iPad users in Grade 3 & 4

Interesting article on one to one myths

Some interesting apps to show how to do something.

Just gave this a quick look, looks interesting. I will check it out in more detail later. Might find other ideas here.

Explains how to create a show me creation.

Some iPad users complain that Apple's new tablet's battery doesn't last as long as they'd like it to. Here are tips to drastically improve the iPad's battery life. Many of these iPad battery saving tips will require some trade offs, but giving up some usability is a better option than carrying around a dead iPad.

iOS 6 users can now download a free guide-book on the new mobile OS from Apple's iTunes bookstore. (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Users diving into Apple's new iOS 6 can get a helping hand from Apple's new guidebook, now available free via iBooks.

We are on an adventure of sorts this year in Room 204! Along with 20 other teachers and about 500 students in Falmouth, we are piloting a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) initiative. Students involved in this pilot will be able to bring their own mobile devices to school, where we will find ways to extend and enhance our learning.

Evernote is one of my favorite tools and resources. I use it for lesson plans, research, collecting resources, clipping things from the web, organizing materials and much more. Evernote and Google Apps get 90% of what I need to do done. I just won a very cool contest Evernote hosted for educators.

With the new iOS6 update there were lots of new features but by far one feature has been asked for numerous times by teachers and it's finally here.....Guided Access. You are now able to lock an app so that students are only able to access that one app.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 4:56PM Apple has introduced Guided Access in iOS 6. It keeps your device in a single app and allows you to control which features are available. Locking a mobile device into a single app has been a request of parents and educators for some time.

Next week, I'll be facilitating a short one-hour workshop on a topic that is deceptively simple on a computer, but can be complex on an iPad--how to get student work off an iPad in a place where the teacher can get to it in ONE place.

how to get student work off an iPad in a place where the teacher can get to it in ONE place.

Great list of resources. I watched the iPads in the classroom slideshow and found some great apps to check out! You need to have a google docs account to view.

There are plenty of places to find reviews of iPad apps, but how do you decide which ones are right for you and your students? Silvia Tolisano has some suggestions for you. Silvia recently published a nice guide for evaluating iPad apps.

Just found this on Twitter.

Just a quick glance... apps best suited to younger students. Check them out. Let us all know which ones are great!

The March 2012 issue of Educational Leadership (Reading: The Core Skill) contains an article that all ELA and literacy teachers must read: "Every Child, Every Day" by Richard L. Allington and Rachael E. Gabriel. I don't know how long and to whom the article will be available, so I will capture the key points here.

Everywhere you look the focus is on back to school. This review is geared to help spread the word about some incredible new apps that may help your child brush up and get prepared for what lies ahead of them this school year.

This is the first year of 1:1 iPads in my kindergarten classroom. In October 2010 I received one to use with my class of 26, and by the end of May 2011 I had 11 and my class had dropped down to 22 children.

29 iPad Resources, Tutorials, and Guides Every Teacher Should Know about iPad is gaining momentum in the educational sphere and might , in the near future, be integrated as a leading learning method.

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