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S. Downes. EDUCAUSE Review, Vol. 39, No. 5. (September 2004), pp. 14-26. "I think it's the most beautiful tool of the world and it allows us the most magic thing."-Florence Dassylva-Simard, fifth-grade studentThe bell rings, and the halls of Institut St-Joseph in Quebec City echo the clatter of the fifth- and sixth-graders. Some take their chairs in the more traditional classroom on the lower floor. Others attend to their projects in the large, open activity room upstairs, pausing perhaps to study one of the chess games hanging on the wall before meeting in groups to plan the current project. A third group steps up a half flight of stairs into the small narrow room at the front of the building, one wall lined with pictures and plastercine models of imagined aliens, the other with a bank of Apple computers. blogging education internet lit-review weblog

S. Downes. EDUCAUSE Review, Vol. 39, No. 5. (September 2004), pp. 14-26. "I think it's the most beautiful tool of the world and it allows us the most magic thing."-Florence Dassylva-Simard, fifth-grade studentThe bell rings, and the halls of Institut St-Joseph in Quebec City echo the clatter of the fifth- and sixth-graders. Some take their chairs in the more traditional classroom on the lower floor. Others attend to their projects in the large, open activity room upstairs, pausing perhaps to study one of the chess games hanging on the wall before meeting in groups to plan the current project. A third group steps up a half flight of stairs into the small narrow room at the front of the building, one wall lined with pictures and plastercine models of imagined aliens, the other with a bank of Apple computers. blogging education internet lit-review weblog

Apple has created an App that turns your IPad into an interactive board. You can display it on your projectors and run it from the IPad.

Like this simple question, can they?

Former Apple Computer K-12 Senior Systems Engineer and now a regular at all major Ed Tech conferences. Recommend this site to learn what is new and notable in Ed Tech.

All things Apple

Easy to navigate site for multiple grade levels and topics

Apple now has a grade book app... who knew?

""i Tell a Story" allows children to narrate and record their stories. But as a complete audio recording and editing tool, there are countless other uses, such as having adults record stories and messages for the little ones in their lives to listen to. Add funny sounds and music if you want, plus a picture, title, and your name, and send your audio book"

this is a free App that you can use to creat flash cards. It is great to create the cards and share with the students. You can even put pictures on the cards.

Free app for IPad for Digital Story Telling. Easy to use for students.

Story lines is a fun app for developing stories as a team. It follows the same pattern as the game of telephone. One student begins with a phrase and the next student draw the picture. It follows with other students adding on to the story without knowing the original phrase.

Make flashcards for students to study both online and on-the-go with Apple and Android apps. Students can quiz themselves from flashcards and track their mastery of key concepts. StudyBlue is free, secure and requires no extra work by your IT department. Built for students.Loved by teachers. This is not a top-down, group-purchase, fee-licensed product.

Elementary Educational Language Arts games for grades K-6. Great for cold reads, worksheets and themed based worksheets and games. There are also ready-to-go lesson plans available on language arts topics.

More than math games - arts, languages, literacy, science, social studies, health, and more. Games, activities, puzzles, and teaching ideas for many holidays.

List of iPad apps for the classroom. Great recommendations, especially for management and keeping up with everything else that comes with being an educator.