Companion Web Page for the book
Tips and Tricks for Using Handhelds in the Classroom


by Midge Frazel and Joe R. Souza, Jr.

Tips and Tricks for Using Handhelds in the Classroom
available to purchase $14.99 in eBook format
Teacher Created Resources

Activity 4: Classroom Management
Updated URL Classroom Management by Tony Vincent
http://learninginhand.com/management.html
• Palm™ Troubleshooting Guide
http://learninginhand.com/ebooks/guide.pdb
Updated URL • eReader for the Palm™ OS
http://www.ereader.com

Activities 9-11 Beaming
• BeamPro
http://www.ecamm.com/palm/beampro

Activities 12-16: Learning Graffiti®
• Giraffe
http://www.palmplanning.com
/software/giraffe-prc.zip
Updated • Freewrite
http://www.goknow.com/Products/FreeWrite/
Palm Products: Graffiti® Writing
http://www.palm.com/us/products/input/

Graffiti® Font: Nashville (TN) Palm Users Group
http://npug.org/downloads/fonts.html
Graffiti® Font (Windows and Mac) no longer available

Tony Vincent's
Classroom Cut-out Graffiti® Alphabet
http://learninginhand.com/articles/graffitialphabet.html
(Adobe Acrobat Reader format)

Activities 17-18: Keyboards are
for Typing or Tapping
Keyboarding Resources
http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/isu/
itech/keybo/keydx.htm
The QWERTY Connection
http://home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/index.html
Palm™ Portable Keyboards
http://www.palm.com/us/products/
accessories/peripherals/
Targus models
http://www.targus.com
Landware models: "GoType™"
http://www.landware.com/catalog/
palmos/index.asp
Logitech (no longer available)
Seiko models: "ThumBoard™"
http://www.seiko-austin.com/

Activities 19 and 20: Emoticons
Updated • Sketchy
http://www.goknow.com/Products/Sketchy/
Updated • The Official Smiley Dictionary
http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/ascii/smileys.html
Godin, Seth. The Smiley Dictionary.
Berkeley: Peachpit Press, 1993.

Activities 21-23: Tools for Reading
•eReader for the Palm™ OS
http://www.ereader.com/
• Adobe Acrobat Reader for Palm™ OS
http://www.adobe.com/products/
acrobat/readerforpalm.html
• iSilo™
http://www.isilo.com
Using the Palm™ Reader
http://www.ereader.com/help/ereader/guide
Adobe Acrobat Reader for Palm OS
Power Users Tips
(in Acrobat Reader format)
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
pdfs/poweruser_tricks.pdf

New Reading Books on a Palm
http://user.pa.net/%7Eankney/
Read/ReadingBooks.htm

Activity 24: Journaling
National Council of English Teachers
http://www.ncte.org
Eduscape's Topic: Journaling Resources
http://annettelamb.com/42explore/journl.htm
SCORE Language Arts:
Journaling Graphic Organizers and Ideas
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/
actbank/tjournal.htm
Activities 25-30: Celebrate!
Updated • HappyDays
InfoPlease: Daily Almanac
http://ln.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/daily

Activities 31-33: Holidays and the Date Book
• Holiday USA 1.0
Holidays and Celebrations
http://discoveryschool.com/
schrockguide/holidays.html

Activities 34-35: Writing with Word Processors
• WordSmith
Writing @ Web EnglishTeacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/writing.html
42Explore Topic: Writing
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/writing.htm

Activities 36-37: Reading Logs
• BooksLog
Walden, or Life in the Woods e-book
http://religionanddemocracy.lib.virginia.edu/library
/social.html#Thoreau_Henry
Johnson, Donald B. Henry Builds a Cabin.
New York: Houghton-Mifflin Company. 2002.
Henry Builds a Cabin Activity
http://www.cyberbee.com/henrybuilds/

Activities 38-39: Solstice and Equinox
• Solstice and Equinox
different than the link in the book
Equinox and Solstice
http://www.equinox-and-solstice.com/
MSU Solar Physics Group
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/YPOP/
Classroom/Lessons/Sundials/equinox.html

Activities 40-42: Moonstruck
Updated • Moon Phase
From the Earth to the Moon and a Trip Around It
http://www.ebookmall.com/
alpha-titles/f-titles/Earth-Moon.htm
The Phases of the Moon
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/
astronomy/moon/Phases.shtml
NASA Solar System Bodies: The Moon
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/
profile.cfm?Object=Moon
The Interactive From the Earth to the Moon
http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/index1.htm
Your Weight on Other Worlds at the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/
Activities 43-44: Learning By Heart
• ByHeart
Memorization: How We Remember
http://www.calpoly.edu/~sas/asc/
ael/memorization.html
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
http://members.tripod.com/jean2000/jc/jc9.htm
Dr. Martin L. King Scavenger Hunt
http://tstrong.com/mlking/

