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Postach.io is a new blogging platform that allows an Evernote Notebook to be turned into a blog.

Posts, one of the best blogging apps for the iPad, is now a a free app. It has previously been priced at $9.99 and this appears to be a permanent move to free for the app.

The Padagogy Wheel takes an expanded approach Bloom's Digital Taxonomy and offers 62 iPad apps that fit into the organized chaos that is Bloom's. On Allan's blog (check it out, it's great!)

There are dozens of other sites specifically devoted to education app reviews for teachers and students. This blog post highlights a list from Listly of all the great places that review apps for educational applications.

This teacher's blog post not only gives tips for setting-up a 1 iPad classroom (with a teacher laptop also) but a huge list of apps and ideas for using them all.

I've started creating a table of important skills, some derived from the Padagogy Wheel, and actions, some derived from iPad As… What I am planning to highlight is that there are many apps that can be use for many purposes and for developing many skills. For example, I have already added "Explain Everything" to 9 categories as I see it as a multifunctional app and one worth its price because of the educational benefits it provides. Over the coming months I plan to add text descriptions to each category to explain how the apps listed address the skill or action they have been linked to and may also link them to other online sources that show them in action. I'll also provide direct links to the App Store, as I always do on this blog when I mention apps so you can check them out yourself if you want.

Turn any webpage or blog into an ebook.  This would be great for students with limited internet access at home or teachers who want to take research with them when there is no wifi.  Can open in ibooks and use the notes features etc.  

This article provides a review of some "free" mind mapping apps for the iPad. Despite these being advertised as free, some require either registration or payment for full functionality.

Check out this blog from two teachers in Michigan that have an iPad classroom implementation.

Wouldn't it be handy if every time someone tagged a photo of you on Facebook, that pic were automatically added to your Dropbox folder? If items you starred in Google Reader were automatically added to Instapaper or Read It Later? Or if you received a text message whenever it was going to rain? If This Then That (ifttt) is a brilliant web service that let's you plug information from one service into another, allowing you to link all your favorite webapps to create super-charged integration between tools like Gmail, Dropbox, Instapaper, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare, and oh-so-much more. Here's how to use ifttt to get more from your online life.

I LOVE IFTTT and use it to post my Project 365 pics to my personal blog. Easy peasy!