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iPads are designed to be customized for personal use and can be difficult to share between users

Students perform better if they share an iPad with another student as opposed to having one all to themselves, according to a new study.

1- My students should be able to create presentations . Here are the apps to help you achieve this goal :" 2- My students should be able to create digital stories. 3- My students should be able to create eBooks . 4- My students should be able to print their docs right from their iPad. 5- My students should be able to create videos . 6- I want to Improve my students reading skills. 7- My students should be able to take notes on their iPad . 8- My students should be able to create written content on their iPads . 9- My students should be able to use White Boards from their iPads. 10-My students should be able to record audio clips 11- My students should be able to screen share 12-My students should be able to do their homework with the help of iPad . 13- My students should be able to create mind maps 14-My students should be able to do research using iPad 15-My students should be able to create digital portfolios .

Before using iPads in the classroom, there are a few seemingly little things you'll want to know and address before your students arrive. You'll need to answers questions from "How many devices can share an Apple ID?" and "What apps should be installed" to "What are some simple ways to get started?" Jeff Dunn in this blog post answers these and other common questions that educators ask on this subject

TCEA (Texas Computer Education Association) to the rescue! TCEA regularly tests available apps and recommends apps that teachers should be using. TCEA maintains a list of recommended apps in a shared document via Google Docs. The list is organized by subject area and free apps are color coded in white.

"School is just about to start, or has already started, and you have been armed with iPads for this year. Whether your students will be 1:1 or you have access to a handful of shared devices, the expectation now exists that these tools will be put to good use. So now what? How do you get started? What can you do in the first five days of school to get going on the right foot?"

On this page I hope to share my experience of making iPod/iPhone apps with upper primary/elementary children. No particular expertise is required to get started. All software required is freeware. Additionally, there are a lot of excellent free resources available to help you.

Cloud-based sharing and collaboration apps that work well with DropBox

'We are now entering the mobile age, where phones are carried everywhere...cars are becoming travelling offices, airplane seats are entertainment centres, computer games are handheld ... We now have the opportunity to design learning differently: to create extended learning communities, to link people in real and virtual worlds, to provide expertise on demand, and to support a lifetime of learning' (Sharples, p.2 ). New technologies are enabling change, socially and economically, and education is cautiously embracing these tools for 21st century education. A paper presented at the recent 26th Australian Computers in Education Conference, titled Developing Early Learners' Creativity and Collaboration Using iPads, reports on a case study designed to investigate pedagogies using iPads that develop creative and collaborative skills in young learners. 'How can teachers use iPads to facilitate the development of creativity and collaboration in early learning?' (p. 3) is the focus of this research. The study was conducted in a Year 2 class where one of the authors was the teacher. Six iPads were available in a class of 25 students. Ten learning activities were developed and students in small groups used iPads to complete the assigned tasks. For some activities students worked in pairs. A reflective journal, guided by questions that focussed on creativity and collaboration was maintained by one of the authors. The paper responds to the forces of 21st century education: the surge of mobile computing devices and what have been termed the 21st century skills (critical thinking, communication, creativity and collaboration). The authors focus discussion on creativity and collaboration from various perspectives including those outlined in the Australian Curriculum documents (ACARA). It is through the review of these sources that the authors adapted and developed checklists to measure creativity and collaboration in their study. Three vignettes are shared by the aut

Nathan Stevens sharing of how he uses iPads with teaching

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also recommended by RCHK!

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