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"Creative Book Builder is a fantastic app that allows students to create books in epub format, which can then be exported to iBooks and shared with others. There are a variety of instructional uses for this app, from using it as a publishing tool for project-based learning to a summative assessment at the end of a unit.  Students can embed images, audio files, video files, and write text.  The advantage of an epub document over a PDF document is that all of the media will be preserved and available for readers to interact with when the final product is published.   Depending on how you use Creative Book Builder with students, this app can help students complete tasks that align with every level of the revised Bloom's Taxonomy.  Explore the different ways this app can be used at each level of Bloom's Taxonomy."

* MindMash - Now the easiest way to share your ideas on Facebook & Twitter * MindMash is a brainstorming & note-taking application for the iPad. It allows users to create an ideas mash-up by combining and manipulating text, images & drawings on the iPad in a visual and free-form manner. MindMash turns the iPad into a canvas of ideas for students, bloggers, writers, designers, and other creative individuals. Users can add text, images & drawings (called 'bits') to a sheet or several sheets and use these bits to compose visual outputs for personal or professional use. It aids in the creative process by making use of a free-form layout for the sheets as well as helps in efficiently organizing thoughts and ideas by allowing users to easily edit bits of data.

In this post, we'll take a closer look at the Creative Book Builder app for iPhone and iPad. Created by Tiger Ng, this app is currently selling for $3.99 in the iTunes Store.

"Arguably, the iPad can be a great classroom tool. However, lately there have been concerns about Apple's tablet and its current role in the classroom. For instance, many have suggested that some of our schools are making the iPad the center of classrooms instead of remembering that students must be at the center of the classroom. Inevitably, this raises questions about the future of the iPad in the classroom. Does the iPad foster or hinder creativity? Is it a comprehensive tool or just a mere distraction? Do we use the iPad just because it makes our classroom look cool? Are we missing the forest for the trees here?"

"The apps recognized as Best Apps for Teaching & Learning are of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the AASL's Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. The apps foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration and are user friendly to encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. "

For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\n\nThe Museum of Modern Art in New York is home to the world's finest collection of modern and contemporary art. Now you can carry MoMA with you wherever you go. Use the MoMA App to find out about current exhibitions, plan a visit, browse or search tens of thousands of works in the collection, take multimedia tours, or learn about artists and art terms. Take a photo through MoMA Snaps and send it to a friend, or choose your playlist to create a soundtrack for your MoMA visit.\n\nMoMA is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. Dedicated as we are to the conversation between the past and the present, the established and the experimental, our mission is to help you understand and enjoy the art of our time.

For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store This is a dress up game. You can use your creative imagination to dress up the model. The big difference between this game and any other similar application is that you can draw and paint something such as accessories and pets as you like. And you can also paint some interesting things such as wings, halo and so on. It will make the effect much better.

For iPad on the iTunes App Store\nIsaac Newton's Gravity HD offers 7 free levels to challenge you. Upgrade to the full version for the complete Gravity experience on the iPad.\n\nGot Gravity? Challenge yourself with the amazing physics puzzles in Isaac Newton's Gravity HD! Arrange your objects to hit the trigger and win! Make as many attempts as you want, but cleverness and creativity are key. Need help with one of the 100 brain teasing levels? Isaac Newton himself is there to provide you with hints. Download additional levels or create fantastic new levels to challenge your friends! Sharpen your wits with Isaac Newton's Gravity HD!

Capturing and sharing your inner most creative genius has never been easier. Introducing the first multi-device collaboration tool from Universal Mind. From iPhone to iPad with just a flick of the finger, iBrainstorm has set the bar and has redefined the very nature of collaboration.

As educators we need to become savvy about the ways apps can foster creativity and possibly begin to produce them ourselves A blog post which sorts apps into Blooms Revised Taxonomy categories 

"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."

Blogging from the iPad Summit Conference

nice post on managing multiple ios devices

Mentor Mab is such a creative idea! It's a great idea to be able to access and organize all of your information in one place. Has anyone tried any of these apps and can recommend a favorite?

An article about how a teacher used iPads in a lesson. It's very creative. Check it out!

Free Children's eBooks * for the iPad, nook, and other readers; and even some books for adults too!