SMART announced it would release it's iPad application this summer

Filtered search engine that presents related terms in a web + displays results for web sites, pictures, and some key facts on the right side of the page. Suggested by Jeremy Carver, 5/7/2012; **** NOTE: as of 5/7/2012 this site claims not to work in Internet Explorer ****

Shows a Yamaha piano that can be played from remote locations

Useful links from Apple to things that may help an organization using iPads, including volume purcashing and their configuration utilities

From Gretchen Schroeder: What I like about WordWeb Online is its ability to do "fuzzy" spelling suggesting words close to the spelling you entered. Cross linking to related words, and if it doesn't find a word in its, more than 300,000 word database, it will search the web for definitions for you. It is also available in both an iApp and an Android app.

compares the size of small and large objects that make up our known universe; shared by Ginny Byrne

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

shows a smart phone hooked up to computer monitor, keyboard, etc to be functional desktop PC (running Android OS)

how to show a Youtube video without ads (still includes related videos when movie ends)

real-time polling through a web site; displays real-time graph on the screen of answers to multiple choice questions; doesn't appear to let you save questions ahead of time, but quick and easy to do so

Powerful audience response system presented by Dr. Erik Mazur at 2012 ADVIS Technology Retreat. Offers a wide variety of questions that students can answer using their mobile devices or laptops

one perspective of some of the concerns around Apple's January 2012 announcement regarding textbooksbuilt for the iPad

Join us as we create a national awareness campaign to celebrate innovative teachers and instructional strategies. Technology has changed the way we do everything from grocery shopping, to listening to music, and reading books. It's time to take action to leverage this potential with more innovative uses of technology in our nation's schools to ensure every student experiences personalized learning with great teaching.

Their description ... provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others Shared by Kathy Walker with the following note: "Attached is a cool idea for projects & assessments that can be used with any subject area."

List of Top 100 Tools for Learning from Centre Fore Learning & Performance Technologies; decent summary of technology in education trends, shared by Sue Van Den Acre, via Magi Koch

Web site that allows publishing of screencasts, with no software installed locally

analyzes a user's twitter profile to determine what they talk about frequently, how often they use twitter, and how often they are retweeted