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"GFW High school  in Minnesota is really leading the race at this point.  I  read the blog Ed Galaxy by Kevin Cummins regularly.  Kevin frequently shares great stuff.  Today is a wonderful article, The Ultimate Guide to Using iPads in the Classroom. In that article, he links to the GFW iPad Policy, Procedures and information.  It is chalked full of good information for any school thinking about 1:1 with iPads.  So, I did a little diggin and found their school website, including the iPad initiative pages that has even more useful information.  They are in their 2nd year of this, so, clearly they have a lot of the bugs worked out.  No need to re-invent the wheel, take their lead and learn from them!!  What more can I say, but WOW!!"

"Technology has become a core component of almost every facet of our daily lives but modernizing education requires significantly more commitment than simply providing students with access to technology." Sam Gliksman, iPads in Education ning

Smart post by Sam Gliksman on the reasons for classroom iPad use. A lot of what he says applies to technology in general.

iPad/iPod apps, sorted by discipline, then category within discipline. Really awesome list.

iPad classroom integrations and information.

A classroom music experience in which 24 kids (many on iPads) and several professional musicians collaborated on a piece of digital music. The piece they created may not shatter any sales records (though it is actually on sale in the iTunes store), but it's certainly not bad for student work. It's unclear how long they worked on this piece, or how many takes were involved, but the resulting music and video are good. And the students are left with a downloadable song that they created. So here are my questions: - are these students learning music? - is their learning transferable to real instruments? - to tweak Sting's words: is technology a legitimate teacher in this case?

Positive examples of ipad use for Algebra1 course and fifth grade fundamental math skills

Examples of iPad applications that can support the different levels of the taxonomy. Based on Anderson/Krathwohl's revision, not Bloom's original.

"Very few people or organizations however constantly discuss and debate "WHY" they do something. It's only by reflecting on the question of "why" that enables us to develop and articulate a meaningful vision for what we should be doing ... and that certainly applies to education." Sam Gliksman, iPads in Education ning

"Today, though, as we move into Personalised Learning in the Age of Technology, it is time for us to break the shackles of traditional thinking regarding writing and technology. We can no longer afford to dwell on the negative impacts of spellcheck and copy/paste. Instead, let's focus on the benefits."

iPad in Education - Exploring Educational Content for iPad

Extensive list of iPad Apps & Resources sorted by content & category

iPad in Education -Evaluating Apps for the Classroom

Good links for each level of the taxonomy, plus the iPadogogy Wheel.

Sort of a Rube Goldberg machine builder (read: physics puzzle) for your iOS device. 

A Google Sheet filled with apps and descriptions of how they support the taxonomical levels.