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Janet Cerni

Top 10 Apps of 2011 | Touch and Go - 3 views

  • blog “Touch and Go” last June. Since then, we’ve reviewed more than 80 titles.
  • the selections will amuse, entertain, educate, or challenge kids—even after repeated viewings
  • limited my choices to the apps reviewed in this column over a four-month period.
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  • , Touch Press is unquestionably the front-runner among app producers. The London-based company has set out to “forever transform the act of reading,
  • Gems and Jewels, which highlights holdings from Chicago’s Field Museum
  • The Waste Land, which includes a stunning reading of T. S. Eliot’s iconic poem by Irish actress Fiona Sha
  • The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (Moonbot Studios).
  • Beware Madame La Guillotine (Time Traveler Tours, LLC), an audio tour of Paris that stops at the French Revolution’s most significant sites
  • Jack Kerouac’s On the Road at an impressionable age. The app (Penguin/1KStudios) offers the complete text of the seminal work supported by a rich variety of print resources, video and audio recordings, and visuals culled from Viking’s archives and the Kerouac estate.
  • Spot the Dot (Ruckus Mobile Media/Unicorn Labs) embodies the medium’s potential to create entertaining educational materials for all children, including those with special needs.
  • . Al Gore’s Our Choice (Rodale), which targets the climate crisis, was first published in 2009, and this app (Push Pop Press/Melcher Media) updates the book
  • video introduction by the author sets the agenda, while a cogent text, video clips, fluid interactive graphics, and spectacular photos address our world’s most pressing environmental issues
  • Nosy Crow’s Cinderella: A 3-D Fairy Tale puts a fresh, modern spin on the classic slipper story. The app features animated scenes and reader-controlled text speed. And if it’s interactivity you’re looking for, this one can’t be beat.
  • Edward Bell’s Journey to the Exoplanets (Farrar/Scientific American) explores the little-known planets beyond our solar system. The app offers many cool options, including a regularly updated “Exoplanet Feed,” animated explanations of key concepts, and gyroscopic views of these far-flung orbs
diane darrow

Fraser Speirs - Blog - 0 views

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    Blog about iPad use. Author from scotland also 2011 ADE
diane darrow

iPaddiction - 1 views

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    A teacher in Wisconsin blogs about his or her? lessons and ideas using the iPad throughout the school year. Excellent ideas
diane darrow

Sample Blog Acceptable Use Policy - Bud the Teacher's Wiki - 1 views

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    acceptable use policy from BUdtheteacher
diane darrow

Teaching like it's 2999 - 0 views

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    My friend Jen's blog about her experience with the iPad pilot project in Chicago
diane darrow

How will the iPad change education? « PBS TeacherLine Blog - 0 views

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    From the Reed Union Wkki
diane darrow

Collegiate iPad User Group | iPads at Collegiate School - 0 views

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    A blog about implementing iPads in the classroom. Links to other iPad user groups
diane darrow

The iPad as an Educational Tool « Curriki's Blog - 0 views

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    small amount of info about iPad. Includes videos
diane darrow

The Age of the iDivide - iPads in Education - 0 views

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    Sam Gliksman blog. Also info on deployment, tips and tricks. iPad overview site
diane darrow

100 Digital Storytelling Tools for Your Digital Selves + Natives (Part 4) | Ozge Karaog... - 3 views

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    sites useful for digital storytelling. Most are Web 2.0 sites but there are links to other useful blogs. Good resource for digital storytelling
diane darrow

Tweachers - 1 views

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    Lori Mustille's and fellow ADE's Blog. Great write ups about a few apps and software.
diane darrow

11 Social Skills & Life Skills Apps in iPad App Store | Friendship Circle -- Special Ne... - 1 views

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    Apps for social skills & life skills
diane darrow

iPad As.... - 2 views

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    Over the past few months, iPads have exploded throughout schools and classrooms. Their flexibility, versatility, and mobility make them a phenomenal learning tool. In webinars and blog posts, we have talked about the iPad as....
diane darrow

Make Your Images Interactive - Thinglink - 0 views

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    insert link onto pictures posted on your blog. Wonder if it can be used in new apple/iPad books created by teachers for students. Click abe lincoln and go to site with hie biography etc..
diane darrow

iPad in Ed: Here to Stay or a Passing Fad? « WizIQ Blog - 0 views

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    What might tablets enable for education in the future? Companies like WizIQ see the iPad (in the near term) as a chance to rev up the educational experience for students with electronic assessment tools, real-time collaboration, and 24/7 access to resources.
diane darrow

Ms. Laidler - 0 views

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    example of teacher blog tracking iPad use in the classroom. Journal style entries
diane darrow

iPads in Kindergarten - 1 views

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    Kindergarten teacher in Chicago blogging about her experiences
diane darrow

View From A Digital Classroom - 1 views

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    Another teacher blogging about their experience with the iPad pilot program in Chicago.
diane darrow

How the iPad 2 and education could go together | Stratepedia Blog - 0 views

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    From the Reed Union Wiki
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