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iPad in Edu Resources: App Lists Articles

Collecting student work...from the iPad.

This digital note taking tool leverages annotation features, audio recording, the ability to combine multiple document types and easy sharing via Dropbox or Box.

This free app from the National Science Foundation gives you access to images, videos, and science news.

This app allows for web conferencing and collaboration from your iPad. With an Internet connection, you can now share screens via the iPad much like on a computer.

Another wiki page that is under construction, but a great source for finding social studies apps. The page is broken down to address maps, social studies, references, and current events.

Though this page is under development, there are some great suggestions for iPad apps to use in science courses.

While the Google Presentation in this post is intended for working with students who have hearing and visual impairments, some of the apps are valuable for an array of different learners.

This app that allows you to split the screen on your iPad so that you can view multiple apps at one time - much like on a computer. It also has Dropbox support, and a Pro version is available.

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."

Apple has released this development guide for those looking to create their own apps. This could be useful for teachers interested in having their students create their own apps.

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.

This is a great review of a standard app - iBooks. It also includes a link to a great podcast about alternate ways to integrate iBooks into the classroom

This is a great article from Education Week regarding the concept of assessment in iPad classrooms.

If you are looking at setting up, managing, and deploying multiple iPads in your school, the the iOS 5 Deployment Guide walks you through configuration profiles, Volume Purchase Pricing, and deployment options. Thanks to iPad Academy for posting the link to the PDF.

The Virginia Department of Education helped to create this list of apps for students. You can download them from the Apple App Store. Some of them include digital texts from Pearson publishers.

Designed for 1st-2nd grade students, Murky Reef combines reading and math skills in the context of exploring a coral reef. This is the free version, though there is a more robust version available for $3.99. Students can review numbers, sight words, and vocabulary. There is some reporting built in.

Scribble Press (FREE) is a book creation platform that allows students to both write and illustrate their own stories. Final products can be downloaded to iBooks or ordered as a hard copy.

This free app is designed to specifically address middle school math skills. Topics include negative numbers, absolute value, and order of operations.