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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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K12 Handhelds: 101 Great Educational Uses for Your Handheld Computer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides a list of uses for your classroom PDAs. If you have the technology, look for new ways to use it.
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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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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Nordic Sagas: Isaac and Friends

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate technological innovations that help people with disabilities to communicate, and list design features you would want to include in a personal digital assistant.