problem. Educators should identify problems and see what technology may be the solution.
• Professor Terry Russell, CRIPSAT, University of Liverpool, presented "Evidence for Efficacy: Some Thoughts." He uses the term "embedded" when referring to effectively and consistently using handheld computers. He showed several videos of handhelds being used by students. He showed a video of students video recording a P.E. class. The thing is that the class was playing floor hockey. Looked like a handheld disaster waiting to happen with the pucks and sticks going every which way! One of the benefits of handhelds going home, parents have a better connection with their children. The student can show exactly what they did in school right there on the handheld.
• "These Things We Know" by Professor Angela McFarlane, University of Bristol was presented via video link from Oslo. I was thrilled to learn that Futurelab will be publishing a Handhelds Handbook in the next few months. It will have information from school projects and research from 30+ projects. Angela explained that handheld computers can't just be dropped off one day and have your program be successful. Having a plan, technology support, and professional development are very important. It's difficult to manage small numbers of handhelds when there isn't one for each student. Those projects have not been as successful. Professional development time for learning to use a handheld is quite short. But time for collaboration with other handheld-using teachers has been found to be important. It's also important that the whole school support the project, even from those who are not involved with the project. This is especially important in secondary schools where teachers share students. Angela states something I always recommend: have spare devices around to swap in just in case a handheld breaks and needs to be sent away for repair.
• Graham Brown-Martin started his "From Here to Ubiquity" presentation with the assertion that by 2012 the desktop computer as we know it will be dead. We used Qwizdom handsets to instantly vote whether we agreed or disagreed with Graham's statement. It was really interesting to watch the graphs grow as we voted.
• The first day of the conference finished with an industry panel discussion with panelists from Microsoft, Apple, Symbian, Samsung, Sony, and Nokia. PSP. Chris Deering, the chair of the panel, asked the representatives of the companies about non compatibility among their devices. The person from Sony made a good point that the devices can all display file formats like jpeg photos and mpeg videos. Those are the types of files educators will need to stick to.
• Podcasts for each of the keynote sessions are available online.

The entire program (or programme as the British spell it) is available online if you'd like to read about the conference presentations. The Handheld Learning Conference is an extension of the Handheld Learning website and forums. Be sure to check out all of the conversations at this active site!

Handhelds Rise as Educational Tool

There's a great article published in The Daily Times. PDAs Rise as Educational Tool by Monique Lewis (published September 24, 2007) features the use of Palm handhelds in Wicomico County school system in Salisbury, Maryland. I like these kinds of newspaper articles because they are written to get the public interested in educational handheld computing and give clear examples of how handhelds are used in classrooms.

Integration Coach Chris Cuppett is mentioned in the article and you may want to check out his book, Handheld Applications for the Classroom. Patti Weeg is also quoted in The Daily Times article. She's a technology teacher at Delmar Elementary. Her website, Palms, a HANDy Way to Learn, has lots of goodies for you to download.

Using handhelds at your school? Consider inviting the media to see what handheld computing is all about. If your article turns out as good as PDAs Rise as Educational Tool, you'll probably build more support for your program!

M-Learn Blog & Video

Jonathan Nalder is an educator from Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia. He posted a comment on my Additions to the Blogosphere post with a link to this own blog about mobile learning, M-Learn. Built with iWeb, Jonathan has been posting to his blog since March 2006. He has a two-part post (Part 1 and Part 2) about mobile learning on the cheap and his search for the exact device for educational needs. He settled on the Palm Z22 and has been using them with students since July. Recently Jonathan posted a video overview of the Palm Z22 and its use at his school. The video also gives a quick demonstration of the NinePoll application. The video is available from the free video hosting site, YouTube.

Free Dictionary & Thesaurus

Many Palm users are familiar with the free dictionary, Noah Lite. Noah Lite has 30,000 words, but no pronunciation guide or example sentences. Noah Lite was the free version to interest you in the $20 Noah Pro. Noah Pro has definitions of 122,000 words, a colorful display, examples, synonyms, and more. Unlike Noah Lite, you can run Noah Pro from an expansion card, which is helpful since it is 5MB in size. Unfortunately, ArsLexis is no longer in business and Noah Lite is no longer available. However, they have made the full version of Noah Pro available for free! Download it here.

