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"Educators are beginning to see the potential of using mobile devices and apps for ongoing professional development as well as to improve literacy and cognitive development for learners. Apps are equipped with several features that motivate learners to create stories, presentations, and projects that are hands-on and use their creativity as well as their critical thinking skills. Once an app is downloaded, many features can be accessed without an Internet connection. Educators can also use various apps at conferences to connect with other educators or capture a presentation. Below are the various apps nominated by teachers for an Edublog Award so they must be worth checking out. Each has a link and a description. Make sure to check out the Edublog Awards for blogs, wikis, and web tools that teachers worldwide have recommended."

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"Augmented reality (AR) is a tool educators should consider using as it provides discovery and experiential experiences creating more opportunities for students to make deeper connections and understandings. Additionally the 2010 and 2011 Horizon Reports, predict that the use of augmented reality in education will be widespread within two to three years. "

"This weekend, my family and I were camping in north central Minnesota, and Internet connection-both 3G and wi-fi were sporadic. In one of the situations where we had service, I saw Tony Vincent's (a leader in educational technology who I have seen speak in person) tweet about Matthew Gudenius's "No iPad" video series:"

"After using over 600 children's educational apps I want to point out some of the characteristics of apps that really connect with our children."

"The iPad has expanded instruction opportunities through their platform structure, significantly engaging and motivating students to extraordinary levels of instruction. And with Apple TV and AirPlay, one can teach anywhere in the classroom with complete portability and wireless connectivity that rivals the popular Smartboards, with less than half of the cost."

"Small footprint, big ideas. Charge and store your tablets - like the iPad® digital device - in a locking cart or cabinet from Anthro. The 40-unit tablet charging cart is a compact 24" square, and at 46" high, it doubles as a comfortable teaching station. The small footprint and large 4" locking casters make the cart easy to move. The 20-unit charging cabinet is a petite 21"w x 12"d and mounts to a wall or countertop. Each bay in the front User Area is numbered to show which devices are in use. Power cords are clipped at the front of each bay for quick connection. Laptop storage bay is conveniently located in the front. A separate locking IT area holds chargers. Lifetime Warranty against manufacturing defects on the cart and cabinet body; 2-years on electrical. Compare Anthro's Charging Carts (pdf, 573KB) See more Anthro Solutions for Education"

The iPhone - your most portable computer - is an unbelievably helpful tool when it comes to educational organization, studying, note taking, staying connected with other students, data reference, and more.

"The end result is a number of Apps that allow you to collect, curate, make connections and then share sites, blogs, articles or websites around similar ideas or concepts. One of these is Pearltrees. I like this concept because it such a visual interface that it allows the viewer to see the physical links between ideas. In a way it is similar to the way that an App like Wikinodes deals with searches in Wikipedia."

"Science is one of those subjects that really excite students because they get to see cause and effect, they get to create, record and then document results and they get to manipulate the variables that produce the data. Students then get to make connections between what they do and the real world. Add an iPad, a series of carefully chosen apps and a couple of probes and you can make all of these observations happen in a mobile environment - outside, at home or even on an excursion. I would love to be a student in a classroom with these tools!"

iPad Video conferencing: Skype, ClickMe, GoToMeeting, Adobe Connect for iOS FREE & more ...

Features - Create unlimited stories and blogs from anywhere - Easily upload photos, video and audio - Post comments and likes - Keep connected with Buzz notifications - See the best work from 1000's of schools

A powerful new tool for innovative teaching and inspired learning. GoClass is a teaching application for tablet devices that redefines the boundaries of computing in the classroom. Connect with your students like never before, customize and fine-tune your lesson plans on the fly, engage students in new ways and continuously evaluate their understanding while you are in class.

Dragon Dictation, powered by Nuance's world-renowned Dragon NaturallySpeaking software, allows you to stay connected all the time, even when your hands are busy.

Doceri is an iPad app that provides an alternative to interactive whiteboards at a fraction of the cost.  Doceri lets an educator control and annotate on a computer connected to a projector from anywhere in the room.