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Christine has written some articles about her professional development experiences using technology for learning

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  ABC Vocab-A personal vocabulary word tracker. Learn the word by tracking antonyms, synonyms, part of speech, definition and sentence. You can also draw a picture for each word!  
  About Face- Practice telling time with an analog clock face  
  About Time- Practice converting hours to minutes, minutes to hours and identifying elapsed time  
 

ACalc-Algebraic calculator to solve equations

  
  Addition-From basic flashcards to 3-digit addition practice  
 

Algebraf-Using symbols substitute a number to make math sentences true. Master one level to proceed to the next to keep challenging your logic and understanding of algebraic equations.

  
 

AmbTime-While this software has another purpose, it can be used to record times of events.

  
 

Angles-Estimating the measurement of angles. Another great program by Brian Schau.

 
 

AnimateMe! Animation software with simple tools to construct visuals to demonstrate understanding.

  
 

Athelete'sCalc-Calculate time, pace and distance

  
 

AverageCalc-Average a set of numbers in a trial. Enter up to 12 items to calculate the average.

  
  Bagels!-A numbers guessing game testing your logic skills.  
 

Big Clock 2.8 It's a clock, timer and alarm all in one to monitor those classroom tasks.

  
 

Bookslog Organize books in this simple database.

  
 

Bookshare 2.1 A collaborative book creator that allows students to work on separate pages of a "book" and then beamsync them all together! Handhelds must be named for this software to work.

  
 

Boomerang Software for the handheld that allows teachers to produce prompts for students to generate, categorize, and share questions for exploration and reflection in the classroom.

Created for Project Whirl, Boomerang is a tool for generating questions about things students would like to know about, questions designed to elicit students’ understanding of a topic, sharing questions about content, and creating a list of student generated questions for whole class discussion. This handheld applications helps foster collaboration and engagement in the classroom. Ideas for learning using Boomerang  and a Quick Reference guide.

  
  CarGames-Keep track of all those car games that you play to make the trip a little more exciting.  
  Capitals-Learn the world's capitals and track high scores.  
 

Change Counter-Use this tool to count change with quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies or use the explore section which poses problems to solve.

  
  CFBPrimes-Prime factorization of numbers and identifying primes  
  CFBTimer-A countdown timer for a few seconds up to 99 minutes.  
  Clumps The aim of the game is to clear the board of items by removing 'Clumps' of 2 or more items  
 

Code Finder  A great guessing/logic game similar to Mastermind. It is a demo that will run for 30 days! Think of it as a new logic game every month!

  
 

Connect4  Get 4 colors in a row just like the board game.

  
  Converter-Converts just about everything, even shoe sizes!  
  Counterv1 A counter where you can keep track of different player scores.  
 

dAbacus Use abacus for place value and operations . Manipulate the beads on the abacus for adding, subtracting, etc. to strengthen the understanding of place value.

  
 

DBFree  Free,powerful, yet simple to use DB manager. It allows you to customize the fields and what information you enter into the fields. You can use DB Free to store, manage, beam, etc. any type of information.

  
 

DicMake 1.5 Make your own personal dictionary with this software. Be sure student entries help them "think deeply" about a word and its connections. Research tells us the least effective way of learning new vocabulary is to write the definition and a sentence so think differently...who might be most likely to use this word often and why...

  
 

Discussion A discussion simulation where a question is asked and students meet to discuss their answers.

  
 

Divisible-Determine divisibility of numbers

  
  Double-Digit Multiplication-Practice multiplying double digit numbers complete with all the steps in the process. Keeps track of your % of right and wrong trials.