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"In this excellent 3 part article series, Principal David Mahaley shares lessons learned from the 1:1 iPad program that he has overseen in his role as Principle of The Franklin Academy. David has written several excellent articles for EmergingEdTech, and is the author of the eBook Teaching and Sharing with the iPad: Instructor Quick Guide. I am delighted to publish this series of posts in which he shares the perspective of the Administrator, the Teacher, and the Student, after nearly 3 years of experience with integrating the iPad into the Academy's curricula. "

This is a great read if you have 1:1 iPad schools in your area. Some really good advice here.

"A school- or district-wide digital learning strategy provides a paddle to help steer your organization toward its learning and teaching goals. It's the shared vision educators rally around to guide effective technology implementation. In Wisconsin, award-winning ed tech advocate Kurt Kiefer helped develop a statewide digital learning strategic plan that serves as a blueprint for schools as they transition toward digital age instructional models."

"Cable in the Classroom brings you a series of free, standards-based lessons that teach key digital citizenship concepts. These lessons, for students in grades 4-8, are designed to engage students through inquiry-based activities, and collaborative and creative opportunities."

Math is the only subject I know to which people attach the word "phobia." Luckily the internet has a wide variety of sites to help students, parents and even teachers with the learning and teaching of math. Here are nine websites that are helping to make math less frightening for all.

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Math Live provides video lessons for students K - 12 http://t.co/csde0O6Mgp

GoClass-design lesson plans and collaborating resources to push out to iPad app for students to access and interact with https://t.co/DVh65GSwAD