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PDA Urls
TUCOWS
http://www.tucows.com.
Search for downloadable software compatible with Personal Digital
Assistants (PDAs), often at no charge. Tucows also rates the software
it provides.
PEP - Palm Educational Pioneer Grants
http://www.palmgrants.sri.com/ideabank.html
In addition to providing information about grants for educators,
this site provides a useful "idea bank" of activities
for use with PDAs.
ProbeSight
http://probesight.concord.org
ProbeSight offers many ideas for using PDAs in science-based
projects.
Digital Cameras
Digital Cameras in Education
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cumulus/digcam.htm
This Australia-based site suggests many uses for digital cameras
in the classroom, as well as technical and logistical advice on
using cameras with kids.
1,001 Uses for a Digital Camera
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~ucfcasio/qvuses.htm
Not quite 1,001, but a good source of lesson plans built around
using digital cameras across the curriculum.
EBooks
Barnes and Noble EBooks
http://EBooks.barnesandnoble.com
You can by EBook texts on CD, but the most common way to get EBooks
is to download them directly from Web sites such as the RCA EBook
Web site and other retailers such as Barnes and Noble.com.
EBook Library at the Electronic Text Center of the University of
Virginia
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html
This site has over 1600 volumes that you can download free.
EBookWeb
http://12.108.175.91/ebookweb/
You can find out more about EBooks at EBookWeb. Particularly useful
is the EBooks primer on this site, which gives a great overview
the development of EBooks.
http://www.eBookweb.org/basics/ebook.primer.htm.
For a detailed discussion of the potential - and value of -
electronic textbooks, look at the essay "The Virtual Textbook,"
made available by Indiana University's Center for Excellence
in Education
http://cee.indiana.edu/publications/vtexts.html.
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