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This is a great teacher blog from an educator at Sidwell Friends School, chronicling her use of iPads in the classroom/

"The debate over digital learning will soon enter a new phase. No longer will educators debate whether or not digital learning has the capacity to transform the American education system. Just about gone are the anti-technology Luddites who insist that every classroom be self-contained, with students and teachers left to their own devices, save for the help of pencils, chalk, blackboards and weighty textbooks stuffed into 10 kilo backpacks." - from ISTE about the need for the new Mobile Learning Group.

This free iPad app lets you create games based on pictures. This could be a great way for students to conduct reviews with each other.

Flashcard Exchange works much like Quizlet but with a slightly cleaner interface. Students can create flashcards with images or their own text and then test themselves. Flashcards can be published and shared as well. It does work with some apps for review on mobile devices.

Solar Walk works on an iPad or a Mac and provides a great set of resources for learning about the solar system.

Educase 7 iPad Apps for Learning

This free mind mapping tool includes the ability to integrate photos, prioritize tasks, and auto-sync to Dropbox files.

Created by the people who made Vimeo, DIY is an open tool for kids to make their own digital portfolios and for parents to have a login to the account. Using the app and the web, kids can save all that they create. This is definitely worth exploring when thinking about extended learning environments.

"A simple Decimal/Roman number converter that will calculate whole numbers from 1 through 3,999,999. Additionally, there is a Quiz mode that quizzes the user - available in either decimal or roman numeral mode."

This free graphic calculator can also serve as a Scientific Calculator, has graphing capabilities, offers a unit converter, and can create a table of functions from values entered. It also has a set of references for formulas.

This game provides a visual means for students to identify root words and create compound words.

This is an interesting take on eBooks for pre-school children. Though not free, the app includes audio books, games, and the ability to send a custom report on the students' progress.

This is a free eBook creator.

Free lesson planning and screencasting tool for the iPad.

This is the Pro version of DoodleCast for kids. It has some great features for students, and is free for a limited time.

If you are looking for a way to read lots of blogs and web sites from your iPad or iPhone, Google Currents could help. It is an RSS reader that saves content for off-line reading.

Portfolio creation platform for the iPad. Created by PE teacher Mr. Robbo

Volume Purchase Program overview

This is a great blog post about using iPads to create a "studio" environment for students.

Apps for children.