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Welcome to the iPads4teaching site! This site will provide you with tips, tricks and resources for teaching and learning with the iPad.  It does not include the links of apps by Bloom's. You can find those (and more)  on my iPads in the Classroom page, Teaching and Learning with the iPad page, and Bloomin' Apps page, which are listed in the navigation menu. This site will promote the use of the iPad to support sound pedagogical practices and provide professional development options for you. If you have items to share, please use the form in the footer to let me know about them!

"We, here at the Victorian government school system, are proud of our internationally recognised eLearning achievements. The iPads for Learning trial is no exception. We are working with Apple to test the value of the iPad, and the applications it can access, as an additional opportunity to engage students and to improve their educational attainment."

Review website by state government to share resources and evaluation for iPads and tablet computers used in a school setting. Includes details of current pilot schools.

Blog with resource information for iPad, iPhone and iPad keyboard.

The iPad is being trialled in a large number of schools and educational settings across Australia. This theme page provides links to school trials, app review sites, blogs by teachers using iPads and a range of other useful resources for iPads in and out of the classroom.

"As I started a go-to list of the best educational iPad apps for kids, the list got so long, I split up my posts into categories. So, today we'll start with my favorite iPad apps for literacy - reading and writing for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary-age kids. Also, I've included special needs iPad app resources at the end of this post."

Kathy Schrock's iPads4Teaching Resources with apps suggestions for the different levels of Blooms

A complete project plan for creating radio plays on iPads using Garageband or Studio.HD. Applicable to a wide range of subject matter, including social studies, literature, or even science. Great tutorials down at the bottom of the page, and examples - even project files included.

iPad in Education resources, including Greg Alchin's modified version of Kathy Schrock's iPad Evaluation Form

Resource for finding a list of ipad apps

A fantastic free quarterly e-science education magazine and some school science resources from the University of Adelaide. The Magazine is available as a free iPad version which is excellent and includes class resources (videos, audio, worksheets) to bring it into the classroom. Highly recommended.

An excellent collection of resources and lesson details for the use/integration of ipods/ipads in the classroom.

Big list of resources from Palm Beach County School District on getting started with iPads in Edu. Considerations, apps, install, setups, training, etc.

I'll bet you don't know all of these...

This article explores various iPad apps that could "transform" the classroom.  

Not compelling at all. When a company tells you how a technology will revolutionize education, think very carefully, deeply, and critically.

Agreed. I'll consider the iPad an educational resource when Apple starts giving some serious grants for it. Till then, it just seems like Jobs wants schools to join the bandwagon the way consumers do.

2nd ipad workflow for teachers - how to manage a bunch of class blogs and monitor/assess student blogs with a simple, organized setup.

The official home of the iPad Monthly Newsletter for Teachers.

Grades K-2nd - "HappyNumbers.com is an online resource that brings math to life through high-quality graphics and animation combined with clear, simple instructions and immediate feedback. Our interactive, individualized lessons use a scaffolded approach to reinforce all aspects of elementary-level numeracy and operations. HappyNumbers is compatible with most internet-enabled devices, such as IWBs, PCs, Macs, iPads, and Android tablets."

Tons of great looking iPad resources