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And though the iPads have been in the building for only two months, an education revolution appears to be under way.

I actually do use Winthrop High School students are never far from their iPads, even using them during their lunch hours. A glance across the school cafeteria reveals iPads on almost every table. this for many academic purposes." Those include taking class notes and recording lecture audio in an app dubbed Evernote, using the iPad as planner and calendar, downloading and reading class materials in PDF form and writing papers.

But first, a caveat: there are exceptions to every generalization I am about to make.

irresolvable paradox that, without writing, we would not have Plato's staging of this discussion nor any record at all of Socrates' encounter with Phaedrus or of the Socratic method, nor indeed would there have been an Athens, as such, to remember.

Plato’s struggle with the relatively new technology of writing

The iPad's video capture feature will allow teachers to join the movement by pre-recording their lectures as homework the day before a new classroom topic.

many teachers are harnessing the technology they already have—such as webcams, audio recorders, blogs, and other Web 2.0 tools—to boost literacy in students.

uses photos licensed under creative commons, an alternative to copyright that allows varying degrees of sharing, as a jumping-off point to start a conversation with her students.

Hooking her class up with students from other parts of the world also motivates her students to focus on their grammar and pronunciation, says Parisi, especially if the students they are working with are not native English-speakers.

the announcement that YouTube for Teachers is so important. 

How do you use the resource to build upon and enhance your lesson? First, you start by building your own channel.

concern over stranger danger is interesting given that the actual risk (as opposed to perceived) of a child being harm by a stranger they meet online is very low.

understand actual risks as measured by data from organizations like the Crimes Against Children Research Department, the Centers for Disease Control, the Justice Department and others who keep up-to-date records on risks and harms.

great to see that parents are in-touch with their kids’ use of technology