Palm OS Software for Educators: 

GoObserve Palm-based classroom observation program http://www.goknow.com/Products/GoObserve/

PAAM is a unique Internet-based solution that enables teachers and students to view, distribute, and provide feedback on class work and homework created using Palm OS handheld computers http://www.goknow.com/Products/PAAM/

GoKnow http://www.goknow.com formerly HICE (Highly Interactive Computers in Education at the University of Michigan)  a collection of palm applications for the classroom along with instructions and curriculum  http://www.handheld.hice-dev.org/

ScheduleFinder mobile student management tool for administrators automatically takes data from student management system for use on a Palm http://www.trusmart.com

ThoughtManager for Education contains more than 90 preloaded educational outlines and templates for easy reference & use. http://www.handshigh.com/html/tmeducation.html

Beret's palm applications for the K-12 curriculum http://www.beret.com

Office Suites | word processing | eBooks | document readers 

CSpotRun - freeware Palm doc reader. Use this to read docs downloaded from Memoware.com
http://www.palmgear.com   |  http://www.handango.com

Documents to Go - put Word, WordPerfect, Excel, etc., files in a Palm http://www.dataviz.com

Memoware - free public domain ebooks, texts & databases.  Classic literature, non-fiction, reference data, links, etc. Read Plato, Shakespeare, Twain, or the US Constitution on a Palm. http://www.memoware.com

QuickOffice - work with Microsoft Excel and Word documents on your Palm powered Handheld! Quickoffice brings together the industry leading Quicksheet, Quickword and Quickchart apps http://www.cesinc.com/

SmartDoc v2.0 top-rated Palm doc reader/editor http://www.geek.com/hwswrev/palmpilot/smartdoc.htm

TealDoc is a full-featured reader for standard Palm OS document files and enhanced TealDoc files.http://www.tealpoint.com/softdoc.htm

WordComplete - anticipates what you write. It speeds up text entry by showing you a pop-up list of word choices once you enter just a few letters. http://www.cic.com/products/general/

WordSmith - Word processing has arrived for the Palm! Full MS Word compatibility, font support, and more http://www.bluenomad.com/


Media

Artelope - Shape recognizing freehand Palm drawing app  http://www.artelope.com/

AvantGo - free account & software to put webpages in a Palm. Choose from over 300 website "channels", such as NY Times, WeatherChannel, USA Today, Sky & Telescope, MapBlast, etc https://my.avantgo.com/home/

JPGView - View and organize JPG Files on your PDA vhttp://jpgview.de.vu/

Veo camera  http://www.veo.com/products_pda.asp


Utilities

BugMe -  personal reminders, through handwritten and photo messaging  http://electricpocket.com/

Jot
- faster and more natural writing on the full Palm Screen http://www.cic.com/products/jot/

McPhling and other hacks by Mike McCollister. Hacks are add on programs that add functionality to your Palm MikeMcCollister.com/palm/

PalmPrint - print Palm docs via the IR port http://www.stevenscreek.com/pilot/palmprint.shtml
 


Spreadsheet | data collection and management 

iGraph freeware graphing calculator - Justin Manus email to: jmanus@leland.stanford.edu
http://www.handango.com

ImagiProbe - handheld data collection software http://imagiworks.com/

JFile Pro - a top-rated Palm database program http://www.land-j.com/jfile.html

MathGraph graphing calculator http://www.ahsoftware.de/mathgraph/

Parens scientific calculator - by Rick Huebner  http://pda.tucows.com/palm/calc_scientific.html
http://www.handango.com/  |  http://www.palmgear.com/

Quicksheet - a top-rated Palm spreadsheet program http://www.cesinc.com/quicksheet/quicksheet.html

QuickFormz and is software which enables simple and customizable data collection on Palm PDA's
http://www.lokilogic.com


Classroom and instructional management 

Due Yesterday - student planner for the Palm - Tom Bulatewicz  http://www.nosleep.net

StudentMate - student planner for the Palm http://www.tucows.com/preview/33596

TAPRO
2 - Teacher's Assistant Professional: Great Spirit Software, Inc. http://greatspiritsoftware.com/

ThoughtManager for Teachers - A powerful outliner tool and educational database that allows teachers to create and organize the hundreds of ideas, lessons, tasks, problems, solutions, and assessment data that good teaching requires. http://www.handshigh.com/html/tmeducation.html
 


Reference

CityZen - freeware world map, database, geography quiz http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~hancockd/CityZen/

Mapopolis - maps for handhelds, library covers the entire U.S. includes every street and thousands of landmarks
http://www.mapopolis.com/

PalmGlobe - freeware earthview geography program http://www.cary.demon.co.uk/pglobe/

Planetarium
- by A. Hofer http://www.aho.ch/pilotplanets- email to: planets@aho.ch


Instructional games and activities

PalmGo & PilotGo - two programs to play Go on a Palm. FYI, Go is a 4,000 year-old Asian board game. Go is to chess, as mathematics is to accounting. http://www.palmgear.com
http://www.handango.com\

Bell Math 2   an easy-to-use program to help 2nd grade students learn math. It is integrated with quiz and textbooks explaining all the basic concepts including count, compare, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, length, money, time, weight, capacity, shape, etc. http://www.pdabell.com/ndetail.php?id=100016

Kids Math and Spelling Games - http://www.pdabell.com/npalmsw.php?category=1

PocketChess http://www.handmark.com/products/detail.php?id=85
 

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