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How do you find an App? Article lists 6 apps handy for helping to navigate the vast array of apps available. Autism specific apps, free apps, etc...

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Khan Academy has an IPad App! This is an amazing resource!

On March 24, 2011, my classroom was awarded a 21st century model classroom complete with 30 iPad 2's.  Over the next five months, we will prepare to deploy 30 iPad2's so that 125 students may use them on a daily basis for the 2011-2012 school year. Follow the documented, educational journey as our students discover the power of thinking, questioning, and creating in a classroom that uses iPad2's every day!

Check out these top 5 Apple applications for essay writing to make getting organizing and presenting your thoughts in a coherent manner a much easier process.

Connecting PBL and STEM

If you're looking for a kid-friendly website to direct your students to during centers, tech tools to assign to your students who need extra help (or want extra work), or new tools to engage your students in learning, this website is for you! This website features a collection of free, kid-safe, online resources categorized by subject, grade level, and standard (adapted from DC Public Schools Learning Standards).

Interactive Whiteboard resources: These pages offer ways for students to work with words, work with images, and collaborate to create/improve/decide on this shared student workspace in your classroom. Think of that big white thing (IWB) as the students' shared workspace for practice, discussion, creating, and problem solving. The Tips and Strategies page offers ways to structure time and classroom management to facilitate student access and use of the IWB.

This website is full of resources for clipart, backgrounds for Keynote/PowerPoint presentations, maps, technology in the classroom, and more. It is sponsored by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology and the Educational Technology Clearinghouse, which "provide(s) digital content, professional development, and technical services supporting the appropriate integration of technology into K-12 and preservice education."

Twitter is a powerful communication tool. It is also a great way for educators to connect & share resources and best practices. It's Google Doc is a great overview of Twitter's value for educators...

We all know Google Presentations is a great tool for making multimedia slideshows. But did you know it can also be used to make interactive quizzes and "Choose Your Own Adventure" style stories? With Google Presentations ability to link to specific slides you can build a non-linear slideshow that allows the user to make choices and go to different slides depending on their choice. Learn tips and tricks to make this work best, and see how this can be used for you or your students to make interactive quizzes and stories.

As the search for the best education apps continues, certain developers are working diligently to expand from a single app to an entire line of apps. Each developer seems to have a similar theme, making the learning curve easier for the purchaser. 

A collection of Google's apps and how you can use them for your daily education and work needs.

Lots of SmartBoard resources as well as general use technology information geared towards teachers

Amazing apps that can help students with a reading disability improve their skills not only in reading, writing, and spelling, but also get a boost in confidence and learn to see school as a fun, engaging activity, not a struggle.

Some little-known tricks and tips that will get you even more excited about using your iPad