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This article has ten of the best educational iPad apps to use in the classroom. Most were designed specifically for the iPad platform, but all of them have educational uses for the classroom. There is something for everyone here, from preschool all the way to high school.

You hear it repeatedly. You can't throw technology into schools without training and support for teachers. If you purchased a truckload of iPads for your school then you better have a plan for developing teachers that are skilled in using them ... but what does it really mean to be "skilled .. What constitutes effective professional development

"The huge iPad deployment shows a significant level of trust in the Apple platform -- love it or hate it -- that it's secure enough for banking. Finance, after all, is only one-notch below national security in the grand scheme of data protection priorities."

iPad apps that promote critical-thinking, creativity, collaboration, and the creation of student-centric learning environments.

an open learning community where you can learn or teach any subject. Record an onscreen white board audio lecture like Kahn.

This is an iPad app and site where you can create video tutorials on a virtual whiteboard on an iPad and share it on the web to view on any device. The site has a extensive bank of shared tutorials from other educators on a range of topics, including maths, science, English, languages and more. Download the app at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279 http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

"This collection have links to open on the iPad: - Apps for Teachers - Apps for Learning Physics - Apps for Learning Geography - Apps for Learning to Read - Apps for Learning Life Science - Apps for Learning Math - Special Education - Learning Language, Grammar, Vocabulary"

Why my school district switch from a goal of 1:1 iPad to BYOT.

"The district currently has 1,600 iPads deployed to all 9th and 10th graders at Minnetonka High School.  I'll have my notes from the visit posted in the next day or so, but for now, here's my favorite quotes from the visit…"

Educreations is a global community where anyone can teach what they know and learn what they don't. We're on a mission to democratize learning by extending the reach of great teaching.  Educreations is a recordable interactive whiteboard that captures your voice and handwriting to produce amazing video lessons that you can share online. Students and colleagues can replay your lessons in any web browser, or from within our app on their iPads. Check out the "Showcase" on our homepage or the "Featured" tab in our iPad app to view some great lessons that other teachers have created with Educreations. You can also create lessons using our online whiteboard, which works in any browser that supports flash. Just log in to your account on our website and click on the "Create a New Lesson" link to launch our online whiteboard.

"In a previous post I looked at iPad applications that support student writing. This post explores applications that support editing that writing once they have got their ideas down."

Robert Yearsley believes his app and pen solves the problem of handwriting, drawing and collaboration on the iPad - and customers believe in him, already pledging tens of thousands of dollars sight unseen.

This ipad app gives you 100 idea prompts to great your children thinking and writing. Download the app at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/things-to-think-about/id664670576?mt=8 http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

An easy way to share visual ideas

Für Schule oder verteilte virtuelle Arbeitsgruppen: Brainstorming-Tool für iPad und Web im Mindmap-Stil. iPad App: 4,99 €

"A Full Year of Algebra Class on Your iPad"

Resource for finding a list of ipad apps

benefits of iPad for classroom use