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"Mobile games for are all well and good, but you likely didn't spend hundreds of dollars on an iPhone just so you could play the games. The truth is, as we spend more and more time away from our computers, developers come up with more apps that allow us to run our lives from devices like the iPad. Check out our round-up of 40 of the best iPad apps over on Tom's Guide."

"One of the things I like the most about iPad is its ability to support all the major e-reader platforms. Its interactivity and audio capabilities have even added a new dimension to read alouds and bedtime stories, making it an ideal device for digital storytelling. And since Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has already featured a List of The Best Digital Storytelling Tools ( web and desktop version ) then we deem it equally important to provide another list of such tools but this time for the iPad."

"Ever since its initial release, the iPad has been for me the best mobile tool for showcasing photos. While several basic iPad image programs, including the built-in Photo app, are great for photo management and quick slide shows, the latest version of the Pholium iPad app includes tools for actually creating ebooks."

"Screen sharing is not only limited to desktops and laptops for now with the advance of mobile technology there emerged some great apps that allow users to do the same on their smartphones and tablets. If we take iPad as an example, there are a variety of such apps in itunes market some are free and others are pro."

"Software development is going mobile, bringing applications to phones, laptops and tablets everywhere, including the classroom."

"Today we have a special Guest Post from Antoine RJ Wright, an avid fan of mobile technology and and iPad user. Antoine has recently been practicing the art of creating sketchnotes during workshops and conferences. Sketcnotes seem like a natural fit for the iPad. Over to you Antoine... "

"My children started attending Dayton Grade School this past week and to my surprise my son's class provides an iPad for every student. Even today with the proliferation of mobile technology, classrooms across the US run the full spectrum when it comes to technology."

""The Avid® Scorch® app transforms your iPad mobile device into an interactive music stand, score library, and sheet music store. "

Dede said, "I think the big shift between the industrial-era school and the 21st century learning environment is moving from teaching by telling and learning by listening, to learning by figuring things out, often collaboratively, and teaching by supporting, facilitating and guiding."

EDMONTON - Students at Parkview School, an elementary-junior high, can't text friends during classtime, but their mobile devices are beginning to serve a purpose as an instructional tool, says principal Dan Beharry.

"The increasing number of tablet owners in the U.S. is changing the way people shop from in-store to online - 20% of all mobile ecommerce sales now come from tablets and 60% of tablet owners have purchased goods using a tablet."

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"Consumption, or creation? When it comes to notation and musical scores, the iPad (and tablets, generally) has fallen on the side of reading rather than writing, display rather than creation. Notion for iPad, a mobile version of the desktop notation software, looks poised to change all of that."