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Leadership for Mobile Learning "Resources for exploring the hottest topic in educational technology via CoSN's Leadership for Mobile Learning Initiative" Created and curated by Lucy Gray

Blog from educator in Alberta, covers many topics but one section focuses on iPads. Very insightful and thorough. Carts, authentic learning, writing, App list, 21st century learning. INCREDIBLE

"The Virginia Department of Education is phasing in the second wave of a pilot program that uses Apple's iPad tablet computers as the centerpiece of a social studies curriculum that blends online and face-to-face learning."

This video-based course is an exploration of learning theory-appropriate for grades K-12 and all subject areas-for the training of preservice teachers and the professional development of inservice teachers. Hosted by Stanford University professor Linda Darling-Hammond, the 13 half-hour programs illustrate a variety of learning theories with applications to classroom practice. A Web site and print guide supplement the videos, with background readings, questions for discussion, and ongoing assignments that bring theory into practice.

videos about how to create lessons that support learning theory and investigative learning.

We are excited that you are joining us in one of our iPad workshops at ISTE 2011. We hope that you will learn about the use of iPad in education and will leave with new ideas to implement mobile devices in your educational environment.

The combination of rich graphics, an intuitive touch screen, and lightning-fast processing speed is bringing educational technology to new levels of student engagement, she told a packed session titled The iPad Revolution: Innovative Learning in the Classroom at this year's International Society for Technology in Education conference in Philadelphia.

Mobile device ideas from educators

"Grockit is an upstart company founded by a former educator attempting to socialize and gamify test preparation for national standardized tests (e.g., ACT, GRE, AP, SAT). In "gamifying" this formerly sterile process, Grockit hopes to cash on not only the novelty, but the natural human instinct to connect. "

Short and concise commentary on the benefits of mobile learning

A growing number of schools have launched programs to provide iPads to students. What returns is this investment yielding?

Last week we started looking at rollouts of iPads in schools by searching out, reading, and summarizing findings in articles discussing these types of programs. This week we continue our examination of this topic by sharing take-aways from this excellent article in the March/April 2011 Educause Review.

In September, Virginia announced the purchase of 350 iPads for 4th, 7th, and 9th graders in four counties to test the use of the device as a 1-to-1 computing tool in social studies classrooms.

Thorough website about implementation, apps, learning outcomes and technical tips

Free resources and downloads from edutopia for project based learning

Learning in Hand, classroom do's and don't, apple's iPad manual, bookmarked sites, feature list of apps, blog posts

"I think this could very well be the biggest thing to hit school technology since the overhead projector," Mr. Wolfe said.

His goal in formulating this classification was to increase precision in the discussion of educational goals among teachers, administrators, and researchers.