iPad Collaborative Research

Interesting analysis of popular iPad apps according to Substitution Augmentation Modification Refefinition model

"another kind of checklist that you might not be used to before. This one here helps you select the right educational apps to use with your students. Avatar Generation has featured a set of such awesome checklists created by Tony Vincent to help teachers make sound educational choices when selecting apps to use with students in the classroom. Check out those rubrics and get possibly get them printed off . Click on any title to access the checklist. Enjoy"

The study looks at the use of iPads at the Longfield Academy, where a large scale 1 to 1 iPad program was implemented last year. A brief overview of this groundbreaking study is provided.

OK, you're got / been given an iPad and you're thinking "where do I start?" 

Jenneth Orantia reviews the top apps for keeping preschoolers entertained."

As educators continue to move beyond the bells and whistles ofinto a more transformative change, iPads can serve as a common denominator toward making this change happen within your school. Students and teachers are embracing the idea that learning happens not just in class but at anytime and anywhere. iPads have the ability to provide a classroom without walls to our student population. Are iPads the device we have all been waiting for to help us through these transformative changes that are happening in education? ***Includes Learning With iPads iBook***

Apps listed by key learning areas

Some Los Angeles schoolteachers who use iPads in classroom lessons say it's necessary for teachers to give up some control to make the technology initiative successful. The teachers say they suggested students read but placed no limits on what students read, and asked them to use applications but did not say which ones. The teachers also found that the iPad enhances classroom lessons, but it is not a replacement for good teaching.

Does it help learning? Anecdotal and small scale studies say yes.

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.

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

What does it take to ensure the successful rollout of a one-to-one iPad program? In this blog post, Jac de Haan, technology integration specialist, outlines step-by-step what a successful two-month rollout should look like. In the first week, students establish solid academic habits without the iPads, before students and parents learn about the devices. By week four, students are given the iPads at the beginning of class and asked to return them at the end, building up to week nine when students are trusted to use the devices as they see fit.