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With iOS 5 you can now use AirPlay to "mirror" your entire iPad screen and display or project it. All that is required is an iPad 2, the new iOS operating system and an Apple TV (which sells for around $100) that connects to any TV, monitor or projector with an HDMI interface. You can project your iPad with a couple of simple steps ... and it works wirelessly! Here's how:

"Technology is always upgrading, especially something popular like iPads with huge user base. Apple has the strong resource to make it better and better. After the upgrades of iOS6,  Lisa Nash - the author of Learning and Teaching with iPads, made a list of its impact in the use of schools. Readers will find these changes are thoughtful considerations for daily use practice."

This is a step-by-step guide to developing iOS apps from Apple.

Using Blooms Taxonomy in education is a highly effective way to scaffold learning for the students. With the recent popularity and pervasive nature of iOS devices in school districts it is essential for educators to understand how to implement Blooms in the classroom using the apps that are available.  While this list is by no means fully comprehensive, it will assist educators in getting started when implementing iOS devices in the classroom. This site will change almost daily as it will be updated with new and exciting apps! 

Stanford course for iOS developers

Bored of the music in iMovie? Check out this blog post how to add free play music and different titles to your iMovies.

ideas from Fraser Speirs on using the ipad 2 in the classroom

Get video mirroring and gestures on your iPad 1 without Jailbreaking!

That said, there's always room to learn just a few more tricks to make the experience even better for you. Here, then, are five tips to master iBooks on your iOS device of choice.

built-in feature in IOS 6 - lock in an app with a password

Many of the schools that have introduced iPads in the classroom also use the Google Apps for Education suite. Unfortunately these two do not always mix well together. Using Google Apps on the iPads has always been quite tedious, but today Google updated its Google Drive app that solves many of the problems.

This app for iOS allows you to do multi-cam videos for up to 4 cameras.

Educational Flash web sites aside, the iPad is a great device for browsing the internet. At the heart of this is Apple's flagship browser, Safari. Overall, Safari is a capable browser on the iPad but there is some functionality missing from the app when compared to its big brother on Macs. Fortunately, iOS has enough tricks available for third party apps to fill in the gaps that Safari for iPad doesn't address. Here are three alternative browsers that I use regularly to perform tasks I think are necessary for educational use and general use that I can't do using Apple's default browser.

finding the good apps in all the muck (almost a million iOS apps total) that can be found in the App Store nowadays.

Grabs data from websites into useable formats for infographics

Great TED talk which shows positive correlation between gaming and enhanced vision. 

iPhone: If playing a game wins out over crossing items off your to-do list every time, consider EpicWin, a new iPhone app that turns your to-do list into a full-on role-playing game, complete with to-do driven XP and level ups.

This app allows you to code your own games and sims on the iPad.

iCell for iPad Gives Students 3D Views of Cells http://t.co/bB3nrGZ6

Nice, free app for students to explore cells.

List of apps for iPhone pics