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An infographic on First 5 Hours, 5 Days & 5 Weeks of iPad classroom ideas

"Nowadays, Apple products are getting popularity by and by, because apple products like iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and New iPad are extremely well-designed, these iOS Devices have large multi touch screens, these ios devices have very useful features also, and iphone 4S, and new ipad have Siri that is very useful and full of enjoyment also, we can say that these ios devices are extremely heart touching. But you can also put a new touch on your ios devices by using wallpapers, by using wallpapers you can provide new and gorgeous look of your own accord."

"We woke to find Flipboard iPad news viewer has been updated. All good news for those that love their news presented visually and quick to get through. First up is the addition to the opening page of Flipboard - Cover Stories! No worries, that addition isn't going to cut the quantity of news you can have showing, the updated Flipboard supports another page to add your favorite feeds to."

"The iPad is quickly becoming a superb tool for a whole host of different professionals, with new apps and developments improving its capacity every month. Apple has pushed hard to make the new iPad even more appealing to photographers, the gorgeous display an absurdly tempting proposition."

"My wife is thrilled with the "new" iPad 2 she inherited when my new iPad arrived. I wanted to configure it for her so she could get up and running, so I thought I would just change a few settings here or there and give it to her using my settings. After about 30 minutes of tweaking, I decided to start over from scratch."

"Back in 2010, U.S.-based nationally syndicated news organization, National Public Radio released its well designed news magazine app for the iPhone and then later for iPad. NPR is also well known for a wide variety of music programs and podcasts, so it's fitting that it recently released the iPad version of NPR Music."

"Inspired by the magnificent edu-tweeter @ShellTerrell, I wanted to share a few of the great ways she and her fellow tweeps plan on using the new iPad in the classroom. I love crowdsourcing this kind of information. I've taken the liberty of using some of the many tweets and enhancing them to give a better idea about the actual way to use the iPad in the classroom."

"iOS 5.1 has a little gem for wallpaper fanatics like me: Apple will include four new wallpapers in the iPad version of iOS 5.1 (likely the release launching alongside the iPad 3 next year)."

"This week's pick is NPR Music for iPad, which offers a superb mix of music from a range of good genres, music news, articles, reviews, interviews, live concerts and exclusive streams and lots more. The App Store page for NPR Music touts it as 'your guide to new music' and 'love at first listen'. And happily, the app nicely lives up to those big promises."

"Social media storytelling tool Storify finally untethered itself from the desktop on Wednesday with the launch of a free iPad app. Like the web-based version of Storify, which has been used by news organizations such as the New York Times and Al Jazeera, the app makes it easy to scroll through and assemble Tweets, YouTube videos, Facebook photos and Instagram photos in a social media timeline. Its drag-and-drop interface translates perfectly to the iPad."

"If you like to read your iPad in the bathtub, or take your iPhone to the beach, you'll want to take a look at this new invention from Seal Shield. Seal Shields are an antimicrobial waterproofing solution for the iPhone, the iPod Touch, and the iPad."

"Apple has begun to air a new iPad commercial, focusing on a variety of tasks being accomplished through various apps on the 3rd generation iPad. "

"On Wednesday last week, Apple released a new mobile OS for users to download. The iOS 5 is free and compatible with iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S, 3rd- and 4th-generation iPods, iPad and iPad 2. But what hidden or novel features are there to the new OS? Here, we explore seven additions for iPhone and iPad interfaces: "

"All three iPad magazine apps have similar features, but each has something unique that might cause you to use all three. In this article I share some of the best new features in these apps, and explain why you might download one or all of them to your iPad."

Inside the design process for NPR's iPad app - The Society for News Design http://t.co/HXVA609l #ipad #apple

"You've finally got your hands on the new iPad, now you need some beautiful wallpapers. Apple's newest tablet sports a gigantic 2048×1536 resolution display, so your old iPad wallpapers won't look as good as they once did. You need higher resolution images for your new baby."

As for the students, the iPads "aren't really something 'new' now, they're just part of (students') daily activities, which is what we wanted this new technology to be."

"This year, the iPad is still going strong and schools are continuing to innovate new ways to use the tablets in class and around campus. Here we share just a few of the coolest ways iPads are making waves in higher ed this year, from helping teams play better to ensuring students never forget their notes."