Rockingham County Public Schools

Visitors | Employees | Parents | K-5 Students | 6-12 Students | Schools | Search Tools | Site Index | Home

Free Palm Resources

Free Palm Resources

Please send your comments and suggestions to Obe Hostetter

General | English | Math | Science | Social Studies | Music | Commercial |

Publications & Conferences | Search | Directions & Troubleshooting

General Resources

General

Tesselation-create and watch tesselations

Beam Pro-beam multiple files to palms. Only $8 shareware.

LiteNotes-beam pictures and notes to another palm.

Build your own 10 unit Recharger Box for $25

Lesson Plans for Palms Elementary level

Lesson Plan Gallery with 580 Lessons Lesson Plans for Grades 5 & 6

Lesson Plans for Palms

Filez-shows all hidden files on palm

Snap-create screenshots of palm for tutorials or directions. Need expansion card and card reader.

Atomic Learning Movies on Using Palms

101 Uses for Palms-great list

Palm Peripherals -lists best extras to use for education with palms

Palm Games & Video Tutorials by 5th graders

Palm Resource Websites with articles, free resources etc.

Album to Go-display pictures on palm in slideshow with transitions

Palm Extension List -understand Palm extensions

Handheld Palm Free Software-list of links by category

Handshare-show your palm on a projector easily using this paid software

SD Deploy-an easy but expensive way to ghost or copy apps to all your palms

PDA Participatory Simulations-several free games to download

Quiz/Flash Card Assessment Software

QuizWiz 3.3-Quiz program.

Quizzler-quiz program that allows images

Learn?! Flashcard Learning 2.4.1-create flashcards to practice

Rememorizer-flash card program to memorize items or information

 

Ebook Software

ReaderWorks-create your own ebooks

LionDoc 3.1-application for reading doc and ebooks

DES Journal 1.03-Journal manager/organizer. Journal and organize it.

Book Wormie for PalmOS 3.5 Color 1.0.8 read ebooks

ReadThemAll 1.9-reads documents

RichReader Freeware 1.62-reads html, doc, pdf or text in color

SiEd 09.11-simple text editor for doc and text

TexT 1.0-text editor for palm

eReader 2.6.1-software for reading ebooks

TiBR 1.52-Palm reader for doc or text files

Weasel Reader 1.59-reads ebooks and doc files

Acrobat Reader for Palm to read ebooks

Zdocj 1.5-text editor

Palm Reader 2.4.3-ebook software

PalmPDF 1.5-software for opening pdfs

MegaMemo2 2.9r-Avanced Memo pad. Allows longer memos

 

Video & Audio Software

TCPMP-video player for palm

Sompy MovieEncoder-convert any movie to play on the palm

SoundRec - record your voice on to the palm using a microphone and this free application

YouTube student video clip on why use Palms in Classroom

 

Internet/WebPage

Plucker-convert web pages to your palm for free. Easy to use and setup.

AvantGo-get websites on your Palm when you sync your palm. No Internet access required on your palm to use this. Limited to 140K. Upgrade to 8MB for $20/year.

D-Link Wireless USB Bluetooth Adapter (DBT120) - Have up to 7 palms surf the web and connect to a computer wirelessly. This is available at Circuit City for $35.

 



