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"Travel in Style With Highlights for iPad"

Resources on uses of iPads and app recommendations

iPad apps listed by subject areas

PP presentation on uses of apps to foster literacy learning

"When properly configured, tablet devices like the iPad are great tools for school leaders. There are all kinds of productivity and utility apps that can be used to streamline tasks and help leaders make better use of their valuable time and resources. Use the links on this page to explore the possibilities. "

Listing of apps driven by statements 'I want my students to...'

list of apps focused on learning goals I want my students to......

This wiki is intended to be a clearinghouse of applications, lessons ideas and experiences using the iPad in the classroom. The intention is that all apps listed have been tested and recommended by teachers using them. The Apps pages are generally created using google docs spreadsheets, feel free to update the wiki or the spreadsheets. (A link is provided on each page for the spreadsheets... at least the ones I've started working on...) At this point, as a high school science teacher, most of the apps I've recommended and investigated are geared to this level. Some can be used at any level. I invite you to add pages dedicated to your areas of interest and expertise if they are not already listed here. I would love to see a section on Literature and Language and Elementary Skills added to the wiki along with additions to any of the currently developed spreadsheets. It would also be sweet to share specific lessons or ideas for applications and activities.

a collection of 1,300 + apps for learning. APPitic is a directory of apps for education by Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) to help you transform teaching and learning. These apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings.

The iPad Show News and info about the Apple iPad

iPad resources that can support STEM

iPad resources that can support STEM

Quick method to transfer a range of files onto the iPad using Dropbox. one can then specify which app to use to open files

iPad apps for home and school

Useful sites re iPad apps and educational use of iPads

Details how to use the Kindle app for annotating text, going to the Amazon account and then pasting it into a document for either saving to Evernote or use as otherwise needed.

Halftone, by Juicy Bits, is an exceptional photography app for creating halftones effortlessly. For those not familiar with the halftone process, it's a historical printing technique that reproduces a photograph using variously sized, colored dots.

Discover how the iPad impacts the classroom, evaluate the anytime, anywhere content development and see how useful it is to merge 60 pounds of textbooks or an entire library into a 1.5 pound device. Learn how to take advantage of all that this incredible device has to offer from downloading and managing apps to an exploration of the latest education apps to increase productivity as well as student learning.

One of our elementary librarians and I spent time recently exploring apps for her students, and found some excellent apps that would work well for reading/learning stations in the library.  She envisions setting up stations where younger elementary students could record themselves reading,  read an audiobook and follow along, or learn the alphabet, among other things.

"What percentage of class time do the students use the iPads?"