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Long list of iPad apps broken down by how you'd like to use the iPad for teaching and/or learning in your classes.

Learning objectives that can be met with an iPad, plus specific applications to apply for each objective.

From the site: "We're putting everything you need to know about learning to use iPad at your fingertips. So now is a great time to get started exploring the possibilities. See how iPad gives you and your students the best way to view videos, engage with content, create projects, and turn learning into a hands-on experience."

From the site: "Adobe Youth Voices Essentials provides free curricula and tools for educators to inspire young people to create digital media on issues they care about. Based on the best practices of educators from around the world, our curricula promotes youth expression, creativity, and engagement, helping young people build critical 21st century technology and life skills."

From Dynamic Geometry (app developer): "Drag, manipulate and animate visual mathematical representations to develop your understanding of fundamental concepts across elementary mathematics, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and beyond. Based on the award-winning software The Geometer's Sketchpad®, the Sketchpad Explorer app allows you to interact with, and investigate, any mathematical document created in Sketchpad. With a simple, powerful, multitouch interface, Sketchpad Explorer puts mathematics comprehension literally at your fingertips."

Sketchpad Explorer tips: http://www.keycurriculum.com/resources/sketchpad-resources/sketchpad-explorer-for-ipad/sketchpad-explorer-for-ipad-tips

Ink2Go is a screen annotation and recording solution that lets you write on top of your active desktop applications in real time. Save your annotations as image files or even record the entire annotation process as a sharable video!

If you grade lots of papers/essays, give this short article a read. There are some interesting ideas to consider when it comes to helping students learn how to write and effectively use our feedback.

http://www.techsmith.com/jing-uses-alytapp.html Video feedback on writing assignments success story from a PA English teacher.

Watch this 3 minute video to learn about how you gear more of your in class instructional time towards helping students learning important course specific content, concepts, and skills. Even though this video is done using a high school math classroom, there are helpful ideas here for all subject areas.

Free and very customizable QR code generator. Just be sure to test your more outlandish designs to ensure they are actually readable...