Noah Pro has a "Resident mode" where you can highlight a word in another application, do the command bar stroke in Graffiti, and tap the N icon in the bar. Noah Lite then launches and looks up that word. Unfortunately, I could not get this function to work properly on my Palm TX. I did, however, set Noah Pro's Startup Action preference to "clipboard" so that whenever I launch Noah Pro, it displays the word that I last copied. Pretty handy if you ask me!

In addition, ArsLexis offered a thesaurus with 48,000 words. Thesaurus is now available for free as well! It will take up about 400k of memory, either on a card or in your Palm handheld's main memory.

Noah Pro and Thesaurus come with detailed documentation so you can explore all of the features they have to offer. Be aware, that just like many complete dictionaries, words that you would never want to hear come out of children's mouths are clearly defined in Noah Pro and Thesaurus.

Pocket PC users, don't forget you can download the free Encarta Pocket Dictionary. iPod users don't have a free dictionary offering, but for $10, you can have the Merriam-Webster's Pocket Dictionary on your 'pod.

Constitution Day Materials

K12 Handhelds is once again offering free curriculum materials. This time it's for September 18th's Constitution Day. The materials can be used on Palm and Windows Mobile handhelds as well as desktops and laptops! The materials includes:

• Constitution quiz (in Quizzler format)
• Recordings of the constitution and amendments (in MP3 format)
• Web pages about the Constitution (in Plucker/FlingIt format)
• Interactive eBooks about the making and text of the Constitution (in Mobipocket format, which downloading for Palm OS on a Mac was impossible for me-I had to do use a Windows machine to install Mobipocket)

There are lots of goodies to be had, so K12 Handhelds provides a one-page handout with ways you can use their free resources. Some of the suggested activities include:

• Have students create their own quiz about the Constitution in Quizzler. Then have them beam each other their quizzes. (This is a good way to reinforce key concepts that is fun for kids.)
• Have students use the highlighting function in MobiPocket to highlight the main ideas in the “Making of the Constitution” ebook. (To highlight text in MobiPocket, just select it and hold. Then select highlight from the pop-up menu.)
• Have students identify a current events issue that has Constitutional implications (for example, immigration or issues related to terrorism or the war in Iraq). Give them resources to research this issue (online articles, newspapers, etc.; Plucker works well for this on the handhelds). Then have them produce a final product that identifies the Constitutional issues, takes a position, and gives support for that position. The final product can be a written paper, a PowerPoint presentation, or a podcast.

It's so nice that K12 Handhelds makes these resources freely available. Thanks K12 Handhelds! I know a lot of educators will put these materials to good use!

Introducing Handheld Computing

Last week I had the absolute pleasure of introducing handheld computing to seventh and eight graders at Bethune School in Phoenix. Bethune recently purchased Tungsten E2s for each of their seventh and eighth graders. They also have two classroom sets of handhelds for grades K-6. The challenge was that I had only 45 minutes per class to introduce handheld computing and have them use the Tungsten Es for the first time.

Before students touched the handhelds, I used my slide show comparing the E2 with the computer I had in school, the Apple IIe. It continues to amaze me that the E2 has 200 times the processing power, 256 times the RAM, a much higher resolution screen, and a much lower price tag. I also gave a quick lecture on how to treat handhelds. Like a $200 egg, the E2 should not be thrown into desks and backpacks. Always place the stylus in the silo when not in use so you don't lose it. Also, only the stylus should touch the screen; other objects can scratch the screen and your fingers will leave smudges. An important safety tip is to not leave the handheld on the corner of your desk. Someone could walk by and brush up against it. The handheld will go flying off the desk and can become damaged. The one cracked screen we've ever had at Willowdale was because a handheld was bumped off a desk by someone walking to get a Kleenex.

After convincing students that they had real computers in front of them that needed special care, it was time to turn them on. With 45 minutes, I didn't have time to teach all of the basics of the Palm OS. But I haven't been to keen to having lessons that are just how to use the handhelds. I like to teach how to use a handheld while we're using it for a real purpose. So I introduced some of the buttons and the Home/Applications Launcher. Then the students launched Angles. I demonstrated how to play and how to call up the onscreen keyboard to enter the numbers. The students really got into the game. It was a great program to start with because the math connection is immediately apparent. With time running short, I also demonstrated Divisible. There's no text entry in this application, so it's great for beginning handheld users. I found out many of the students did not know their divisibility rules. However, some really did know their stuff. We had a short contest to see who could get 20 out of 20 questions right first. That means that if a student answered a question incorrectly, he or she would have to reset their score and try again. Within two minutes, two students had completed the task! The students were really bummed when our time was up (and I was too). The students were so engaged and ready to learn anything I showed them on their new computers.

