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A great article about pedagogy with the iPad. As the author states, "We have to make the iPad suit the learning, not make the learning suit the iPad to justify having it. So think of the skills you want your students to develop and then work out if the iPad can improve that skill. If it doesn't, don't use it."

You can download this iBook for free from Dropbox. The focus is on using "iPads for Literacy & Learning".

Step-by-step directions for a great social-emotional learning activity with iPads.

Excellent blog post about the realities of an iPad lesson - and some great notes about flipping the class with iPads.

Great blog post of reflections and lessons learned from an elementary workshop at Sidwell Friends School.

Great post from Charleston, SC kindergarten teacher on differentiating with iPads.

iPad App to learn about using the iPad

I sent this link to Chris Harrow, a colleague who teaches math at The Westminster School in Atlanta. Here are his first impressions: Cool = very smooth functionality on the iPad, you can do all the explorations in the most excellent iPad touchscreen environment, a very tactile approach to learning geometry. Frustrating = you have to create the docs elsewhere, on first exploration, I don't see a way to do constructions directly in this app. If a kid gets a good idea that requires additional "stuff" on the construction, s/he may not be able to instantly follow up on intuition. Any one else want to weigh in?

Learning in Hand features project ideas, classroom management strategies, and resources for teaching with mobile technology - including iPod touch, iPad, and iPod.

This is a great article about how iPads can be used with the writing process. It highlights best practices that teachers can follow in order to best leverage the technology, and suggests apps to support the process.

Though this is not necessarily a post specific to the iPad, many of the suggested resources either have apps or can be used on the iPad via a web browser. There are some interesting concepts for ELL/ESL or even foreign language learning.

Good set of recommendations for 1-iPad classrooms

4th grade ipad projects that demonstrate learning.

Great list of grant opportunities for getting funding to pay for iPads in the classroom.

disclosure: I am the Director of Edcuational Technology at Mulgrave. This fall Mulgrave School in Vancouver, Canada, handed iPads to all the Grade 3 classes. Three weeks into the academic program and lead teachers on the project, Melanie Cannon and Shauna Ullman throw down one of the best uses of the iPad I've seen yet.

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

A good article about using iPads in elementary classrooms.

An iPads in Education Scoopit Page.  EdTechTeacher resources are mentioned on the page. 

a few new ideas for iPad collaboration