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"Many educators view information inquiry as the foundation of all "traditional content areas." Rather than focusing on individual skills, teachers prefer to use a problem-solving or inquiry-based approach to the process of working with information and creating communication. Others focus on a subset of skills and call these study or research skills."

a brief exploration of the history of writing technology, we will immerse ourselves in digital environments, analyzing the role of gender, race, economics and other ideologies of power in creating the material forms and tools that allow us to communicate in the contemporary moment.

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

Popplet is an interactive bulletin board. Think bulletin board meets sticky note meets technology. Popplet is a combination between a sticky note, a bulletin board, and a multimedia library. Whatever you would write on a sticky note or tack on a bulletin board, you can put on a Popplet.

Voice thread for the iPad book report lesson

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells as illustrated below.

"Baylor's long-term institutional goals will eventually include the reduction of computers on campus and other devices such as LabQuests, SmartBoards and the required use of handheld graphing calculators. Academic departments are being asked to reduce photocopying expenses by 50 percent beginning 2012-13, and parents will see significant savings in textbook purchases in the future"

Place to ask questions about using the iPad. Social netwrok for educators with iPads

Lesson ideas and a wealth of links for teachers to use to develop iPad curriculum. Might be a good model for RUSD collaboration site

Before schools and districts go on a mass purchasing spree of iPads and iPods, there are a few infrastructure considerations before sending the purchase order. While I am a strong advocate of using the tablet in the classroom, there should be some strategic deployment plans before putting it in the hands of students.

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From ADE friend. Authentic assessment formats. Full of suggestins that could be useful for iPad projects in the comiing year.

resources for iPad, video tutorials on how to use Pages

Blog about iPad use. Author from scotland also 2011 ADE

Contains APP review rubric. Discusses logisitics, management, use and care as well as standards and curriculum

Acalanes UHSD iPad learning studio. Presentation of school use

mobile device lessons that use higher order thinking

helpful articles on how to use iPod/iPad

This message is especially important for those of us who develop ed tech products but is a big heads up for anyone who thought the iPad just might be a fad.

Free apps used in another district

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.