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Teachers are still learning how to harness the educational potential of the thousands of apps on offer writes Leah Young.

Here you will find practical advice and resources for using iPads for learning including classroom ideas, practitioner case studies; a list of reviewed education apps; and key findings from the Department's iPads for Learning Trial.

In a recent webinar, more than 90% of school leaders responded that they were leading an innovative school as a result of the implementation of technology. At the end of the webinar, when polled again, only one leader claimed to be leading an innovative school. The complete reversal was due to a presentation of the Six Questions that you will read about in this article.   This list of questions was developed to help educators be clear about the unique added value of a digital learning environment.

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The Padagogy Wheel visual places the idea of motivation and capabilities at the center, which gets at one of its more compelling characteristics as a model - the meshing of technology, thinking, and student motivation. 

Google Docs is a powerful word processing tool that many schools have adopted. As it's similar to Microsoft Word and other word processing tools, most of its features are intuitive to use. However, in addition to completing many of the functions of a traditional word processor, Google Docs provides even more capabilities that can be invaluable to educators. Here are ten tricks that can make your life easier with Google Docs:

There are two separate conversations about what should happen in education at the moment, and both are doomed unless we connect them as soon as possible.

Socrative is a powerful yet simple Student Response System that lets students respond to 'quick questions' or full quizzes using smart phones, tablets, or computers. Teachers love it - its very popular.

You can choose a script and create a storyboard. Try building your own storyboard using background location photographs.