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Great ideas for not just consuming with the iPad but creating!

Great ideas for not just consuming with the iPad but creating!

The iPad has a dark side. Particularly for a teacher working with a class of students, each with their own iPad. Consider a teacher that simply wants to facilitate teaching and learning and does not wish to devote hours to dealing with an interface that can at times be clunky, inconsistent and simply involves too many steps to get it to work.

Explore how iPad and iOS 5 can transform your classroom. In this webcast, you'll see how amazing the new textbook experience is with iBooks Multi-Touch books. In addition, you'll learn about all of the content available for iPad and how to use the iTunes U app for digital curation of all of these assets.

From the beginning, a major challenge of working with iPads is actually working with iPads. Unlike a computer, there are no multi-user logins, no file structures, and no easy way to share these devices with multiple students. Additionally, in elementary classrooms the challenge becomes even more difficult. Students don't have email addresses. The Terms of Service of many cloud storage options preclude those under the age of 13 from having an account, and devices are often shared. So how can teachers easily distribute content under these circumstances? 

103 ways to use an iPad in your classroom

An iPad Workflow for the Classroom Using Google Drive & Pages, Keynote or Numbers

Bringing iPods and iPads into the classroom is a great way to give students access to learning tools. However, there are so many things to keep in mind to make the devices work smoothly in the classroom. 

Before you jump all over the iPad 1:1 bandwagon, it's important to think about instructional use, and to that end, consider the following questions.

This post offers 23 ways that the iPad can be used in your classroom laid out in terms of the kind of workflow a learner might encounter in a 21st century, K-20, project-based learning environment.

Discussion about using iPads in the art class and using dropbox to store art projects

Some of these you may already know, but you might find a few new tips!

Teachers at Burlington High School are not teaching to the iPad, nor are they teaching apps. They are teaching skills and assessing student learning in a more dynamic way. Many classrooms are flipped; project-based learning and assessments are being integrated more prevalently; and students are engaged in relevant, purposeful learning experiences.

Planning is imperative for any technology initiative - iPad or otherwise. You need to ensure that you clearly understand and communicate how the technology integrates with your overall pedagogical objectives.

The best 108 iPad apps for all your needs (according to MakeUseOf)

Create your own multimedia presentation app quickly and easily. Create on iPad or in browser. Share with anyone who has Appafolio on their iPad via pass phrase or short link. Caches so presentations can be viewed offline.

Presentations about iPad use for teaching and learning as well as links to other iPad (and other technology integration) information pages.

Whatever one's purpose - journaling, drafting stories or composing work-related documents - the iPad is a pretty good place to put words together.

This post delineates four distinct areas of instruction and instructional design that can help frame the concept of iPad integration. Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Integration.

An iPad app (available in a free version and in a paid version) that you can use to create stop motion and time lapse videos. OSnap allows you to go back and edit your videos and completed projects can be stored on your iPad, uploaded to YouTube, or shared via email.

List of Apps focused on learning goals