More Educational Apps for Palm webOS

FOR EDUCATION

Palm's new operating system, webOS, is gaining more and more apps each day. While the iPhone and Android get the most media attention, Palm is slowly gaining share. Many teachers used Palm PDA's in class in the early part of decade. If they are looking for the same ease of use with increased productivity, functionality, and graphics, they should check out webOS on the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi.

Two new apps were released today that would be great for education:

1. Quizmine Math Reference - this app is a math reference app that allows you to get quick and easy access to math formulas from arithmetic, algebra, geometry, measurement, trigonometry and derivatives. $0.99

UPDATE: Quizmine also has a great Physics reference app too!

2. Soshiku - this app is a simple, but powerful tool for students to use to manage their classes and assignments. It will keep track of assignment due dates and will notify you by email or text message to remind you it is due. For each assignment, you can add notes, tasks, view attachments, and share messages with assignment partners. The app syncs with the free account on Soshiku.com. $1.99

And of course webOS phones have all the basic features:

contacts, email, excellent web browser with Flash support, text messaging, camera, phone, tasks, media players, note taking, and lots more, including Evernote, Twitter, Facebook and Google.

Some additional apps that are great for education:

Evernote - "remember everyting"

A+ Student Organizer - keep track of schedule, grades, calculate GPA, assignments, tasks

Flash Cards - create your own flashcards, download from site, or download user created

Easy Stopwatch - useful for keeping time and in science labs

Seismograph - show students how vibrations are recorded

Dictionary

Convert - unit conversion calculator

Newsfeed - RSS reader

pReader - ebook reader

Epocrates - excellent medical reference

Wapedia - encyclopedia

SciCalc - scientific calculator

Periodic Table - interactive periodic table of the elements

World Atlas - world atlas with data on countries and regions

Twee - Twitter app

AP Mobile - news from the Associated Press

New York Times - read the NYT

There are also apps to learn Spanish, a grade book app for teachers, math games, and much, much more.

And, you can use all of those older Palm OS apps (Centro, Treo, TX, T3, etc) by using the app "Classic" on the Pre or Pixi. It will then run the old Palm OS apps on the Pre or Pixi. Pretty cool!

More Palm webOS Apps for Pre and Pixi at Precentral.net

Related Articles:

** Palm Apps for Education ** (really a companion to this article)

Resources for Students - Soshiku, TrackClass, and Dweeber

Review of the Palm Pre+ and Palm Pixi+

Palm's webOS vs. iPhone

Resources for Students

Here are some great resources for your students. Please share these with them.

TRACKCLASS:

Trackclass is a great, free resource for students. The site allows students to track their classes and assignments, and even will send reminders (email or SMS) for upcoming assignment due dates and test dates. There is also a note taking utility so students can take notes on it if they have a computer in school, or transcribe notes later. You can even attach files to each class and assignment to keep things organized. It is a great way for students to stay organized.

There is also a version for mobile phones and the iPhone, so students can stay organized no matter where they are.

I found it very easy to use, with a great help section. I wish they had this when I was in school! I was even thinking that teachers could use this too.

SHOSHIKU

Shoshiku is another free class organizer, similar to Trackclass. It has a calendar, notes, task list, and reminder system like Trackclass. It is not as full featured, in my opinion, as Trackclass, but it is easy to use and some students may like it better than Trackclass.

DWEEBER

Dweeber is a homework collaboration site that also has tools to help students learn better. It is described as a homework social network. Students sign up, for free, and can add their friends, known as "dweebs" to their network. Students can work on homework together and help each other out. It even as a virtual whiteboard so that they can work together just as if they were in the same room. There is a message center, study sessions, and even a place to post links to web sites that you find helpful in doing your work.

This is a great resource for students who can't get together physically to work on homework or projects.

Share these with your students and please share any others you know of with us.