Activities 45-47: The Lincoln Memorial Project
• The Gettysburg Address (1863) e-book
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address (1861) e-book
look for Lincoln
The LOC Teacher's Page:
Using Primary Resources in the Classroom
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
lessons/primary.html
Definitions of Primary Resource Documents
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/
teachers/primary.html#definitions
http://www.library.yale.edu/ref/err/primdefs.htm
The Lincoln Memorial Project
http://www.midgefrazel.net/lincoln.html
Gettysburg National Cemetery
http://www.nps.gov/getc/index.htm

Activities 48-49: Speaking of Patriotism
• PalmPatriot

Patriotism Resources
http://www.midgefrazel.net/patriotism.html
Commentary on the Pledge of Allegiance
http://www.usflag.org/skeltonspledge.html
Reading of the Pledge of Allegiance
http://www.poofcat.com/july.html

Activities 62-65: Never Grow Up!
Changed Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie e-book
look for Peter Pan in list
ANON: the J.M. Barrie Society
http://www.jmbarrie.net/
Changed Great Scots Sir James Barrie
http://scotlandvacations.com/barrie.htm
James Matthew Barrie
http://www.dumfries-and-galloway.co.uk/
people/barrie.htm
People of Angus: JM Barrie
http://www.angus.gov.uk/history/
features/people/JMBarrie.htm
New The Peter Pan Study Guide
http://condor.depaul.edu/~sleigh1/study.html
The Columbia World of Quotations
at Bartleby.com: Peter Pan
http://www.bartleby.com/66/55/5655.html

Activities 66-68: Shakespeare
• The Works of William Shakespeare
The Works of William Shakespeare
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/shakespeare/works/
The Web English Teacher: Shakespeare
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/shakespeare.html
42Explore Topic: William Shakespeare
http://annettelamb.com/42explore/shakspear.htm

Activities 69-70: Pirate Treasure
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883) e-book
• Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)
Search for this title at:
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Shipwreck Island Adventure WebQuest (Grade 5)
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/
education/projects/webquests/shipwreck/
The Stowaway Adventure
http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/
curriculum/shipproj/
Pirates
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/
resources/units/pirates/home.html
Treasure Island Unit Lesson
http://www.dreamcatchers.net/
treasure/introduction.html
MCREL Computer Fraud
http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks
/activities/output.asp?Activity=142

Activity 71: Tale of Terror
Look for this title at:
University of Virginia's Electronic Text Center
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving e-book
EDSITEment: Lesson Plan:
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Grades 6-8)
http://edsitement.neh.fed.us
/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=256
New The English Page: Washington Irving
http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/
readinglist/irving_washington/index.html

Activities 72-75: Organize Student Assignments
with the Memo Pad
Carlson, Jeff. Visual Quickstart Guide: Palm Organizers,
2nd ed..Berkeley: Peachpit Press. 2002.
Third edition (includes Palm OS 5)

Activities 76-77: Dictionary Skills
Noah Lite 6.05® or Noah Pro 2.0
http://www.arslexis.com/
Noah Webster and America's First Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/about/noah.htm
Update Noah Webster House Museum
http://noahwebsterhouse.org/

Activities 78-79: The Process of Converting
• Converter®
http://www.mattmarsh.net/
computing/converter.shtml
The Shoe Studio (UK)
http://www.theshoestudio.com
Reebok (UK)
http://www.reebok.co.uk

Activities 80-82: Writing Roman Numerals
• Converter®
Roman Numerals Chart
http://literacy.kent.edu/Minigrants
/Cinci/romanchart.htm
Nova Roma
http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana
/numbers.html
Ask Dr. Math: Roman Numerals
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq
/faq.roman.html
New Tony Vincent's
Roman Numerals Lesson and Applications
http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/p5/
handhelds/activities/romannumerals.html

Activity 83: Periodic Table of the Elements
Updated • ChemTable®
DiscoverySchool Lesson Plan: Elements and Compounds
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
programs/elementsandcompounds/
WebElements: Scholar Edition
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/
scholar/index.html
Jefferson Labs Periodic Table of the Elements
http://education.jlab.org/beamsactivity/
6thgrade/tableofelements/index.html

Activities 84-87: Match Who?
Update • MatchWho®
http://www.freewarepalm.com/graphics/matchwho.shtml
requires Palm OS 3.5 or later
Descriptive Writing with Virginia Hamilton
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/diary/index.htm
Updated All About Forensic Art by Katherine Ramsland
http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/
forensics/art/1.html
Department of Justice: Kids and Youth
http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/

Activities 88-90: Mirror, Mirror on the Palm
Update •Mirror®
many versions here at Palm Gear
ScienceMaster: Introduction to Mirrors
http://www.sciencemaster.com/
jump/physical/mirrors.php
AskERIC Lesson: Mirror Activity (grade 7)
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/
Lessons/Science/Physics/PHS0201.html
AskERIC Lesson: Magic Mirror Box (grades 4 to 12)
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/
Virtual/Lessons/Science/SCI0021.html
Symmetry Around the World
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/stkierans-manly/
Classes/Yr6/6B/Symmetry/page1.html
Take a Look in the Mirror: What do you see?
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/ce/strat136.html

