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8 top apps for autistic learners - only issue with many of these apps is the price.

Great ideas for using QR codes in the classroom - perfect for schools with iPods or iPads

The following documentation is designed to help both parents and teachers to guide students with the appropriate use of their technology. Just click on each of the links in blue listed below to see more. All students must complete the Digital Driver's License requirements before taking their laptops home.

Brainstorming ideas for the classroom

Public library of technology resources for teachers from MACUL's MI Champions program.

an ereader option for Android

Listing of grants for education. GetEdFunding is a curated collection of more than 600 active grants and awards that will grow by the day, all selected through the prism of relevance to today's educational institutions. Although thousands of generous corporate contributors, foundations and other organizations recognize the need to support education, not all of them are included in this resource. In an effort to save educators time and frustration, a minimum requirement of inclusion in the collection is the willingness to accept Letters of Inquiry and unsolicited applications.

Interesting new tablet development out of Intel - the "studybook"

Blog post on ZDNET on the One Laptop Per Child program in Peru, and how it is not achieving the results desired/expected. From the article: "Why such results? The IDB concluded that OLPC does not provide enough guidance for teachers to show students how to effectively use the computers in class - and so the next item on the agenda should be improving teacher training"

Free online video creation tool - described as "iMovie + Google Docs)

Provides an overview of what you can and can not do with an iPad and google docs and other google apps.

Blog article from a teacher perspective on using 1:1. "The trap too many of us fall in to with technology is that we're just doing the same things we've always done, except now there's a computer involved. "

Analyst sees 7.85-inch iPad mini boosting sales in schools

From the post: "One challenge teachers face is requiring and enabling every student an equal opportunity to ask and respond to questions during class. A new web-based classroom tool called GoSoapBox is one possible solution to this problem. With GoSoapBox, students can simultaneously interact with the class in real time as well as participating with any Internet connected device. I am currently accessing GoSoapBox with my classroom set of iPod Touches; however, the app will run on laptops, notebooks, iPads or other mobile devices."

"A guide to help K-12 educators and administrators begin building rich digital learning experiences for students in districts across the country."

Interesting and seemingly thoughtful model of iPad distribution at the high school level

Comcast is providing low cost internet to students who receive free and reduced lunch.