ISTE Webinar, "Touch the Future: iPads in the PK-12 Classroom," presented by Susan Brooks-Young. You can access the recorded Webinar at http://iste.adobeconnect.com/p9u5qi7synd/. Susan provided these incredible resources: Online Agenda Wiki LiveBinder

"Turn Your iPad 1 or 2 into an Interactive Whiteboard"

"Do you surf the net looking for the best deals? Do you love apps that are free? Then Free App Tracker is the perfect app for you!"

"Here are the steps you need to take to set up you iPad."

"Group introductions Free user guides to download in iBooks (on your iPad): iPad 2 Starter Guide by Macworld (make sure you choose Starter Guide, not Super Guide) iPad User Guide for iOS 4.3 (Apple) Education and Productivity applications"

Welcome to our LiveBinder of iPod Touch & iPad resources for preK-12 educators. Start by clicking the subtabs in this section to learn more in general about the iPod Touch and iPad. Click on other tabs to find resources including recommended apps, reviews, and articles related to this topic.

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Excellent simulations on common concepts in respective subject areas.

From web to desktop to full dome planetarium, WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables you to explore the universe, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world and combining it with 3D navigation. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky. You can research and import your own data and visualize it, then create a tour to share with others."

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offers a nice selection of educational games and activities for learning 55 different languages. Most of the games are designed to learn and practice the basics of each of the 55 languages listed on the Digital Dialects homepage. Another good website for learning and practicing language basics is Literacy Center.net. Literacy Center offers games for learning and practicing French, Spanish, German, and English. The Literacy Center is a 501c non-profit with a contract from the US Department of Education. Applications for Education The educational games and activities found on Digital Dialects and Literacy Center are great for students just beginning to learn a new language. The games provide instant feedback to students and parents so that they can monitor progress and choose a skill or set of vocabulary terms to practice.

"Visible Body's award winning staff has been providing animation and illustration solutions to the educational, pharmaceutical, scientific, consumer product, television, and medical communities for over 15 years. We offer stock and custom medical animation and illustration as well as customizable 3d interactive medical device solutions using our visible body platform"

Lots of links to Earth Science related matter.

Word web "It's an online interactive English dictionary and thesaurus that helps you find the meanings of words and draw connections to associated words. You can easily see the meaning of each by simply placing the mouse cursor over it."

offers 3-D tours of the solar system in your browser. You can put the tours on auto-play or go through them manually. You also have the option to explore the Solar System without the guidance of a tour. I tried it both ways and found it much easier to use the tours as a guide for exploring the Solar System. The tours have some multimedia elements included in some of the stops as you move along. I used the tours on my Lenovo M90z ThinkCentre and found them to be well-suited to touch screen use.

is a free service that describes itself as "half vocabulary builder, half dictionary, and full awesome." Word Stash is pretty true to its self-description. At its most basic Word Stash is a dictionary that provides contextual examples to support the definitions offered. For many words, Word Stash provides an audio pronunciation. The vocabulary builder aspect of Word Stash lies in the fact that users can create accounts in which they create and save lists of words to study. Users can create as many lists as they like and expand existing lists as they go. Word Stash provides short quizzes based on the words a user puts into a list. In creating the study quizzes, Word Stash uses a spaced repetition algorithm to present users with words based upon how often they answer correctly or incorrectly. To create a list of words users simply need to click "stash" anytime they view a word in the Word Stash dictionary. Users can also share lists and study other users' shared lists