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"Using Google Apps on the iPad can get sticky! Historically, Google and the iPad have not played well together. But we have come a long way in the last couple years! There are now tons of apps for iOS devices that integrate well with Google, and Google has release several official apps for the iPad. There is hope, Obi Wan, Google and Apple can play nice! The infographic embedded below details the most useful Google apps for the iPad. These are the apps that I find most useful not only for teachers, but any Google user. Take a look, download, and explore the wonderful possibilities of using Google Apps on the iPad! (Note: There are a few apps that were designed for the iPhone, but worth mentioning for the iPad as well.)"

For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\nGoDocs - is an excellent app for your google docs on iPad/iPhone/iTouch. You can view your docs much faster and comfortably, use few google docs accounts simultaneously, download all your google docs files on your iPhone/iPad, send them by mail, share them with your friends and relatives

"The Google Drive iPad app is not yet all that we might want it to be, but it is definitely moving in the right direction. A recent update included the ability to create and edit spreadsheets, but it also added something equally useful - the ability to upload files from other apps to Google Drive via the "Open in" function. This creates some useful workflow options for teachers who want to assign, receive and grade student work on the iPad."

" Greg Kulowiec, who I have done some iPad workshops with in the past, wrote up a fantastic set of directions on using the Google Drive iPad app to have students create portfolios. You can read Greg's complete post on the topic here. The how-to video that he made I have embedded below."

An open source spreadsheet allowing you to add which iPad apps are useful for teaching, and why.

Google spreadsheet full of apps and links to review

A public Google doc that shows educational apps categorized by instructional strategies from Classroom Instruction that Works

This is a public Google spreadsheet that I started of schools and districts implementing ipads

For a global view of the landscape - at least for iOS devices - start with this Google Docs spreadsheet curated by Scott McLeod. Updated regularly, the document breaks down the major online sources of reviews and of the apps themselves, with a few comments to help you browse.

MLA is tool for creating assessments (e.g., tests and quizzes) that can be distributed to a classroom even virtually via an iPod touch, iPad, or iPhone. The results of the assessment are recorded in the same document as the assessment for easy review and analysis. We use Google Docs to host the assessments and the creator (e.g., an instructor) can even control the experience via their own device (e.g., step the audience through the assessment) which makes this ideal for polling as well.

For iPad on the iTunes App Store Write, draw, research, record and share! Take notes of any kind and use the built-in Evernote + Dropbox + Google Docs + Facebook integration. The ultimate multi-media note taking application! Put away the paper - school and work are easier with Sundry Notes.

TCEA list of iPad apps for education

This lists iPad apps categorized by the strategies from McREL's Classroom Instruction that Works. Please add to our list.