learninginhand.com

Reading & PalmsTony Vincent

August 2009

Caring for your Handheld

• $280 Egg!

• Hold it over a desk.

• Don’t hold by the flap.

• Keep in the middle of desk.

• Keep stylus in silo when not in use.

• Only the stylus touches the screen.

BeforeReading

Vocabulary• invertebrate

• vertebrate

• phylum

• pharynx

• futile

• rodent

• bedazzled

• mimicry

• neurons

• viscosity

• hardpan

• anterior

• vector

• vilify

• till

• aerate

• guffaw

• Quizzler is a free application where students can take quizzes

• Multiple Choice

• Flash Card

• True & False

• Reverse Questions

• Dozens of quizzes available from the Web

• Teachers and students can easily make their own quizzes

Quizzing

QuizzlerLaunching

Tap the Quizzler icon

Tap State Capitals Quiz and then tap

Quiz Options

Tap Begin

QuizzlerTaking a Quiz

Question and possible answers

Tap a wrong answer and you are told you

are incorrect.

Select another wrong answer and you are again

told you are incorrect. Tap the correct answer to go

to the next question.

QuizzlerTaking a Quiz

Answer correctly… …add to your score and proceed to another

question

Quizzler

Tap the ! Icon to stop the quiz

Enter your name and tap OK to record your

score.

Your score is displayed on the Quiz Options

screen.

Ending a Quiz

Quizzler

Tap the arrow next to Sequence

Choices are In Order or Random

Sequence Options

Quizzler

Tap the arrow next to Answers

Choices are Multiple Choice, Flash Card,

True & False, Reverse Questions, and Auto

Answer Options

QuizzlerAnswer Options

Multiple Choice Flash Card True & False Reverse Questions

QuizzlerPreferences

Select the Options menu and select Preferences…

You can set sounds, font size, and more. Tap OK.

Word Sorting

• Enter vocabulary or spelling words into Idea Pad.

• Beam to students to sort words into categories.

Read to Develop Background

• Read websites using the Palm’s browser.

• Shorten URLs with TinyURL.com.

Doing Digital Worksheets

• Use a word processor like Memos or Word To Go.

• Students input answers under questions.

DuringReading

Journaling

• Use a word processor.

• Make a category for the journal.

• Date each entry.

• Define expectations.

• Students are far more excited to journal using a handheld than a notebook!

• Students can sync and you can respond!

Looking Out for WordsParts of speech are groups of words that are classified by how they are used in a

sentence.

NounsPronouns

VerbsAdjectives

AdverbsInterjectionsPrepositionsConjunctions

Silly Sentences

NounsNouns are words that

name a person, a place, or a thing.

For Silly Sentences, you will want to enter singular

nouns.

worm

castle

pencil

computer

toothbrush

VerbsVerbs are words that

express action or state of being.

For Silly Sentences, you won’t want to enter state of being verbs. Also, enter

singular verbs.

digs

asks

burped

digs

will till

AdjectivesAdjectives are words that describe a noun

or pronoun.

angry

purple

tall

excellent

sassy

AdverbsAdverbs describe a verb,

adjective, or another adverb. An adverb tells

how, when, how often, or how much.

For Silly Sentences, adverbs that end with -ly

work best.

silently

recently

accidentally

lazily

daintily

Prepositional Phrases

Prepositional phrases begin with a preposition

and are used to give more information in a sentence.

under the topsoil

by your nose

in the sewer

during lunch

around the corneraboard across beside

between in over

under with through

toward by during

Let the silliness begin!

Silly Sentences

• Let’s be on the lookout for more parts of speech while we read more of the story!

• Add the new words to Silly Sentences.

Animating the Text• Visualize the story using Sketchy.

• Frame-by-frame animations.

• Drawing tools include pencil, shapes, and text.

• Duplicate a frame and make changes to create animation.

• Students use Sketchy to illustrate the action in the story.

• The animations are fun to share with others!

SketchyTool Menu

Pencil: Freehand drawing tool

Eraser: Erase parts of a drawing

Line: Draws lines

Text: Adds text to a drawing

Selection: Select areas of a drawing

Solid RectangleSolid CircleSolid Rounded RectangleClear RectangleClear Circle

SketchyPattern Menu

Use the Pattern Menu to choose a pattern for the solid objects you draw.

