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"Auburn hosting national iPad education conference this week"

Wish I had known about this. I think an iPad conference would help answer so many questions.

"his hand selected set of sources will provide teachers who are new to the iPad with the information they need to get started, and offer both new and current users information they need to successfully integrate the iPad into their teaching practices. I purposely limited the list to a few resources that were the richest in content, covering a breadth of important concerns and considerations for new iPad users and teachers who want to get off to a good start with the iPad in their classrooms."

"The Cuban Missile Crisis is one of the landmark events discussed in nearly every course covering the Cold War. To The Brink is an excellent free iPad app through which students can learn about the causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Kennedy administration's handling of the crisis. The app uses archival images, videos, documents, and audio recordings to tell the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The app is arranged as a series of pages for students to flip through. On each page there are icons that students can tap to get more information in the forms of documents, images, and videos."

Seven Free Science Apps for Your Students' iPads http://t.co/y3aAYdfOi7

Seven Free Science Apps for Your Students' iPads http://t.co/y3aAYdfOi7

for iPad on the iTunes App Store\n\nDraw Free for iPad rocks!\n\nSketch, Doodle, Draw On Top Of Pictures, Erase, Share on Twitter and Email.\n

For iPad on the iTunes App Store Mobile Mouse instantly transforms your iPad into a wireless remote and trackpad for your computer! Sit back and use this remote to surf the web, browse your photo library or control your music player from the comfort of your couch. Mobile Mouse is an essential part of any home theater PC. Mobile Mouse uses an innovative application notification system to let the iPhone know what program you are running at any time and show the appropriate keys for that program. This allows Mobile Mouse to provide a single screen remote for controlling ALL your media and web applications. Mobile Mouse is the only app to feature a full fledged dock, just like you'd find on your Mac! Mobile Mouse supports all the most popular web and media programs for the Mac and PC. New remote definitions are automatically downloaded daily to your computer, so you will always have the newest remotes as we create them.

Exploring the use of iPads and eBooks in schools and colleges

newspaper dedicated to iPads in the Classroom

Welcome to our LiveBinder of iPod Touch & iPad resources for preK-12 educators. Start by clicking the subtabs in this section to learn more in general about the iPod Touch and iPad. Click on other tabs to find resources including recommended apps, review, and articles related to this topic.

"This site contains resources for: iPads in the Classroom - October 20, 21 iPad Multimedia Tools for Creativity, Collaboration, and Publication This seminar will cover some of the best audio, photography, and video apps for use in education."

iBallz universal shock absorbing harness for iPad 1, iPad 2, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Xoom and other tablets

Blogging from the iPad Summit Conference

Blogging from the iPad Summit Conference

"If you need to convert a YouTube file to an iPad Video you can embed in Keynote, one of the best options is the app iCab Mobile, which is an alternative browser to Safari. By pressing and holding while a YouTube video is playing, you can download it, and the you can later save it to your photo roll."

"The iPad has found yet another great use in the classroom - as a document camera to record and/or project just about anything."

Teaching about sound in the classroom used to involve lots of fiddly bits of kit such as Signal Generators and Decibel Meters that would cost a lot of money and only get wheeled out once a year. Thankfully if you have an iPhone or iPad you can replace quite a bit of that kit with a couple of handy apps which are either free or relatively inexpensive. Read more http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2013/01/ipad-apps-for-teaching-about-sound/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheWhiteboardBlog+(The+Whiteboard+Blog)

"During Autism Awareness Month, an exploratory survey on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and iPads, iPod touches and iPhones was distributed as part of research collaboration between AssistiveWare and professors from the University of San Diego and the California State University at San Marcos. In this blog post we provide an overview of the key facts and findings of the survey that among others revealed that in the opinion of respondents, Proloquo2Go and other full-featured AAC Apps together with Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod touch can deliver an AAC solution that supports considerable improvements in key areas such as independence, behavior, interaction with others and learning."

blogging from the iPad summit