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As mentioned in previous posts- there are a ton of apps out there. It is nice to find curated lists, even if they are a little out of date.

Cursory but insightful overview of role technology in medicine

"Edu-Tainment" - Leo's Pad app is like a TV show infused with educational activities which are masked as games.

A parent - and techie's - perspective on using iPads in the classroom.

Great resources from this week EdTechTeacher iPad Summit. (ALL the presentation slides. Total score.)

Before he publishes the actual 2012 review, is reflecting on what he wrote one year ago. (the ten things he highlighted last year was the ipad, social media, text-messaging, data, the digital library, khan academy, STEM, higher education bubble, "open", the business of ed-tech) Personally interested in programming literacy part that is expected to be mentioned. Also like the questions presented at the end. 

An infographic of common elements of a digital classroom: including eBooks, Book rental via Kindle, iPads, Open Source software, iTunesU, Digital cameras, projectors, and headphones.

Tapping into the Internet and using several iPads as video cameras, Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, connected his Harvard students in Sanders Theatre on Friday with students in Japan, China, Brazil, and India for a wide-ranging discussion that explored the complicated question of the ethics of solidarity and the dilemmas associated with patriotism, membership, and collective responsibility.

Justin Reich (of the Berkman Center) hosts an iPad summit, then invokes a Zen koan to say what it's really about - "unlocking student talent, compassion, and humanity".

A look at the Innovator's Dilemma in the Tech Space. Interesting corollaries to what we could imagine happening in the Education space.

Interesting report from Main on an iPad Kindergarten pilot.  A study in collaboration with Boston College showed evidence of increased kindergarten literacy scores compared with a control group of Kindergartens with traditional instruction.

In this feature, Apple profiles HOW their products are used in a variety of educational settings. It's one of the least 'promotion-based' sites I've seen from Apple in awhile... Typically, I'm cynical when a company "profiles" its own products; however, this one is done fairly well. This site could be a helpful model when attempting to demonstrate functional use of a product, highlighting the ends, not the means...

Thanks for sharing this link! I know that there are some schools which have bought iPads and then didn't know what they were going to do with them. This community obviously had a clear idea of how to use them, what problems they were going to solve and how to assess their outcomes. Nice!

Cool Tool App to create flash cards for more interactive study materials

We have read so much about the importance of teachers being prepped to use technology or getting professional development to increase their effectiveness of technology integration - here is one college giving it a try. Local children will learn using iPad tablet technology, thanks to a SUNY Cortland instructor and a group of College students who aspire to become teachers. "Learning About Technology," the final program in a semester-long series, takes place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec.