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Sarah Hodgson

Multi-Touch Books | Tip of the Iceberg - 0 views

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    In creating books using the iPad, I have found Book Creator to be by far the simplest and most effective app available. Those who haven't yet created a Multi-Touch Book will make their first book with Book Creator. For those who are already familiar with Book Creator, there are a couple of other apps you may wish to try out.
tanja kerbs

KIRKUS Review: iPad Apps. Best of Children's Book iPad Apps 2010 - 0 views

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    -some of these reviews are different than Aaron's previous post
Aaron Metz

Bookry - Interactive widgets, reader analytics & templates for iBooks Author - 2 views

shared by Aaron Metz on 09 Dec 12 - No Cached
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    Bookry is a complimentary service for iBooks Author that lets you add amazing widgets to your books and interact with your readers.
John Turner

An Apple for the teacher: are iPads the future in class? | Teacher Network Blog | Guard... - 1 views

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    In this blog post, David Andrews, a teacher in the United Kingdom, writes about the pros and cons of using iPads in the classroom, rather than laptop computers. Among the benefits, he writes, are usability, superior audio-visual tools, electronic books and tools that enable creativity. The downside, Andrews writes, is that the devices are not compatible with Adobe Flash and Javascript, do not facilitate multitasking and have poor word-processing capabilities.
Sarah Hodgson

Amidst a Mobile Revolution in Schools, Will Old Teaching Tactics Work?| The Committed S... - 0 views

  • Amidst a Mobile Revolution in Schools, Will Old Teaching Tactics Work?
  • t 62 percent of schools allow cell phones to be used on school grounds, though not in classrooms
  • interested in developing mobile learning programs as fast as possible,”
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  • Classroom uses for iPads and cell phones are vast and varied. Some schools are replacing print books for apps that feature videos and interactive quizzes. Kindergarteners are learning to read using an iPad app. Teachers are using tablets to monitor student progress on “dashboards” that show moment-by-moment test scores. Others are using cell phones to take instant polls in class to gauge student comprehension. And more students are using smartphones, many of which have stronger processing power than their schools’ desktop computers, for instant fact-finding, calculating, mapping, and note-taking.
  • Will this become just another passing craze in the long line of fads that have swung through schools and classes in past years? What criteria are being used to gauge a successful mobile learning program?
  • Even with the latest available technology, schools are still using old delivery tactics – like technology carts – taking iPads from classroom to classroom in schools that can’t provide a take-home device for every student. But that’s exactly the kind of short-term thinking that drives Soloway mad.
  • “We are using new technology to implement old pedagogy,” he said. “We are not exploiting the affordances of the new technology to give kids new kinds of learn-by-doing activities. Flash card programs for the iPad are too numerous to count. What a waste!”
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    "(student) engagement always goes up when technology is used... to say that iPads result in increased engagement is to say nothing". Are iPads just a craze? Is there a danger that we are using new technology to implement old pedagogy? 
John Turner

5 Ways Tablets Will Change K-12 Education | Digital Book World - 0 views

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    "Change 1: Personalized learning" Change 2: Creative interactivity Change 3: Online learning Change 4: Formative assessments Change 5: Change
Makky Fung

Podcast: The Future of the Textbook, as Seen by Publishers - Wired Campus - The Chronic... - 0 views

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    use of ebooks in future
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    Makky
Aaron Metz

Singapore carry iPads to school instead of textbooks - 0 views

  • A secondary school in Singapore, where the youngest students are aged 12, has spent S$135,000 ($100,000) to buy 150 iPads for 140 students and 10 teachers as part of this project.
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    Interesting scope and budget allocation for roll out.
Aaron Metz

Top 10 iPad Interactive Books - 0 views

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    Short list from 200 reviews
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