The afternoon involved a three hour workshop for Bethune's teachers. Most of them were also new to handheld computing, so it was my job again to convince them that handhelds are real computers. Then I focused a lot of our time on Quizzler, including how to make a Quizzler quiz. I also showed MathAce, SillySentences, and GoneMad!. With those example programs, I think Bethune's teachers realized the power and potential of handheld computing and are excited to use handhelds in their lessons. I also made it clear to teachers their main reason for using handhelds is not because students need to be exposed to technology. The core reason for using handheld computers is because they are an effective learning tool.

José Vega, media specialist at Bethune School in Phoenix, maintains a blog documenting Bethune's journey into educational technologies and literacies. José wrote A Day with Tony Vincent and Handhelds on August 31, 2006. He tells a little bit about my visit to Bethune and about his school's journey into handheld computing. Also keep an eye on his blog, as his school will also be podcasting!

Additions to the Blogosphere

I want to tell you about some new (or somewhat new) blogs about handheld computing that are out there in the blogosphere:

Mobile Musings
Karen Fasimpaur, president of K12 Handhelds, writes about mobile technologies.

Handheldman - Journal
Steve Byrd, a passionate and geeky educator, writes about educational technology. Steve's writing has a unique voice that is really entertaining to read. Also check out his Handheldman Podcast.

Pocket-Ed Futures Blog - Pocket PCs in the Classroom
Ian Marsden from Australia writes about his use of Pocket PCs with students. Ian includes lots of great lesson ideas.

Handhelds in the Classroom
Debbie Donohue recently started a blog. She is really hooked on handhelds. I mean, really hooked. I submit this quote as evidence, "If I lost my handheld computer I may as well stay in bed in the morning because I wouldn't know where to go or how to get there!" Be sure to check out the cool video Debbie recently posted.

Ubiquitous Thoughts
Mark van 't Hooft works for the Research Center for Educational Technology at Kent State University. He writes his thoughts and ideas about teaching, learning, and computing.

The Pre-Service Teacher Blog
Dale Ehrhart is going to make one heck of a teacher. He has lots of interest in handheld computing. Recently he's been blogging about educational applications he has programmed himself. You go Dale!

How do I come across these brilliant blogs? I subscribe to Google Blog Searches. As you know, I'm an avid Bloglines user. I absolutely love that all of my updated blogs and RSS feeds are waiting for me in one place. I use Bloglines to subscribe to the RSS feeds for searches like these: handhelds + education, handhelds + classroom, handhelds + learning, podcasting + education, and pda + classroom.

If you have a blog or know of one that you'd like to share, please tell us about it by adding a comment to this post!

Books: Future & Current

I've been very busy working on the second edition of Handhelds for Teachers & Administrators. The first edition was written in 2003 and a lot has changed in three short years! We have much more educational software, handhelds can play audio and video, and there are many more resources out there for handheld computing! Even the operating systems have changed. In 2003 Palm OS 5 was brand new and most educators were using Palm OS 4. Pocket PC 2002 was out. Just last year Pocket PC 2003 was replaced by Windows Mobile 5.

If you need a book that focuses on the older Palm OS 4 or Pocket PC 2002/2003, then you better hurry and order the first edition of Handhelds for Teachers & Administrators. You can save $12 by purchasing the book through Amazon.com. The second edition will be quite different from the first, so you might want to own both.

My co-author, Janet Caughlin, and I are collecting stories and quotes from educators and students about handheld computing. If you have something valuable to say about using handhelds, producing podcasts, managing a classroom, purchasing hardware, or troubleshooting problems, please email me at learninginhand@mac.com and you might be quoted in the new book!

And speaking of a new book, Handheld Applications for the Classroom by Chris Cuppett is available for order from Visions Technology in Education. Chris has written about 43 freeware and shareware Palm applications and how to use them in the classroom.

Don't forget that there are many other books about educational handheld computing. I've listed them here.