English Resources
Grade Description Lesson Ideas
K-1 KidColors-learn the colors with this game  
K-1 Cursive ABC -practice tracing the alphabet letters and watching how to make them.  
1-5 SequenceM - put words or phrases in the correct sequence.  
1-5 ABC Vocab - enter a word, define the word, put the word in a sentence, add synonyms and antonyms and draw a picture of the word. One can then beam the word to another student  
2-5 WordWiggle Use the letters to make as many words as you can in 3 min.  
2-5 BookLog-rate books and write a review. Write a title, author, status, genre, page, rate and pages.Students can beam this to each other.  
2-5 BookShare-create a book together. Sync the book by beaming.  
2-5 Copywrite-Practice handwriting by writing a word or letters on the dotted lines. Hit the play button to see how the student wrote the letters or words. It is shareware and will exit after 5 minutes if you haven't bought it.  
2-5 Dictate-The teacher creates a sentence. Students write the sentence they hear and the Palm grades it.  
2-5 Giraffe-Tetris graffiti practice.  
2-5 FitalyLetris-practice your graffiti and get your words per minute score . Enter words or letters and then see how fast you can write them. Good practice in learning how to use a palm.  
2-5 DicMake 1.6-make your own dictionary. Enter the word, definition, and example in a sentence. Enter in your spelling words for the week.  
2-5 ESL Advanced Series: Punctuation 1-covers periods, quotations, apostrophe, commas etc. Called Correct the Mistakes on the Palm. Multiple-choice format test. Gives the user 3 tries to get the answer correct.  
2-5 ESL Intermediate Series: Correcting Mistakes 1-correct verbs in sentences. Called Punctuation on the palm. Multiple-choice format test. Gives the user 3 tries to get the answer correct.  
2-5 Gone Mad! v1.6-read and write stories using the templates. Enter in verbs, nouns, adjectives and see your silly story.  
2-5 Idea Pad 3.3-similar to Inspiration. Make mind maps and flow charts. Similar to Inspiration. Great for brainstorming or showing how ideas fit together.  
K-1 Learn ABC 1.0-displays random Upper case and lowercase letters as well as numbers. See if your students know them. Great for Kindergarten. No pictures.  
2-5 Rhymes Terms Dictionary 1.1-enter a word and see words that rhyme with it  
2-5 Spell It 1.0a-check your spelling of a word for 850 words. You can add your own words to the list.  
2-5 WordWiggle 1.3-play word games against others and see your score. Similar to Boggle.  
2-5 What If Builder -Create your own adventure story with decision making choices.  
K-1 Kid Paint Coloring Book-color in pictures as it goes through the alphabet. Works well except spray can freezes the palm.  
K-1 MatchGame-practice matching shapes, numbers, and letters  
2-5 MatchWho-Choose charateristics to construct a person. In writing a story, see if the author describes a character enough to draw the person.  
2-5 Silly Sentences-enter adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs and see color coded silly sentences. This is a way of teaching parts of speech.  
2-5 Noah ProThesaurus-Free with 48,000 words as well as Noah Pro Dictionary with 122,000 words  
K-1 LetterDraw or WordDraw -practice tracing the alphabet, words and numbers on your palm  
2-5 TextTwist-use the letters to create as many words as you can in 2 minutes.  
2-5 Shape Up-Reading practice. Cost is $35.  
K ART-Learn the Alphabet through song and pictures  

 

