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 The purpose of the group is to pilot the educational use of iPads and determine the relevant educational applications that can be used to promote student engagement and educational progress in learning.  Two of the Committee members have put together a list of applications that they have previewed and used with students.  They have spent a great deal of time working on recommendations for educational applications and a great deal of time organizing their information. 

Kelly Tenkely of iLearn Technology has shared a list of great digital storytelling resources that would be great additions to your curriculum.

"Looking for some rubrics to hone in your students presentation skills ? The rubrics below will definitely be of great help. I came across these materials on Discovery Assessment in an article written by Dona Criswell and I really liked them specially that they cover different grades. However, it should be noted that these rubrics are the property of Bucket Institute of Education, a leading source on project based learning materials and for some reasons the download link Donna provided is not working so I am hoping you will be able to have rough idea of how to create your own rubric based on these samples here."

Free tutorial videos for learning/refreshing yourself on a variety of applications.

Use zoom.it to take photo and zoom in & pan around.  Could be a great tool for discussions or even writing prompts.

Magistro and vReal are two new video options for me.

This blog has some great lesson ideas for math, language arts, wrting and technology.  Theses ideas take your students into the higher levels of Bloom.

Video Playlist: Ten Great Videos to Get People Jazzed About Education

Great for elementary science classes when learning about the climate of the earth. Topics include weather & climate, air, ocean, fresh water, energy, plants & animals, carbon's travels and technology. There are videos, games and activities to use in the classroom.

Great example of the process one can use in determining if an image is real or fake. 

One great feature of these education videos via Mobento is the ability to search for certain text within the videos. 

Great video by students on what are appropriate ways to provide feedback/comments on blogs. 

Great example of 4th & 5th grade students conducting daily announcement podcasts.

"The Google Docs collection provides a streamlined, collaborative solution to writing papers, organizing presentations and putting together spreadsheets and reports. But besides the basic features, there are lots of little tricks and hacks you can use to make your Google Docs experience even more productive. Here are 100 great tips for using the documents, presentations and spreadsheets in Google Docs."

Great collection of apps for elementary students. 

Great poster for junior high and elementary students using "Transformers" as a concept to explain metamorphosis, energy transformation, and adaption.  PDF poster curtesy of Discovery Education and HUB.

Great resource to download for use in professional development workshops or just for improving oneself.