Ideas for Use of the Handheld Software in the Classroom

Lesson plans for the use of the handheld computer in the classroom are located by clicking on the comment link below. These lessons were created at the end of a two-day workshop of DoDDS Schools in Germany in August of 2004.

Kathy

Free Multilingual Dictionary

Here is a link to the TrueTerm free multilingual dictionary. It includes basic words in English to German, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, French, Italian and Portuguese and back again.

http://www.trueterm.com/5454/5589.html

One interesting world language tie-in might be to download the French version or Spanish version for students in upper level classes to use. They would then receive all of the definitions in that language instead of English.

Kathy

Using a Palm Handheld as a Web Cam or Video Camera

I think this application, Palm Webcam (http://www.clievideo.com/default.asp?item=3&intProductID=4) might have some use in the classroom for those creative palmOne users out there!

It is made up of two parts. One part is an executable that runs on a Windows-based PC, and one PRC file that runs on a Zire 71, Zire 72, Treo 600, or any number of Sony Clie handhelds with cameras.

Using a USB cradle or USB cable, you launch the program on the handheld and the PC and you can use the camera on your handheld as a live Web cam or live video camera. It works as a Web cam in any application that can use a Web cam or can capture live video! (I just made a little movie using Windows Movie Maker!)

There are a couple of resolutions to choose from, and the frames per second rate is not high (it depends on the resolution you choose), but it is a neat little thing to experiment with!

I think you have to try it out to really get the idea! There is a 14-day trial and the software costs $18.95 to register.

Kathy