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This article is about integrating ipads into the classroom.I found this article to be very interesting because Fairfield County is wanting to adopt ipads in their school district, and I wont lie I was very hesitant on that idea, but after reading this and seeing the extensive studies that have been done, I think it could be very beneficial.

I really like this article, it talks about teachers who are using the ipads in the classroom, and how they are able to keep the kids on track and make sure the students are using the ipads the way they are meant to be, not goofing around on them.

Mobile Learning | Feature Teachers Find iPad Slide-sharing App Nearpod Like 'PowerPoint on Steroids' Technology director and teacher Frederico Padovan may be only a few weeks into his school's first 1-to-1 iPad deployment, but he's already figured out how to keep students focused on their lessons.

The Apple iPad was just announced.  Make sure to watch the video to see its capabilities.  Not only can download books, but it also has a built in day planner that could eliminate the need for assignment books.  Where do you see the potential in education? 

A different perspective on the iPad.

Interesting article about using iPads in schools. I have experienced working with young children and iPads and it has always been a success. This article promotes them and talks about some of their main uses to teach. On January 19, 2012, Apple made a significant announcement that could change the educational landscape forever. There are several parts to the announcement - one is a software application that enables anyone to create a 'text book' and the other is a distribution platform for textbooks inside of the already popular iBooks application (a free download that runs on the iPad or iPhone.).iBooks 2 is an upgrade to the iBooks application that is the primary reading application of iOS.

Applications for iPad exclusively, but great ideas for the classroom.

This article (and its comments) demonstrate how educators feel with regards to the advances of iPads and technology, in general. Capturing students' attention is a challenge to begin with and iPads seem to add fuel to the fire. Sometimes it appears that you are either on board or not with the iPad education integration, but there is more to it than just that.

A private liberal arts college in Oregon took Apple's iPad through its paces to test its value as a a tool for learning inside the classroom and out. The evaluation followed a pilot of Amazon's first-generation Kindle, which the college eventually decided against. Reed College is trying to find a way to go completely paperless in it's classrooms. It is interesting to note that this professor feels that students would be less likely to check email or log onto social networking sites on an ipad because they are smaller and more difficult to hide behind than a laptop.

This article was very interesting and informative. The key to IPads for everyone in the classroom is that you have to have teachers that are knowledgeable and can help the students with them. I thought that the school in this article is doing an excellent job with IPads.

This article is about the new iPad education app, Star Walk. It enables users to point their iPad at the sky and identify the visible stars, constellations and satellites.

I thought this was neat because, now-a-days they have students using iPads in the classroom so teachers should too. What better way to do that than use a grade book app.

From smartphones to tablets, Wi-Fi to 3G/4G: I cover telecom & mobile. Conventional wisdom says that loaning Apple's bestselling iPad to college students would be a popular move. A seven-week-long study by the University of Notre Dame found that students did indeed like learning with the tablet computers, but that they used the devices differently than was expected.

This is a good link to help some teachers that have been given I pads to help teach their students.

I am so glad you posted this Stormy....it had some great tips that helped me out...GREAT WORK!

This article points out the fact that although we are headed into the technology age of iPads in our schools, etc., that we still need to determine how much time is spent on learning the new technology and how our students and staff are reacting to the technology.

I feel like iPads would definitely be useful but the expense would be out of this world!

This page is describing the new Ipad.

Blogger's blog about "will technology save public education".

I chose this article mainly because it gave some of the cons of educational technology. Although I do believe the article was a little dramatic, I did like some of the points that the author was making and i think its important to always see the pros and cons of things.