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"Yesterday we began our spider inquiry. We have been reading Charlotte's Web for the Global Read Aloud and the students were fascinated about how Charlotte sucks the blood from her victims.... So, our inquiry about spiders was born. This was a perfect time for this inquiry because we have been talking about how to link reading to non-fiction writing in our school and this project practically fell into our laps! "

"A new educational app from global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), HMH Fuse™: Algebra 1, was studied by research firm Empirical Education Inc. and found to be a platform that successfully "encourages the use of personalized lesson plans by combining direct instruction, ongoing support, assessment and intervention in one easy-to-use suite of tools.""

"In 1987, Apple produced a concept video demonstrating a future computer called the Knowledge Navigator. The tablet-like device offered the user a natural language interface, video conferencing, multi-touch display and access to a global network of information. Siri understands what you say, accomplishes tasks for you and adapts to your preferences over time.mSiri can help you find and plan things to do. While seemingly the product of an overactive imagination, Apple's recent acquisition of Siri brings Apple a lot closer to that vision than ever before. Siri reportedly was born from the CALO artificial intelligence project which sought to fulfill a call for a "a cognitive computer system should be able to learn from its experience, as well as by being advised." Apple's value in acquiring Siri appears to be focused on this personal assistance technology. "

Siri is an excellent iPhone app that uses both text and voice to search for locations and much more information.

develops and integrates 2-way GPS people finding technologies that seamlessly integrate with consumer products and enterprise applications. The company, utilizing the miniaturized global positioning system (GPS) tracking and cellular location technology, offers a GPS and cellular location platform that enables subscribers to track in real time the whereabouts of people, pets, or high valued assets through its customizable transceiver module, wireless connectivity gateway, middleware, and viewing portal.

As the walls that divide television, computers, and cell phones crumble, it is increasingly clear that any device's fate will be decided by its ability to gather and present information on demand. And the cell phone has emerged, for now at least, as the single most important device in the global marketplace. Nokia has never managed to leverage its position as a world leader in handset sales to achieve similar dominance in the United States, where it has only 7% market share

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"New York City science teacher and iOS developer, Frederick Feraco Jr., has 9 titles in the app store to help students prep for their regents and final exams. These apps are all part of his “Buddy” apps consist of lessons, videos, interactive quizzes, daily news feeds and flash cards. They are broken into topics: chemistry, biology, physics, earth science, environmental science, global history, US history, integrated algebra, geometry geography,anatomy and physiology, astronomy, middle school life science, physical science and health education."

"As a result of today's workshop, I thought I would share some of the apps and ideas that were discussed. Some, I had heard about but never tried and there were also lots of new ones. The focus was on students using most of these apps to create- not just regurgitate information or play drill and practise games."

"I have had the the iPad2 for a few months now, and thought I would share how it is transforming my classes, and the way I reflect on my teaching, and my students achievements. So….here are my top 10 iPad features or tools which make my life easier."

"Regarding our 1:1 iPad Program commencing at the beginning of 2012 in our year 6 and 7 cohorts, i have attached all relevant documents which have been part of informing parents and our community about our iPad happenings so far. All documents are in PDF format and can be downloaded."

"Luckily we were selected to be part of the iPads for Learning Trial and are one of 8 schools involved." We are in our second year of operation and are set to be the largest Government school, P-12, in the state of Victoria with well over 2,000 students. Fun times ahead!