SketchyWidth Menu

Use the Width Menu to select the width of your pencil and your eraser.

SketchyColor Menu

Use the Color Menu to select a color for your drawing tool.

SketchyFrame Number

The number is your current frame number. Tap this number to go to a specified frame.

SketchyNext Frame

Tap the arrow to go to the next frame. If you are on your last frame, the right arrow creates a new slide.

SketchyUndo

Use the Undo Tool to remove the last drawing action.

SketchyTrash Can

Use the Trash Can to delete the current frame.

SketchyDuplicate

Use the Duplicate Tool to copy the current frame and insert it as a new frame.

SketchyProject Menu

New: Start a new project

Open: Open an existing project

Rename: Give the project a new name

Delete Project: Remove current project

Beam Project: Beam current project

Play Animation: Animate the current project

Info: View information for the current project

Help: Read limited instructions

About: View information about Sketchy

SketchyEdit Menu

Undo: Reverse last drawing action

Cut Selected: Removes selected drawing and copies it to memory

Copy Selected: Copies selected drawing to memory

Paste Selected: Redraw selection stored in memory

Select Background: Choose an image to be used in the background for every frame in the current project

Edit Background: Change the background image

Preferences: Change animation speed and direction

SketchyCut Frame: Removes current frame and copies it to memory.

Copy Frame: Stores current frame in memory

Paste Frame: Inserts the frame from memory before the current frame

Insert Frame: Place a blank frame before the current frame

Clear Screen: Erases all drawing from the screen

Beam Frame: Beams the current frame into another handheld’s animation

Set as Background: Use the current frame as the background for all frame in the current project

Delete Frame: Removes the current frame

Frame Menu

AfterReading

Reflecting & Brainstorming• “Cross-Talk” is a game to help students brainstorm

or memorize a list of items or characteristics.

• Use Beamer to beam text between handhelds.

• Taking turns, students beam words back and forth, developing a list of words from memory.

• Play continues until a student cannot think of another word or repeats a word that has already been used.

• The winner is the player who completes the last correct word.

Cross-TalkExample

Player 1 starts by entering another word for “said” and

taps the send button.

Player 2 enters a different word for “said” and taps the send

button. Play continues back and forth.

Cross-TalkExample

Play continues until one player repeats a word already used or cannot think of another

word for “said.”

Cross-Talk

• Your turn to play!

• Pair up.

• Your topic:

–Words to describe Harriet in There’s a Hair in my Dirt

Concept Mapping• Students complete an IdeaPad template.

• Teacher starts the map, students finish.

Quizzing

• Give a “post test” Quizzler quiz to students.

• Students create their own quizzes to share or contribute questions for a class quiz.

• Let’s write one together!

Quizzler

• Teachers and students can create their own Quizzes

• Write quizzes in Memos

• Follow the Quizzler format

• Import to Quizzler

• Take the quiz and beam to others!

Making Quizzes

QuizzlerMemo Pad

Launch Memo Pad and tap New

Enter “#quizzler Handhelds” on the

first line

Enter “# Handheld Misnomers” on the

second line

QuizzlerMemo Pad

Enter “#author Your Name” on the

third line

Enter a question. Enter the correct answer on the next

line.

QuizzlerMemo Pad

Enter a ; after the first answer

Enter an incorrect answer

Separate incorrect answers with a ;

Quizzler

Enter another question.

Memo Pad

The first answer is correct followed by

incorrect answers (all separated by

semicolons). Tap Done.

Your quiz is in Memo Pad. Next it needs to

be imported into Quizzler.

QuizzlerImport a Quiz

In Quizzler’s Quiz List, select the

Options menu and choose Import

Memo.

You’re now ready to take or beam your newly created quiz!

Select the memo you just created and tap

Convert.

Quizzler

Here are what the new quiz questions look like in Quizzler

Writing!• Students compose stories using their handheld’s

word processor.

• Connections or extensions to the text might include:

• Sequels

• Point of view of a different character

• Personal reactions

• Give the story a different ending

• The compositions are digital! Make them into an eBook, pace them online, or simply have students beam them to each other!

Making the Text Crazy

• Read and create silly word stories using Gone Mad!

• Make your own template by replacing keywords with a description of the kind of word in brackets.

• Beam and share with others!