AnagramAble
  
Students can explore anagrams. Requires
two files to be installed to the Palm. |
BooksLog
Students record information about books they read, including
a rating 1-5 and a short review. Records can be beamed
to others. BooksLog is a great tool to have students take
to the library when checking out a book because they can
have reviews from their classmates. |
BookShare
BookShare allows groups of people to collaboratively create
and edit shared documents called Books. A book has a bunch
of pages like memos. Two people can synchronize their
books by beaming. |
CopyWrite
 
Students can copy a teacher's handwriting example on the
Palm. I have used this with only one student who needed
to improve his handwriting. I would not recommend it for
an entire fifth grade class. Requires
several files to be installed on the Palm. Shareware,
free to try. |
Dictate
Teachers easily create and give dictation. Students take
dictation on their handhelds and receive instant feedback.
This can even be used with sentences, phrases, or just
spelling words! Download the User
Guide. |
eBooks
There are many free eBooks out there for eReader.
Go to learninginhand's
eBook section. |
FitalyLetris
FitalyLetris is both a word game and a training tool for
fast text-entry. It can be used to practice Graffiti or
to test keyboarding words per minute. You would even type
in the text you want students to practice. |
Gone
Mad!
Read some and create some fill-in-the-blank stories (like
Mad Libs). Go
to learninginhand's Gone Mad! section. |
Grammar Grames: Constructor
Students answer questions about sentences to earn puzzle pieces. |
Hungman
Students can play hangman with either the supplied word
lists or they can make their own. You'll need to install
the Hungload application to change a list of words in
MemoPad to a file that Hungman can use. This
application requires Pocket C to be installed to the Palm. |
Kid
Paint Alphabet Coloring Book
Coloring book for each letter of the alphabet. Use the
paint bucket tool to fill in the picture. |
MatchWho
This application allows students to select facial features
and hair to create a person. I like to use this for students
to make a visual representation of characters in our read
aloud book or characters in their own books. |
SAT
Hangman
Full of great vocabulary words with definitions! It helps
students prepare for SATs, but it also can challenge fifth
graders! There are two files to
install: prc and pdb files. |
Silly
Sentences
Enter lists of adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs, and
prepositional phrases. The words are randomly combined
to make outrageous sentences! Color coding helps students
identify the parts of speech. |
Sorting
Hat
This is a Sorting Hat, as described in Harry Potter, book
1 pages 113-123. The Sorting Hat looks deep inside you,
selects a House for you to live in while at Hogwarts,
and tells you about your parents. |
SpellIT
Enter weekly spelling lists and then practice the words. |
Thesaurus
Free thesaurus with 48,000 words. Warning: offensive words are included. |
What-If
Builder
The What-If Builder is a tool that enables students to
create decision-tree models, also known as "Action
Mazes," "tree literature," "plot branching"
or "choose your own adventure. |
Words
Per Minute
Test typing or graffiti speed. You can change the sentence
students type. |
Wordz
Tool for finding words when you have some of the letters,
for example when solving a crossword. You enter a pattern,
such as "hand----", and get a list of words
which match this. Wordz works great for a student spelling
dictionary. You can also search for anagrams. Requires
a prc and a pdb file to be installed. Uses 604k of memory. |
