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"We have been using the iPads in our Year 6 classroom. The students were very excited at the prospect of using iPads in our day-to-day learning. Our aim with the iPad was to use them for as many hours in the school day as we could. We have found the iPads beneficial in English groups and Maths groups. I have downloaded many applications for the students to use. I have noticed that new apps are added each day so regularly checking the app store has been beneficial. "

From the blog - "I have been asked time and time again by students, teachers and technology specialists just what I am installing on my class set of iPads.  Well, here's the post you've all been waiting for.  Below is the list of all applications that I am installing to start off my iPad project.  At current prices the total cost of the apps came to just under $200 per 'set' of iPads. (with Apple's new licensing rules)"

You cannot get the most out of an iPad without letting the student own it, and harness their personal accounts, tastes and media for some creative learning. Putting it in a lab like this takes away from the iPads principle boon: it helps us move further away from the office metaphor of learning and into new, personalised, anytime anywhere learning metaphors.

lists a range of ways schools are using iPads

"There are a lot of amazing new educational apps out there, whether you're looking for native apps or Web apps, apps for your mobile phone, for your tablet, or for your laptop. There a number of app stores too where you can find and download them: Apple's iTunes and its Mac App Store, the Amazon Appstore, Google's Android Market, the Chrome Web Store, the Google Apps Marketplace, GetJar, and so on."

As we begin the new school year we have an opportunity to start with a clean slate. Writing is a skill that many students struggle with, from grammar, idiom and spelling to punctuation and footnotes.

The iPad Show News and info about the Apple iPad

The Next Generation of Digital Books Our Choice will change the way we read books. And quite possibly change the world. In this interactive app, Al Gore surveys the causes of global warming and presents groundbreaking insights and solutions already under study and underway that can help stop the unfolding disaster of global warming. Our Choice melds the vice president's narrative with photography, interactive graphics, animations, and more than an hour of engrossing documentary footage. A new, groundbreaking multi-touch interface allows you to experience that content seamlessly. Pick up and explore anything you see in the book; zoom out to the visual table of contents and quickly browse though the chapters; reach in and explore data-rich interactive graphics.

iPresentee offers a variety of Keynote Themes for iPad you can choose from to create a new presentation. You can transfer pre-made Keynote templates to your iPad without creating presentation on your computer and build Keynote presentation on iPad. Furthermore you may create your presentation on a Mac and transfer it to your iPad. Share your great ideas effectively with iPad. Choose theme from a variety of presentation styles with coordinated fonts, colors, background textures, unique bullets and picture frames. Each Keynote Theme is available in 1024x768 and 800x600 sizes in pixels. To get the most out of Apple's Keynote choose Keynote Show only for $70. Keynote Show includes: 80 Keynote Themes, 52 Keynote Motion Themes, 33 Keynote Themes for iPad, 115 Keynote Animations and 181 Keynote 3D Stuff objects. Buy now! Keynote Themes for iPad requires Keynote installed on your iPad or Macintosh computer running Mac OS X with iWork '09. Keynote Themes for iPad includes 33 themes. Click on any Keynote Theme for iPad and see how it works! Purchase Keynote Themes for iPad only for $25. Buy now!