iPad users in Grade 3 & 4

We are starting our second year of having iPads in our elementary classrooms, our Title I CCJH classrooms, and some of our AJHS classrooms. We've created a list of tips for managing the equipment in our classrooms. Tip 1: Team decisions regarding equity Will you break the cart up across your grade level?

Well, it looks like another school year is on a collision course with my summer vacation, so I guess I better start being useful again. Since my usefulness generally doesn't go much beyond the 9.7 inch dimensions of an iPad screen, I figured I should pen a preseason post on using iPads in the Classroom.

Guest post by Steve Kinney. Cross posted at http://stevekinney.net There is a lot to like about the iPad when it comes to using them in the classroom. It's light and fast. It turns on instantly. The battery lasts all day. Best of all, it's about half the price of a MacBook.

I came across this great e-book from RM education today that is full of realistic lesson ideas abo...

This site will be both a support site for my presentations about iPad use for teaching and learning and also include links to other iPad information pages. If you are tweeting a URL of a site...

The transition to the more extensive use of technology in classrooms across the West has resulted in the integration of bring your own device (BYOD) schemes, equipping students with netbooks and tablet computers, and lessons that use social media & online services.

Welcome to the Victorian Government iPads for Learning website This website is for educators who want to learn about using iPads in education. Here you will find information about the Victorian school iPads for Learning trial including specially selected apps, classroom ideas and technical tips.

Planning is imperative for any technology initiative - iPad or otherwise. You need to ensure that you clearly understand and communicate how the technology int...

reviews on educational apps

by PadStar Publishing , is ready just in time to go back to school. This app will be snapped up by teachers and parents alike. This math app takes a different approach to learning math. Upon opening the menu, the choices are learn, try or test. Three students and one guest can be tracked.

Offers effective teaching strategies, activities, lessons, lesson plans, worksheets, exercises, skills, tests, assessments for reading comprehension, language arts, literacy, fluency, phonics and phonemic awareness for children, especially those with dyslexia and other reading difficulties.

Education Apps for Kids

a directory of apps by education by Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) to help you transform teaching and learning.

So, you gave in and bought an iPad. You're excited about your new life of mobile computing. To help you get things done you decided to start (or continue) using Google Docs as your office productivity suite. If this is you, than I'm glad you're reading this post.

Want to get the most out of your iPad - Are you using it as an e-reader? There are multiple sites that offer free downloads of both classic and contemporary publications and the reading experience on the iPad is actually quite good.

A while back we wrote about the best places to find free iPad eBooks. The article yielded many useful comments and suggestions from you, and made me want to explore the area even more. I've been using the iPad as a reading device more and more lately, and the quest for quality, free eBooks that I [...]

When my principal first asked me to consider collecting my thoughts on the work I have done integrating digital reading and writing in my classroom last spring, I began to think about how much of what I had experimented with was embedded into my practices that support student learning.

August 1 is here, and in Texas that means school starts this month. As we prepare the buildings and new teachers, we are making sure every detail is covered for our next deployment of iPads: 2500 at our largest high school. These are the things we are working on, and I thought that they might help you too.