Math Resources
Grade Level Description  
K-5 About Face practice telling time  
K-5 Big Clock -alarm, stopwatch, and time in different zones  
1-5 About Time figure out elapsed time as well as convert minutes to hours or hours to minutes  
K-5 Math123 Kids Math and Count practicing counting as well as adding and subtracting with sounds and affirmation  
2-5 Pick a Number random number choosen between min and max that you submitted.  
K-5 About Face-practice telling time  
2-5 About Time- figure out ellasped time. Customize to your level of expertise.  
2-5 ArithmeTick Do Math problems against time to see what score you can get!  
2-5 Angles Gues the angles and see how close you can get.  
2-5 Average Calc v1.3-finds the average or mean  
2-5 Body Mass 2.0 - calculate body mass, use in PE class. Program runs in cm and kg.  
2-5 Brick Remote 0.6-control Lego RCX with your palm. Great for challenge students.  
2-5 Change Counter-tap on the coins (quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies to make the correct change  
2-5 Converter 2.2-coversions made easy for just about anything.  
2-5 MySudoku 1.39-solve Sudokus. Unlimited games.  
K-1 Count -count the pictures and choose the right number 1-10. Write q8 to quit.  
1-5 Dice 1.0-rolls 1-9 dice at once. Great for probability or games. Write on the screen the number for how many dice you want.  
2-5 In 2 Decimal 2.1-converts fractions to decimals. Only works with denominators 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64.  
2-5 LcmGcf 1.0-quiz to practice Lowest Common Multiple and Greatest Common Factor.  
2-5 Dates 1.80 -calculate time in days or weeks between 2 different dates. Even calculates time since Y2K.  
2-5 Math Facts 1.2-flash card drills in addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Gives correct answer and doesn't keep score.  
2-5 MathAce 1.9-practice add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Set preferences for difficulty and what computation to work on. Quiz so percentage grade at end.  
2-5 Metric Prefixes 1.1-shows symbols and metric  
2-5 Microgeometry 2.0-find volume and surface area of goemetric shapes  
2-5 Mind Maths 2.0-8 levels of math problems. Choose level of difficulty. Gives correct answer and doesn't keep score.  
2-5 MixedUp-convert fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa  
2-5 Money2Word 1.0-write in any number and it will tell you the number in words  
2-5 Numerus 2.2-Roman Numeral Calculator. Here is a lesson plan  
2-5 qNp Math-practice add, subtract, multiply, or divide. You can save results too.  
2-5 Roman Numeral Works-convert to and from Roman Numerals  
K-1 MatchGame-practice matching shapes, numbers, and letters  
2-5 Prime Checker-enter a number to see if it is prime. If it isn't a prime, the multiples will be shown that make up that number.  
2-5 Regroup-practice 3 digit subtraction regrouping. Contact Dale Ehrhart for the app.  
2-5 Simplify -simply fraction practice. Keeps grade.  
2-5 ThumbSketch 1.6-Drawing program. Use to draw geometric shapes.  
2-5 timer MathFacts 0.2-timed math fact practice in add, subtract, division, and multiplication. You can set the time limit and what facts are covered.  
2-5 Y-Intercept 1.02-calculates y-intercept form using 2 points  
2-5 Algebraf-figure out the numbers that represent the symbols  
2-5 MathWiz-using add, subtract, multiply, and divide, figure out how to use four numbers to equal the 5th number.  
2-5 Summing-math practice game  
2-5 TanFree-7 shapes game. Use geometric shapes to create a shape as shown. Must use rotation and reflection tools to master this.  
2-5 TicTac15-3 numbers have to add up to 15.  
2-5 X-Num-rows, columns, and diagonals must equal certain numbers. Game.  
2-5 Math Quiz-practice Math computation with lots of choices of customizing it. There is a trial and a paid version.  
2-5 Magic Numbers-choose the correct computation to get the answer. It is a race against the Palm and can be customized to be easy or hard.  
2-5 OpenChess-play chess and learn how to be a good chess player.  
2-5 Primes v2.0 Enter a number and see if it is prime or see its factors.  
2-5 Code Cracker- figure out the hidden numbers like the game mastermind. Can be customized to be more difficult or easier to crack.  
2-5 Parking Lot-move the car out of the jam in the fewest moves game.  
2-5 PocketCity-Simcity version on palm. Use your money wisely to build a city as well as how high to tax your city.  
2-5 Several Math Logic Games for the Palm  
2-5 KidsMath-quiz on math computation. Includes trial games (checkers, chess, connect 5, orthello)  
2-5 Ptally-couting/tallying program for 7 different concepts  
2-5 Monkey Math 0.5-practice math with this monkey  
2-5 Divisible-Test on divisibility rules  

 

Social Studies Resources
Grade Level Description Lesson Ideas
2-5 GeoDB V1.1-lattitude and longitude of major cities around the USA  
2-5 GreatCircle V1.3-calculates distance and angle between 2 places on Earth  
2-5 Hide'n'Seek 1.0-fun game. Find the hidden bunny behind a tree in 5 turns. A compass points you in the correct direction.  
2-5 Countries and Capitals 1.0-learn countries and capitals around the world  
1-5 United We Stand 2.0-Pledge and Allegiance song lyrics with animated flag  
2-5 HandMap-zoom in and out, pan cities and streets  
2-5 JUST THE FACTS-Latitudes & Longitudes of Selected U.S.A. Cities  
2-5 US Constitution-US Constitution  
2-5 Country Flags-shows flags of countries around the world  
2-5 Visit It-See the longitude and latitude and more info of State capital cities in the USA.  
2-5 Astronomist-shows blank map with outline of countries of the world. Latitude and Longitude given for countries. One can also use preset countries to see where they are located.  
     

