Animator    
Draw up to 10 frame-by-frame color animations. Students can animate math problems,
social studies concepts, reading vocabulary, spelling words, scientific
processes, etc. Animator is free, but I prefer GoKnow's Sketchy animation
software. |
Beamer
Students can beam text or pictures quickly to each
other. One way I use this application is for "Crosstalk." I
pick a category, like prepositions, and pairs of students
take turns naming something in that category. They
cannot repeat anything that has already been used.
The last student to write a valid item is the winner.
When finished, the students compare their Beamer list
with all possible answers. |
ByHeart
ByHeart is a memorization tool that uses documents
in MemoPad. |
Dropairs
Match items to their pairs before they hit the ground. Get addition Pair Boards and design and create your own with Pair Board Maker for Windows. There's boards for mutilplication, geography, geology, and more! |
Due
Yesterday
Due Yesterday is a classwork, class information, and grade tracking
application for students. It has many features, perfect for middle school through
graduate school. |
eReader
(formerly known as Palm Reader) Free eBook
reader. Visit Learning In Hand's eBooks section
for more information about eBooks. |
FlingIt
FlingIt allows users to instantaneously "fling" Web
pages from a desktop computer to a handheld. |
FreeWrite 
Word processor with spell checker. It saves FreeWrite
documents to a desktop computer as an HTML document. |
Idea
Pad
Easily create
diagrams, flow charts, and concept maps. View maps
in an outline view. Even export outlines to Memo
Pad. Very useful for prewriting activities! |
iKWL
Students record what they know, wonder, and learned
about a topic. Part of GoKnow's Handheld Learning Environment. |
IR
Notes
Send color drawings with text to another handheld by
beaming. Unfortunately, the notes cannot be saved. |
LiteNotes
Students can take notes with text and drawings. These
notes can be given a date and time and can be beamed
to others. This is great for vocabulary study by having
a definition and illustration. Also great for recording
data for science experiments. |
Noah
Pro Dictionary
Free
dictionary with 122,000 words. Careful: includes
some offsensive words. |
Novii Animator
Create awesome animations with this drawing and cartoon application. Check out Novii's gallery of sample animations. |
Participatory
Simulations
Really
great game activites where students beam information
from one another. Some of the simulations include
Big Fish - Little Fish, Live Long and Prosper, and
Tit for Tat. |
PiCoMap
PiCoMap
is a concept mapping application. It can save mind
maps in HTML documents on a desktop computer. Part
of GoKnow's Handheld Learning Environment. |
Quizzler
This application lets students take multiple choice
quizzes or can be used as flashcards. Quizzes can
be downloaded but teachers can simply make their very
own to use. I like to have students create their own
quizzes and beam them to others. Here's a 3-page handout I
developed using the documentation included with Quizzler.
Here's another handout. Here's
a link to free quizzes. |
Sketchy
This is my favorite application! It can be used in
every curriculum area! Sketchy allows students to
create animations frame-by-frame. I've had students
animate math algorithms, vocabulary words, science
diagrams, and social studies concepts. I've like to
say that if Sketchy was the only application on a
Palm, it's still worth the money for it's awesome
educational benefit! Part
of GoKnow's Handheld Learning Environment. |
ViewPoint
Students can create simple text slide shows on their handhelds. Part
of GoKnow's Handheld Learning Environment. |
