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Windows Mobile
Powered Handheld Resources
for Education

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Web Resources for Educators by Midge Frazel
Microsoft Mobile Daylight Saving Time Information & Instructions
Operating System Information Background
PocketPC
...from Wikipedia
Windows Mobile
...from Wikipedia
History of Windows CE
(Compact Edition or Consumer Electronics)
This is here so you can see where
your handheld's OS fits in the timeline

Basic Software Tutorials
Tutorial
...you download and install this to your handheld
(Windows Mobile 2003 2nd ed)
Look in the About control panel (Start > Settings > About) to
determine which version of software your device is running.
Windows Mobile 2003 SE
...built-in software tour
Windows Mobile 5
..how to...

Tutorials and Ideas for Educators
Lesson Plans for PocketPC
...six day lesson plans
to learn help students learn to use the PocketPC/Win Mobile
handheld in the classroom in an hour to and hour and a half
sessions
Don't miss the longer lessons here
if you are using this with adult learners!
Educational Applications
If you don't find an application of interest in this list, please visit:
Tony Vincent's Learning In Hand Software page
Pocket Tutor
...5 free educational applications
for young children
(Balance Keeper, Word Seeker,
Flash Alphabet, Time Tracker
and Flash Math)
Inspiration for Handhelds
free trial version for PocketPC
...popular concept map software
Handmark's
4.0Student for PocketPC
...student management software
Mobile Reference's
American Presidents

...everything about our
Presidents at your fingertips ($9.99)
Pocket World Info v4
...editable database app for information
about the world ($19.95)
PocketHolidays
...app that lists holidays and
facts about them ($14.95)
Pocket Atlas 2006
...personal world atlas
($9.95)
Microsoft Reader
..for reading of materials
(2003 SE and above)
Converter CE
....for scientific unit conversion
(free)
Pocket Stars PDA
... popular star chart (astronomy)
($19.95) free 15 day trial version
Packed Periodic Table & Stopwatch
...science tools
(free)
World Clock Sync
...world time & stopwatch
(free)
FlashCards for PocketPC
...much like the paper version
($ 14.95)
Sun 'n' Moon
... plug-in for today screen which
shows sun & moon phase
(free but see system req'ments)
Reference Titles from Pocket Directory
...none are free (but have demos) and many would require
purchase of an SD card for storage ($4.95 to $24.95)
MorseMaster 1.1
..learn & practice Morse Code
(free trial $6 to buy)
Live Long and Prosper
...learn genetics by simulation
(free)
iFD Graph
...graphing application
(free trial $14.95 to buy)
Pocket AutoGraph
...creates graphs from Pocket Excel
(freetrail $9.95 to buy)
Discussion Forums and Blogs
Brighthand Discussion Forum
...for Windows Mobile users
Handheld Learning Forum
...for Windows Mobile users
more on main page
Software Portals for PocketPC/Windows Mobile Software
FreewarePPC.com
PocketPCFreewares
Handango for Windows Mobile
PocketGear.com
PocketPC Magazine List of Software Applications
Items of Interest
Screen Snap
..Windows Mobile screen capture software
($9.95)
BatMemTime
...displays battery& memory
(free)
Shop2Go Lite
(free, but there is a Pro version)
StyleTap
(runs Palm OS applications)
($29.95)

Special Topics
Searching a Virtual Jungle for Digital Textbooks and eBooks
... presentation by Steph Sorell, Eminence Middle School
Eminence, Kentucky
Windows Mobile Solutions in a K-12 Environment
...article (9/04) by Bill Hagen
Chapter 16 ("How to be Productive at Work") of Frank MacPherson's book
and his page on tips and tricks

Back to Midge's Home Page
Page created: 06/27/2006
Last modified: 02/26/2007
For Dr. Rachel Bordelon and Mimi Gilman
with thanks for great online classes
Thanks to Kathy Schrock for her Power page with resources!
Thanks to Tony Vincent for his PocketPC software with resources!
Special thanks to Mike Curtis for his special professional development
handout which saved me a lot of time.
Please note that that the links on this page and on other pages
from my site are links to already existing pages.
I have no control over them and I am not responsible
for the information that they contain.
Use the information wisely, please.
Midge Frazel midgef@midgefrazel.net
P.O. Box 159 Bridgewater, MA 02324
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