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A good blog (actually looks like a newpaper page) that has lessons where students are asked to give their opinion on a topic. Very good questions to develop reasoning, judgement and decision making skills. These questions can be used to link in your own blog, wiki, or web tool (like the collaborize classroom). Students can comment on the blog site their opinion. Nice to get your school recognized.

A blog that is focused on giving information regarding online safety and civility. Many good resources on this blog.

a blog with a lot of web 2.0 resources all organized. You can view the resources on this blog. An example of a wiki for educational sharing of resources.

a site that allows kids to upload photos of their projects and share it with their friends, family, and the public. The site was developed for student use and is safe and secure, without any personal avatar photos needed. The information is linked to a teachers or parents email. students can upload videos of the projects they have or are making to in order to demonstrate how you can recreate the project. It is a free site and can be used with any ages. Click on the links in the blog to go to the signup page.

A blog with related information about educational technology and app advice. A lot of good information.

A great blog from a cybrarian that is well put together with lots of resources.

This blog is created by a principal in Oklahoma and it is a well done one. It has a lot of great links and categories regarding technology. His school has to be a 21st century school!

"Got Apps?" List of Pragmatic and Social Skills Apps: Video Modeling, Social Stories, Social Skills and Group Activities. This is a blog that supports and informs families of children with special needs.

This is an online avatar maker that works on the iPad and tablets. you can print, share, save, and use the avatar on your blog or web site. It is easy to use and is good to for students to develop for use regarding online safety .

This is a blog that is dedicated to the awareness of apps for Autistic students.

This site allows you to make your own cute avatar that can be downloaded to your computer and put in your photos file to use as your own avatar. This also can be printed, shared, put on your blog become and icon on your cell, etc.. I really like this for teaching the younger children about avatar building and comic making. Other activiities are also on this site. It is FREE to use !

a blog that reviews and discusses apps that are of value in the classroom.

If you can't get enough tips, apps, websites, tech help and guides, Make Use Of should be a go-to for you. This website will keep you in-the-know when it comes to anything tech. Cost: Free.

a website to empower teachers to solve their own technology shortfalls by connecting classrooms with their communities using the Internet. A year later, www.digitalwish.org launched with a simple wish list feature and a few technology products. The need for classroom technology was so great that 1,000 teachers posted wishes in the first month. With such high demand, we began the process of turning Digital Wish into an official nonprofit organization.

This is Richard Byrne's most recent creation. I just don't know how he has the time to do all these posts (lol). This is all about iPads but he has one for android devices also.

Teach Amazing newsletter, packed with educational technology, web 2.0, and tips to teach amazing!

Teachers With Apps, co-founded by Jayne Clare (Special Education teacher) and Anne Rachel (Early Childhood educator) is a premiere resource site for educational app discovery.

excellent article about preparing to use mobile devices with students.  A good check list with accompanying articles

17 Pros and Cons of Using iPads in the Classroom - For many schools this year, the dream of having iPads in the classroom turned into a reality. Some schools have brought them in through 1:1 initiatives and other seen them start to flood in after implementing BYOD policies. As with anything else, teachers have seen some pros and cons with this cool, new classroom technology. Here's a list of some things to expect with iPads in the classroom.

these guides will definitely help you better understand and use iPad for teaching and learning purposes. Enjoy ::