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Palm Freeware and Shareware that I'll be sharing [|ABC Vocab] || //ABC Vocab// is an application used for practicing vocabulary. Users can define the word, use it in a sentence, draw a picture of it, and add variations, synonyms and antonyms. They can also beam these words to others in the classroom. || || [|Algebraf] || Every pictogram represents a digit. Find all of them to solve the system of equations. || || [|Arithmefish] || Learn math facts the fun way! ArithmeFish is an arcade-style game that helps players memorize addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Each subject has multiple levels covering simple problems to hard problems. || || [|Bang] || Bang! Bang! is a simple game of backyard blasting fun! Take aim at tin cans, bottles, passing ducks and stray cats in this backyard shooting range. Make sure to collect extra bullet packs - if you run out, it's game over. || || [|BitBop] || A bitmap pattern drawing tool, BitBop is a freeware developer’s tool to make 8 x 8 tiles for use with the Palm. It also just happens to make for an amusing puzzle to see how many nice designs can be made with exactly 64 pixels. || || [|Change Counter] || //Change Count// is an application that students use to practice making money amounts. They can also practice making change using quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. || || [|Chem Table] || //Chem Table// is the periodic table on a handheld. There are many different ways to manipulate the table. || || [|Codex] || Codex is unique type of word game. All you need to do is to swap tiles by tapping on them. The object is to form words from tiles to move on to higher levels. || || [|Crazy Faces] || Crazyfaces is a game of poking people in the face with your stylus. It is also a sequence repetition game that will test your memory. Race against the clock to inflict some serious facial-pokery on your opponent. Reach the target and you'll meet a new opponent and new challenges. || || Division || //Division// is an application to practice Long Division on a handheld. || || [|FileZ] || Filez is an easy to use file manager for the Palm OS. Use it to remove, beam, or modify any file on your handheld. It's useful for removing old programs/ databases and for telling some files to back themselves up. || || Flats, Rods and Units || //Flats, Rods and Units// is an application for practicing place value by tapping on pictures of hundreds (flats), tens (rods) and ones (units). Students are given a score and teachers can save those scores in Memos. || || [|Jumbler] || //Jumbler// is an application for kids to make and then practice their vocabulary words. Words can quickly and easily be beamed from handheld to handheld. || || [|LcmGcf] || //LcmGcf// is a program for students to practice least common multiple and greatest common factor. || || [|Link Letters] || //Link Letters// is a game of words. The object is to get from a given word to another word in as few moves as possible. Change one letter in the first word to make a new word. Continue changing, adding or subtracting one letter in each new word until you reach the final word. || || [|Matches] || //Matches// is thinking math game in which a random amount of matches is shown on the screen. It’s the handheld user verses the handheld. Take turns removing 1, 2 or 3 matches from the screen at a time. The player that leaves the last match on the screen is the loser. || || [|Memorix] || //Memorix// is a memory game. Tap on two squares at a time to see if they match. If they match they either stay on the screen or disappear, depending on the way the user sets the game. If they don’t match, they are rehidden. || || [|Mental Arithmetic] || Test your mental ability with this Palm application. Answer questions correctly and you move on. Miss questions and the program gives you more similar questions and suggestions for solving them. || || [|Phoon] || //Phoon// is an application for learning about and studying the phases of the moon. The phase of the moon for any date and time can be displayed. || || [|PowerPlay] || //PowerPlay// is an application for practicing exponents and base numbers. Players go through ten rounds and try to get the lowest score based on how close their answer is to the correct answer. || || [|PPick] || //PPick// is an application for generating random whole and real numbers. It can pick anywhere from 1 to 10 numbers ranging from 0 to 99,999,999. || || [|Primes] || Type in a number from 1 to one billion to find the nearest prime numbers and the prime factors of that number. || || Regroup || //ReGroup// is an application to practice subtraction with regrouping. || || [|SayMon Palm] || Play the classic game Simon Says on your Palm. || || [|Sequence M] || //SequenceM// is an application for putting things in order. This could be events in a story, how to do activities, order words, coins, letters, and much more. || || [|Shapez] || The object of //Shapez// is to fill the play area with the shapes that are at the bottom of the screen. The shapes can be rotated, flipped and slide to get them to fit. There are 25 levels to complete || || [|SRC] || //SRC// is an application with four different strategies for reading comprehension. These strategies are KWL, KWL Plus, SQ3R, and 5 W’s. || || [|Target] || The object of //Target// is to make as many words as you can from the nine letters that are given. The nine letter words can be generated by the program or chosen by the user. || || [|TicTac 15] || Tic Tac 15 is a children's math game. It operates in two player mode or in one player against the Palm device. The object of the game is to make 3 numbers in a row add to 15 horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The players take turns revealing the next random number from the numbers 1 to 9 and placing it on a 3x3 grid. The game keeps cumulative scores of wins losses and ties. At any time, the player can have the Palm device display or hide the running totals in each of the directions. When someone wins, the winning three squares in a row are indicated. || || [|Word Maniac] || Addictive puzzle in which you have to look for words, once you visualize a word in the screen, press the letters sequentially to indicate that it is the word that you have found. The objective of the game is to end all the colored letters and to leave blacks single (with the maximum possible score). ||

If you have any questions, feel free to email me at ccuppett@wcboe.org.

If you are interested in my books, you can purchase them at http://www.teamvistech.com/ and at several other resalers. Just search for "Handhheld Applications for the Classroom" on Google to find those sites. At the website, they cost $34.99 plus S&H. I can sell them for $25.00 each or $45.00 for the pair here at MAHETC. (While supplies last)