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"After stumbling upon the article, "Switch to e-books was 'an unmitigated disaster,' says school principal," in my feed this past week, it occurred to me that there are increasingly predictable patterns surrounding stories of failed "innovation" in digital learning initiatives. Schools have been assigning computers to each child for some time now. And still, we continue to see stories like this in the media. In short: we can do better than this."

"On July 11 and 12, 2013, Grant Wood AEA will be hosting a conference to celebrate and expand upon innovative classroom integration strategies for the iPad. Join us for two days for workshops that will guarantee exciting, hands-on learning experiences that you can use to enhance teaching and learning in a K-12 classroom."

"Welcome to the Grant Wood AEA iPad Professional Development website. Here you will find a whole variety of training resources that are designed to help you better integrate the iPad in schools. Browse through our workshops, check out our tutorials, and feel free to email us with any suggestions you have for future additions to the site."

Excellent, excellent resource! A must download!