This free app lets you create notebooks that incorporate audio, drawings, type, and images.Its goal is to mimic a paper desk and become a notebook replacement.
This is an interesting program that combines student response system, content delivery system, and student monitoring all in one. Schools can apply for the new iPad pilot program for free (at the moment).
This free eBook is available for download and provides a great interactive resources. Each section ties into some aspect of Bloom's Taxonomy and provides additional information to support iPad integration into the curriculum.
This is a great site for both streaming and downloading audio books. There are both free as well as paid for options. What's really nice is that you can listen via streaming before deciding whether or not to download the full mp3 file.
Touted as "the simplest way to make your own interactive eBook" this free program works on both Windows and Mac computers and is a great alternative to Apple's newly released iBooks Author.
Learning in Hand features project ideas, classroom management strategies, and resources for teaching with mobile technology - including iPod touch, iPad, and iPod.
Unlike other social bookmarking sites, Pearltrees gives you a visual way to see and share your bookmarks. It also helps to consolidate bookmarks between devices.
Flipboard creates personal magazines from RSS feeds that you can read on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. It will even integrate with your Twitter account and pull in tweets to help keep track.
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.
This article from I Education Apps Review lists out a series of apps to use for creating custom digital content. Not all are free, but the list presents some interesting options.
The LitCharts Library provides chapter summaries to some of the most frequently read books in high school English curricula. It also features an iPhone App for reading. Teachers should be aware of this site as it bills itself as "the faster, downloadable alternative to SparkNotes."
This is an incredible site to use with mobile devices equipped with a QR Code scanning app. You type up to 100 characters and it generates a QR code that then plays an audio clip. You can designate 1 of 40 languages. While it does not translate, it does speak in the target language. Could be a great resource for foreign language teachers.
The lite, free, version of this web service lets you create presentations and import them from either PowerPoint or Google Docs. There is also an iPad/iPhone app.
I have been teaching for over 10 years in a variety of contexts. Most recently, I left my position as Director of Academic Technology at St. Michael's Country Day School and joined EdTechTeacher as their Senior Associate.