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Students at the UK public school Flitch Green Academy use iPad, Mac, and iPod touch to create unique learning experiences. The inspiration Flitch Green is a public elementary/middle school located just outside of London. Love the discussion of how the technology builds independence. One of the apps used on the ipad is Puppet Pals one that I use frequently in the classroom - although only on my personal device at this time :(

video presentation of apple's (text)book creating app - iBooksAuthor. very cool to see the future of textbooks.

Point your ipad at the sky any time of day or night to see what is up there. Learn the names of constellations, planets and satellites. Click on any of them to learn in depth information. Cool spacey background music too!

scot, we have Solar Walk installed. check it out: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/solar-walk-3d-solar-system/id347546771?mt=8

Cool. I like Solar Walk a lot. Star Walk has more, but Solar Walk fits the bill for sure.

Use this timer to give auditory signals to students during work blocks about how much time remains.

Cool idea for any teacher with there own iPhone or iPad - just plug it into speakers - Great Find Scot!

Great app for practicing Time. Compare analog and digital times. You can set the level of difficulty.

Check out these tips for the next time you are typing with your class (or on your own) using the iPad. They don't all apply but there are a few good ones.

Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.

link to ipad app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/project-noah/id417339475?mt=8

info & links to the site to sync more than just your primary calendar.

This is the page you need to get to in order to sync more than one Google Calendar with iCal on your Mac laptop or other mac device. CalDAV Calendar Sync - Sync your Google Calendar with your Apple devices

Doceri is a scalable suite of products that allows a teacher or presenter to control a computer's desktop, to control audiovisual technology, and to annotate any presentation in real time with the Apple™ iPad™. Doceri is an intuitive interface that can replace interactive whiteboards and expensive AV touch panels.

tricia, have you used the ShowMe app? if so, how does it compare to Doceri?

I use this in addition to Leafsnap to help students get to specific nouns in writing a descriptive piece. Also excellent research resource.

This cool app helps students learn facts about states and get practice recognizing state's shapes, all in the guise of a fun game!

welcome to diigo, scot! this app is already installed on the cart ipads.we've got "stack the countries," too. full list at: www.lincnet.org/lincolnschoolapps

Thanks for the list link Mark. I was wondering about that.

There are many free apps as well as some free online metronomes. I like them b/c they help students find rhythm in the poems that they write.

Great App -stories brought to life with interactive illustrations and narrations by authors. Costs $$ but there is a free trial

not earth-shattering(ly?) new, but a good reminder list of apps for the foreign language classroom.

well-reviewed app