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Curated OER

PALM TREES Technology :Literacy Challenge Project

For Teachers 7th
Do you have a class set PDAs? Seventh graders use the Note Pad function on their PDAs to brainstorm writing prompts. After three minutes of listing their favorite foods, class members use the Note Pad Eraser to reduce their list to the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

??Discovering Patterns and Trends of the Periodic Table using PDAs??

For Teachers 10th
For this lesson, 10th graders research the elements within a particular period of the periodic table of elements. Students gather data from PDA for each element and join other individuals to decpher the patterns in the peridoc table.
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Other

Eduscapes: Hand Held Devices in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What's the difference between Palms, Handsprings, and other hand held devices? This site presents the answer to this and many other questions about these technologies. If you want to know what they are and how you might use them, visit...
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CBS

Cbs News: Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
CBS covers the latest news and products in computer technology.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Action Verbs

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learners will use handheld computers and the Sketchy program to illustrate action verbs.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Personal Digital Assistant

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia article gives an overview of PDAs (personal digital assistants). Although some of the content is under discussion for factual accuracy, readers can use this site for basic information on the topic.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Palm (Pda)

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia article gives an overview of the Palm operating system which runs a number of personal digital assistants (PDAs). It includes a history of the Palm device lists and links to current models, as well as lists and links of...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Blackberry

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia article gives an overview of the Blackberry (personal digital assistants). This wireless handheld device supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, internet faxing, web browsing and other wireless information...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Symbian Os

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia article gives an overview of the Symbian OS, an operating system, designed for mobile devices, with associated libraries, user interface frameworks and reference implementations of common tools, produced by Symbian Ltd. It...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Smartphone

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia article gives an overview of smartphones, an electronic handheld device that integrates the functionality of a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (PDA) or other information appliance. This is often achieved by adding...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Windows Mobile

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia article gives an overview of the Windows Mobile operating system which runs devices such as Pocket PCs, Smartphones, and Portable Media Centers. It is designed to be somewhat similar to desktop versions of Windows. This...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Windows Ce

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia article gives an overview of the Windows CE operating system which runs devices such as Pocket PCs, Smartphones, and Portable Media Centers. It is designed to be a variation of Microsoft's Windows operating system for...
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Other

Pda Today

For Students 9th - 10th
PDAToday focuses on daily news, shopping, and commentary about cool new gadgets and PDA's. Their primary audience is people who are curious about mobile technology as well as the growing number of regular people who are starting to use...
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Curated OER

The Palm Pilot Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
The PalmPilot Archives is dedicated to providing the most complete organized archive of PalmPilot sites and software on the internet. Be sure to check out the featured site which highlights a unique or otherwise interesting PalmPilot Site.