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Great resource for schools considering 1:1 iPads

great article on managing learning in a 1:1 classroom.

An interesting article about a small k12 school in Scotland who went from a 24 mac school, to a 1:1 iPad school. Shares some information about how they are managing the iPads, their approach to using them and some of the school's thoughts on their use. Worth a read. 

Resource to support schools in the deployment of iPads- secondary context.

Highly recommend this!!!!! Some wonderful ideas,tips and tricks on how to use the Smartboard effectively. Some great shortcuts. I suggest working through these 1 by 1 - selecting those that are relevant to grade/stage etc. Particularly good after you have some sound basic skills developed.

A great explanation of Evernote and how it can be used in a 1:1 environment, targeted at secondary students.

Poses some questions to think about when planning all technology purchases for your school. Especially relevant to IWBs. The linked articles are also worth a look. One presents a very anti-IWB viewpoint however it does present some interesting ideas that may be worth considering when trying to ensure the success of you technology program.

A selection of some great iPad apps. Page also contains the presentation "75 Interesting Ways to use an iPad in the Classroom"

Many of the Web tools out there are restricted to users 13 and over. To save others at school some time,John Pearce has compiled a list of popular/well known Web tools that can and can't be used by children under 13 - 1), so we are legally covered in what we are allowing our students to use and 2), so they know what is available. Please note that generally the sites that allow for under 13s still ask for parental permission ( even Edmodo if you haven't read the Terms of Use) so a solid school user agreement is needed to use these tools. Some of the sites are not US based so are not bound by COPPA and CIPA regulations. It still requires schools to carefully check out what can be viewed on these sites to ensure they are appropriate to access."

Steps to creating a class blog. From initial set up to managing and monitoring and includes aspects of assessment.

Great for Kinder and Year 1 classrooms. Read the magazine online and use the lesson plans provided. Great for Science and / or HSIE

Nothing new but an interesting read.

Some fantastic tips on what to blog about, also touches on classroom management of student blogs (re: posting, comments etc) in the comments section...some schools starting as early as year 1 with services such as kidblog

Its a nice post with some good ideas about blogging with kids. Nice find Sam.

There are some great ideas on this to give meaning to blogging for students. They could be transferred to wikis too.

I was just wondering which google apps people are making use of in their classrooms or for professional/personal use. A couple of questions I am thinking about at the moment are: 1. Should we be giving students experience with public access tools such as these so that they can take the skills they learn with them rather than the skills they learn specific to Myclasses/myinternet? 2. With myclasses etc perhaps being phased out/modified/replaced at some stage is this a viable alternative that could be used instead?

A year 1 example of a PB Works wiki

BBC UK's maths, science and literacy games and puzzles for ES1 and Stage 1. They look good. Try the KS2 link for stage 2 and 3 games.

An excellent presentation on wikis & writing and how they can be used to enhance teaching and learning in the classroom. Also shares some meaningful stats regarding language development, explains and gives examples on web 1.0 & 2.0 tools and social media.

An interesting ipad article, via Wayne Marshall