Activity 91: Go on a Field Trip
• Internet Coach Field Trip®
The Field Trips Site
http://www.field-trips.org
Virtual Field Trips
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/fieldtrips2.htm

Activities 92-93: Do you have a Minute?
• BigClock®
http://www.bigclock.de/
DiscoverySchool Lesson Plan:
Understanding Time
http://school.discovery.com/
lessonplans/programs/time/
WebExhibit: About Daylight Saving Time
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/index.html
The World Clock
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
Activity 94: The Time Machine
• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (1895) e-book
look for the author name
Teach with Movies.org: The Time Machine
Update sadly this Web site has gone commercial
try these instead
Time Travel
http://www.post-newseducation.com/niem22.shtml
The Time Machine: TeacherView
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/
t/The_Time_Machine_H_G__Wells.html

Activity 95: Thought Processing
Updated • PiCoMap®
http://goknow.com/Products/PiCoMap.html
Graphic Organizer: Concept Map
http://www.graphic.org/concept.html
Project, Problem and Inquiry Based Learning
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic43.htm

Activity 96: Just an Illusion
Illusion has disappeared
(it must have been an illusion)
What's an Illusion?
http://www.sandlotscience.com/
EyeonIllusions/whatisanillusion.htm
Exploratorium: Changing Illusions
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/changingill/

Activities 97-98: Tessellations
• Tessellations®
http://tesselation.sourceforge.net
ThinkQuest Project: Totally Tessellated
http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/
escher/tessellations.1.html
Dr. Math: Symmetry and Tessellations
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/
sets/high_symmetry.html
MC Escher: Brief Biography
http://users.erols.com/ziring/escher_bio.htm
The Official MC Escher Web Site
http://www.mcescher.com/
Mathematical Art of MC Escher
http://www.mathacademy.com/
pr/minitext/escher/index.asp

Activities 99 and 100:
Animate a Long Division Problem
by Tony Vincent
• Sketchy
http://goknow.com/Products/Sketchy.html

Activity 101: Quiz Me!
by Tony Vincent
• Quizzler®
http://pocketmobility.com
Quizzler File Formats
http://www.pocketmobility.com/
support/quizformat.html
Creating Quizzler Quizzes Handout
by Tony Vincent
http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/p5/
handhelds/applications/quizzlerquizzes.html

Activities 102-105: Using AvantGo®!
Updated • AvantGo® Mobile Internet Service
http://avantgo.com/frontdoor/
choose My AvantGo Consumer Service
AvantGo Support and Users Guide
http://avantgo.com/
support/mobile_support/
Mapquest
http://www.mapquest.com

Activities 106-108: Weather or Not
• AWS® WeatherNet® for Palm
http://www.aws.com/palm
AWS Worldwide School Weather Network
http://www.aws.com
United States Weather Radar
http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/
Wonderful World of Weather
http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/
curriculum/weatherproj/

Activities 109-113: Morse Code
• Morse Code®
Changed The Invention Dimension: Samuel Morse
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/morse.html
American Memory: Samuel F. B. Morse
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
atthtml/mrshome.html
Samuel Morse and Telegraphy History
http://knight.city.ba.k12.md.us/
faculty/ss/samuelmorse.htm
Codes, Ciphers and Secret Messages
http://annettelamb.com/42explore/codes.htm

 

Activities 114-116: Emergency!
uses built-in Palm™ Date Book and Palm™ Memo Pad
Federal Emergency Management Agency
for Kids Web Page
http://www.fema.gov/kids/
Site Seeing on the Internet is gone
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs
/online/sitesee.html
Try some ideas from this site
Palm Expert Guide: Emergency Preparedness
http://www.access-company.com/support/
expertguides/emergency/index.html

Activity 122: You've Got Homework!
Due Yesterday®
http://www.due-yesterday.com
10 Best Homework Sites for Middle Schoolers
http://www.middleweb.com/Homework.html
BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
http://school.discovery.com/
homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/

Activities 123-125: It's in the Stars
• Sky Chart 2002®
http://www.freewarepalm.com/
astronomy/skychart2002.shtml
Astronomy Homework Help
http://members.aol.com/gca7sky/astrohelp.htm
Uncle Al's Sky Wheels
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/
starclock/skywheel.html
Using a Naked-Eye Star Star Map
http://skyandtelescope.com/howto/
visualobserving/article_262_1.asp
Constellations
http://www.astronomical.org/constellations/
Palm Expert Guide: Astronomy
http://www.access-company.com/support/
expertguides/astronomy/index.html

Activities 127-129 Brain Games
NeverMind®
Search for this title at:
http://software.palm.com
Mastermind Online by Linda C. Joseph
http://www.cyberbee.com/
games/mastermind.html
Games Children Play by Linda C. Joseph
http://www.infotoday.com/
MMSchools/sep02/cybe0902.htm
Best Ever Mastermind
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/
mastermind/mastmind.html
Centre for Innovation in Mathematics:
Games in the Classroom
http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/games/gameclas.htm
The AIMS Puzzle Corner
http://www.aimsedu.org/Puzzle/index.html