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"I've often said, "The iPad is only good for two things: Reading and Scrabble. Well, I've now come to some longer-term conclusions about the iPad. In truth, reading covers a lot of stuff, and the iPad is great at those reading and viewing tasks. The fact that it's instant-on and you can flip the screen around to show a colleague a web page, a chart, or a document just like you would a piece of paper gives the iPad a much more natural feel and a huge advantage over a traditional laptop for those business professionals who spend a lot of time in meetings."

Interesting review. Of course we must not discount the power of just giving a student "instant on" access to web based resources, accessable and portable reading. The new dimension of using a multitouch interface offers some interesting social collaboration angles for schools.

Digital storytelling resources

"Teachers Without Borders advances human welfare through professional development on a global scale. "

Fascinating group of teachers who do some great work. Reading up what they are now doing in Pakistan.

This could be one way in which iPod/Pads can be useful as producers, not just consumers of content

Though US focused this list from the Online Colleges is useful nonetheless "For teachers hoping to infuse multimedia into their classrooms, YouTube makes for an excellent starting point. Plenty of universities, nonprofits, organizations, museums and more post videos for the cause of education both in and out of schools. The following list compiles some of the ones most worthy of attention, as they feature plenty of solid content appealing to their respective audiences and actively try to make viewers smarter."

"It's Google's world, we're just teaching in it. Now, we can use it a little more easily. With classes, homework, and projects-not to mention your social life-time is truly at a premium for all teachers, so why not take advantage of the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google tools specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time."

Google SketchUp is great free software that can be used across the curriculum. This page from RoboHelp contains links to numerous project ideas using the software. For each project shown below, you can view project details in HTML or PDF format.

Video primers on distance learning from IU

Video talks by Curt Bonk share advice about making the switch to online teaching. Best practices.

A collection of storyboard templates

web2.0 and ideas of how you can use them in the classroom

Summaries of all the discussions from the first three months, bundled into a single online document

Site that collects and encourages colleges to adopt guidelines based on pedagogy best practices for online and classroom teaching.

Open course on digital storytelling starting Januay 10, 2011. Just do it!