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A great article regarding apps and BYOD in the elementary classroom. This article also links to other resources and research.

Which apps are really worth it? Which are focused on Common Core?

As I move in to a role where I will be working with other colleagues on a more formal basis when it comes to e-learning, I have been reflecting upon different Apps. I was thinking about SAMR and which Apps can have transformative learning linked to them, if used properly.

Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education

Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education

A resource of educational iPad and Android apps for teachers, educators, and students

This article demonstrates how tablets impacted education.

A fantastic site for finding detailed reviews with images of educational apps.

This is an online learning environment dedicated for educators and students to learn how to effectively use Google Apps in an educational context.

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.

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

WOW, I found this site with full of iPad resources of Digital Storytelling, wonderful! This site contains Apps for Digital Storytelling, resources for iPad and much more information! Love it.

eInstruction Workspace (comes with the Mobi, but I use it all the time instead of PowerPoint) Livescribe Desktop (free, but without the pen there isn't much you can do) Animationish (not free, but the most fun art animation program I have ever seen!) Hyperstudio5 (not free, but worth the minimum price - much more creative than PPT!)

"Using iPads in the classrom" article gives an overview on how to incorporate relevant games, apps, etc.

A great website for teachers to incorporate tablets in their classroom. A teacher can search applications according to subject area and grade level. Along with rating the application, the site gives the compatibility of the app such as, does it work with IOS, andriod, ipad, or ipod.

Edublog Awards Winners 2011. Lists winner and several runners up for various student, teacher, class, library, ed tech, and administrator blogs. Also recognizes other categories such as best mobile app, free web tool, most influential blog post, educational wiki, open PD/webinar series, and use of a social network. I would recommend using this page for resources and ideas for creating your own educational blog.

Matho is a great website and also a phone app for both iphone and android for parent to have available for their children. Kids love to play online games and this type of website allows parents to provide their children with a fun interactive game while enhancing their math skills. Also the games are timed so this can further challenge kids to want to compete in trying to get the highest score in the shortest amount of time.

Video demos and tutorials on how to use Google Apps. *Google Video (video yourself instead of the usual email, record workshops for teachers who can't make it, record messages for students working on differentiated projects, have students use for class projects), make a class website with Google Sites, and see how to use Google Docs, Google Talk, Google Calendar, and more!

Links to and explainations of 102 of the best-voted Web 2.0 tools to use in the classroom. Check out everything from "Study Hall App" to "Dropbox" to "Wordle" and "Animoto." A consolidated resource to add new technologies to your classrrom in one easy list. Check some out and check some off!

5 mistakes schools make with iPad.1) Focusing on content apps2) Lack of Teacher Preparation in Classroom Management of iPads3) Treating the iPad as a computer and expecting it to serve as a laptop.4) Treating iPads like multi-user devices5) Failure to communicate a compelling answer to "Why iPads?"

Spelling apps/games for student enrichment

Students are able to go back in and recreate their avatars (which are little monsters). You can give points for participation, teamwork, working hard, being on task, etc... and take away points for being disrespectful, not doing homework, etc. A useful tool that is both a website and an app. Currently free to use - but if you're not already signed up, they are going to start charging for it next school year (I suggest sign up!).