 

Science Resources
Grade Level Description Lesson Ideas
     
2-5 Astronomist-see the night sky constellations, moon phases, and see the globe where it is currently night or day time. Also shows blank map with outline of countries of the world. Latitude and Longitude given for countries.  
2-5 ChemTable 2.26-learn the Periodic Table of Elements symbols and get detailed information on each element.  
2-5 Earth&Sun Color 2.0-lattitude and longitude, time zones, sunrise and sunset, distance between two points  
2-5 Fall Timer 1.1-drop an object and tap the screen at the same time. It calculates distance an object fell as well as time and speed.  
2-5 EasyPulse-click start and stop after 20 beats to see your heart rate per minute.  
2-5 Chemical elements 1.0=Periodic Table of Elements  
2-5 Moon Phase 2.7-shows phases of the moon.  
2-5 P-Moontool 1.4-shows moon phases and detailed information. Need free Math Lib to run this.  
2-5 Tide Tool 2.2-displays water tides for 6900 locations from 1998-2031.  
2-5 Periodic Table Plus for HanDBase 1.0-very detailed information on Periodic Table including history, physical, atomic, and chemical properties  
2-5 Planets of the Solar System 1.0-see pictures and information on planets. Shows mean distance  
2-5 Smart Morse 2.2-learn morse code. If you need to see the moorse, code, click on the help menu.  
2-5 SoundFX 1.0-test the frequency and sound level of sounds for palms  
2-5 Speed Check 1-test your speed by using this program to start and stop after 1 mile. It will tell you your speed.  
2-5 Weather Calculator for palm OS 1.31-weather conversion  
2-5 Reaction Time-tests your reaction time  
2-5 wthrcalc .7-calculate weather temperature, speed, chill, and humidity. Converts temperature to Celcius.  
2-5 Planetarium-view the night sky stars,  
     

 

 

Music
Grade Description Lesson Ideas
2-5 Musical Terms Dictionary 1.11-musical terms defined  
2-5 MusicTeacher 1-displays tunes and music  
2-5 Lemon edit 0.9-create you own music by choosing the notes and time  
2-5 CMajor 1.12-music chord reference  
2-5 Harmony 0.1-visual represents musical chords on keyboard  
2-5 Piano Scales 1.0-Piano Scales, shows difference between them. Also a keyboard you can play  
2-5 ViolinTutor 1.03-shows finger postion on violin  
2-5 MiniMusic-download several music demos and if you like them you can pay for them. Example posted here.  
2-5 FretBoard-displays notes, chords, and scales  
2-5 GTrainer-learn guitar strings  
2-5 PalmSimon-repeat the colors and beats that Simon shows  
2-5 Free Music Dictionary 1.0-defnine musical terms  
2-5 Gachin2 2.6-musical metronome with animations and beat  
2-5 Beatit-tap to measure beat or heart beat per minute.  
2-5 MiniMusic-Tap the music keys that refer to the bugs on the staff  



Publications/Conferences
Grade Description Year
$30 Palmtops: Computing @ Every Student  
$10 Palm Handheld Computers: A Complete Resource for Classroom Teacheres 2003
$10 Palm Handheld Computers: A Complete Resource for Classroom Teachers 2003
$19 Tips and Tricks for using Handhelds in the Classroom Book 2003
$25 101 Great Educational Uses for Your Handheld Computer 2003
$45 Palm OS Handhelds in the Elementary Classroom: Curriculum and Strategies Book 2004
$35 Handheld Applications for the Classroom Book 2006
$35 Handhelds for Teachers and Administrators 2nd Edition Book 2006
Free Education in Hand (Published twice a year) PDF format. 2002-Present
$52 Palmtop Magazine (Yearly subscription of 6 issues per year) 1994-present
$99/2 days Mid-Atlantic Handheld & Emerging Technology Conference-good educator's Palm Conference in Salisbury, MD Yearly Conference
  VA-PETC (Virginia Palm Education Training
Certification) program -Contact Linda Holt at VDOE
Yearly Conference



Commercial
Price Description Year
Varies Beret's Educational Palm Games download demos for math and english K-5. 2005
Varies Standardized Test Prep-search Palmgear.com for Math and Reading Test Prep for grades 1-5. 2006
Varies PDAbell Educational Palm Games Math and Spelling Games 2006

Google Custom Search

 

When it comes to learning, we click!