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"A summer of sport is nearly here and all over the UK schools are sharing Olympic Fever through social networks and smartphones. As the Olympic Flame makes its way around the country, students are filming it pass through their town and uploading it to a safe social network for schools using the new MakeWaves iPhone app. The free MakeWaves app makes it safe and easy for pupils of all ages to upload video and images, post comments and take part in competitions instantly from an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Specially designed teacher tools allow educators to quickly take creative learning outside the classroom and easily manage their student's social media work anywhere."

A sixth grader shares about his journey with app creation.

"Apple has set the stage for a textbook revolution with the new iBooks 2 and free iBooks Author software, but as it turns out, that was only the first of the company's plans to unveil in New York City today -- Cupertino is also introducing a new iTunes U app for allowing colleges and universities to share their knowledge with the world."

"This is another great publication by Lisa Johnson and her Appy Hour partner Yolanda Barker. The first, however, released on iTunes. These guys spend so much of their time and energy developing fantastic resources simply to share with other teachers and educators."

reading, sharing, story, digital, storytelling, ipod, app

"When students start taking photos and video on a variety of iPads, iPods and iPhones for a collaborative project, it can be a little hairy trying to pull all of that media into one place. Last year while struggling to share photos through a variety of apps that just never seemed to work well enough, I discovered that I could use the camera connector kit to connect one iPad to another to share photos and even large video files"

" With Shoebox, a new photo scanning and sharing app from 1000memories, you don't have a problem. Simply "scan," or take a photo of the photograph or document, add a few key bits of information and share"

"The Universal app IntoNow has been out a while. Now shown as from Yahoo, will listen to a TV show or Movie and tell you about it. Then, to keep your whole life social, you can share with others that you are watching the show. Friends and strangers can share their watching history."

"If you have a family and more than one iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch floating around, iCloud can make it much easier to share everything from doctors appoints to game purchases, but it can be a challenge to set things up perfectly."

"Interactive and collaborative - Whiteboards are a great way for teachers to explain concepts to their students. With the ability of some iPad apps to record, you ensure that students who did not develop understanding of the concept the first time have the opportunity to watch and listen again and again. Working in small groups or brainstorming as a class, collaborative whiteboards are a great way to share ideas. Work in the same room, on the same network or even from different parts of the country. No matter what you are working on these interactive whiteboards are a great way to document or record your thinking process. "

"This is a great list of Apps and Websites that provide age appropriate content for Preschool and Kindergarten students. Put together by Dan King and Naomi Harm from Innovative Educator Consulting, these guys are iPad Content Integration Specialists and have worked extensively in sharing and promoting 21st Century Skills. This is the first of three pages of resources."

This is a great list of Apps and Websites that provide age appropriate content for Preschool and Kindergarten students.

"In the inclusive UDL classroom, accommodations are made to allow students multiple ways to share what they know and how they feel."

"Longform is an iPad application that attempts to help you to discover just that, long form content. Not only that, Longform provides you with a very nice place to read those pieces along with handy features for sharing and utilizing your other services. Let's take a look at this app and do some reading!"

"I'm not the most dedicated Instagrammer (need to get out more) or the best photographer (wish I was) but like many other educators, I enjoy sharing my photos on Instagram."

"Family Ribbon really does tie all of your online social interactions together. Send and receive emails and text messages. View and share photo albums stored on Flickr, Picasa and Facebook. Make phone calls to loved ones using Skype. Family Ribbon even lets you effortlessly check weather forecasts!"

Take photos and text in this iPad app and create an iBook to share. This is very cool. You could use this for journal ing in a 1:1 iPad program.

"Elicity is a new iPad app that has quite a simple purpose; it lets you browse and share YouTube videos via word clouds."

Great lists of iPad apps 

Some interesting management comments re accounts and syncing.