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"This page has been designed to facilitate the iPad initiative begun at the Franklin Academy High School. Students and teachers within the school have been selected to experiment with the iPad and explore the possibilities of using this device in the classroom."

The iPad Educators project was born here in the UAE - both of the website's founders are based in Dubai. As such it was important to us to include a section of the site that was dedicated to all things that are particularly relevant to local educators. So from here you can access exclusive interviews and features as well as the ever-expanding UAE app directory!

"Students at Westall Secondary College will soon be using revolutionary Apple iPads as part of an Australian-first trial of the technology at seven Victorian Government schools. The Member for Clayton Hong Lim MP said Westall Secondary College was among the first in the state to participate in the trial."

Just thought that you would like to know that we are part of this iPad trial :-)

"Stop. Put down this computer, go pick up your iPad and come back here. Now go get this app: Flipboard. Why? It's pretty awesome."

Amazing bit of software, awesome to read my social networks online as if they are an eBook or magazine! Has much in common with http://paper.li

HowStuffWorks.com in a brand new way with the HowStuffWorks for iPad app! Access tons of new features and content, including a massive collection of articles, quizzes, podcasts and videos in a completely re-imagined experience

"Inkling is a platform for interactive textbooks, built from the ground up for iPad. It turns paper-based textbooks books into engaging, interactive learning experiences while staying compatible with the print book for classroom use."

Nice interactive app that schools with iPads should consider exploring as a replacement for traditional textbooks.

Platform for interactive books. Conversion of books to iPad. Add video and QA to content. Purchase chapters or textbook. McGraw Hill platform.

hile it may be easy to imagine how iPads can support classroom studies with reading, history, or science, some of the most groundbreaking - and creative - work with digital tools may be happening in arts classes. Schools using iPads are incorporating them in art and music classes, too - and not only as tools for measuring and remembering, but for creating as well.

You can also insert the term "Tablet" for iPad: the questions and arguments for thinking about the task before the technologies are still very valid and worth considering. 

"The iPad is renowned as a multipurpose tool but Phillip Island building supervisor Neville Toms might have found an alternate use for it that would have Steve Jobs smiling from beyond the grave."

A great list of less known tips re GarageBand for the iPad

This is a freebie from Edudemic looking at how the iPad can be used under three columns, consume, collaborate, produce. Interesting as a starter document.

"When we first purchased our class set of iPads we needed a secure storage and charging solution. Unfortunately the purpose built trolleys were too expensive. At $4.50 each these drying racks were a great alternative while we saved up the money."

There's been a lot of talk about a seven-inch "iPad mini" over the last 18 months or so. The rumors, while compelling to many, never really resonated with me, and I've dismissed them countless times in the past. After all, what possible strategic reason could Apple have to offer such a thing?

Whenever I discuss iPad or BYOD implementations in schools one of the first issues raised usually revolves around problems associated with management and control. iPads are difficult to manage on an institutional level. That could be a blessing in disguise. Maybe it presents us with the right timing and opportunity to finally allow students to manage their devices and develop their skills as independent and responsible learners.

As this summer approaches, I've been contacted by additional instructors wanting to use "Playing with Media" as a course text. To facilitate student downloading of the iPad eBook version, I created a six minute narrated slideshow and screencast explaining these download and installation steps.

The key to learning to code is learning to think like a computer--which is a hard thing to do. "It requires structured thinking, ability to abstract details away, and there's little margin for error--one little typo and your program might do something entirely different from what you wanted," says game developer Rui Viana. "The real world just doesn't work like that, so it's hard to get your head around it." Which is precisely why Viana created Cargo-Bot, a simple iPad app that turns "thinking like a computer" into a genuinely addictive puzzle game. It's like Angry Birds crossed with Codecademy, and it's total genius.

The Padcaster is a multifunctional iPad case that takes you from passive consumer to creative filmmaker. Simply snap your iPad in and you're ready to hit the scene and start filming.

Lisa Johnson is curating this very useful Pinterest of lessons using iPads

This video outlines how the Edmodo app can be used to collect student created IMAGES and VIDEOS from a classroom set of iPads.

Reflection mirror app to view MAC screen on iPad