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Google has tripled free storage space, across Gmail, Google+ and Drive, bringing the total to 15GB. This is a serious move by Google as it places the company at the forefront of cloud based solutio... Delete the scoop?
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A study is being conducted at three Queensland kindergartens to examine the educational benefits of iPad use for pre-school children. (A study at three kindergartens to examine the educational benefits of iPad use for pre-school children! Delete the scoop?
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Google’s answer to Siri for Android devices has been a big hit for non-iOS users. The virtual personal assistant has been rumored to be making its way to the iPhone and iPad. Delete the scoop?
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Oh the Places You'll Go: 38,000 Historical Maps to Explore at New Online LibraryThe Digital Public Library of America announces the addition of a vast treasure trove of maps.
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I’ve started creating a table of important skills, some derived from the Padagogy Wheel, and actions, some derived from iPad As… What I am planning to highlight is that there are many apps that can be use for many purposes and for developing many skills. For example, I have already added “Explain Everything” to 9 categories as I see it as a multifunctional app and one worth its price because of the educational benefits it provides. Over the coming months I plan to add text descriptions to each category to explain how the apps listed address the skill or action they have been linked to and may also link them to other online sources that show them in action. I’ll also provide direct links to the App Store, as I always do on this blog when I mention apps so you can check them out yourself if you want. Now this sounds like a big task and it is. So I do need some help. What do I want from you? Anything you can give. Just add them to the comments of this post. Examples of apps that help to develop specific skillsAdditional skills I haven’t listed hereExamples of apps that are multifunctional.Explanations of good pedagogical practice with apps. Don’t worry, all credit will go to you when I include your suggestions.Links to blog posts, websites, Youtube tutorials, open wikis, nings etc that promote good practice that I can link to from here.Examples on add ons like bookmarklets for curation sites, websites that work well with iPads ( Flash-free) that can still be categorised under these headings for iPad use.Spread the word regularly through Twitter, Facebook, Curation sites like Pinterest and Scoop-It to keep educators coming back. Via Mark Gleeson Delete the scoop?
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GoClass is a unique app for teaching and learning interactively within the classroom using iPads. It allows teachers to create lessons, create formative assessments, and garner student response. Via Cyndi Danner-Kuhn 
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April 24, 10:50 PM
This is what i want to be able to do with my class. Give them classwork or quizzes when i do not see them to keep the students on their toes and help the students without being in the same room.
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This one will not let me into the link anymore. i chose this link because i could fully read it on the side and it was a great article...
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Web site that covers all aspects of Authentic Assessment, but not digital assessment. Delete the scoop?
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The biggest and most oft-heard criticism of the iPad usually revolves around it not behaving like a desktop PC or laptop. The people making this complaint are simply missing the point. Via Tania Sheko Delete the scoop?
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Make stunning art on the iPad with these top tools! These powerful painting and drawing apps can help you start creating iPad art today! Via Tania Sheko 
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Make stunning art on the iPad with these top tools! These powerful painting and drawing apps can help you start creating iPad art today! Delete the scoop?
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Find about emerging need of eLearning on iPads, learn how to get started with it as a first step towards ‘mobile learning’. Via Ana Cristina Pratas, Rob Furman, David W. Deeds, Lisa Johnson 
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February 25, 2:21 AM
Let's get started with iPads. Teachers need to learn how to use materials and also how to create them 
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Interesante ... como para ir preparando las transformaciones. "La escuela nunca fue ni será el monopolio del conocimiento" 
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There's a new app called WDWDT (stands for What Did We Do Today?) and is a messaging service custom-built for students, parents, and teachers. Via John Pearce 
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April 30, 8:12 AM
This app could be quite useful because it frees teachers from the often problematic deadline demands of newsletters, (many times I either failed to meet dealines for important notices or had to drop all other work to get things out "on time" when with this sort of app I could have done similar alerts in my own time. Of course the downside is that you are doing these alerts in your "own time" and therefore could build up expectations that can't be met all of the time. Interesting to see in the article mention of the tie in with Edmodo. Delete the scoop?
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The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials. The collection includes atlases, globes, school geographies, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps including pocket, wall, children's and manuscript maps. The online selection is an expanding cross section of images designed to highlight the depth and breadth of the collection. The digital images and associated descriptive data are © Cartography Associates. Delete the scoop?
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Apps and Mobile features available to instructors for paperless grading. Delete the scoop?
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The school has an unconventional take on the iPad’s purpose. The devices are not really valued as portable screens or mobile gaming devices. Teachers I talked to seemed uninterested, almost dismissive, of animations and gamelike apps. Instead, the tablets were intended to be used as video cameras, audio recorders, and multimedia notebooks of individual students’ creations. The teachers cared most about how the devices could capture moments that told stories about their students’ experiences in school. Instead of focusing on what was coming out of the iPad, they were focused on what was going into it. Via Kim Flintoff, Mark Gleeson 
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April 15, 10:15 PM
Focusses on K-12 but there are some key insights that can extend into any learning context.
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Yet another important read which makes the point that it's important "to recognize that it’s the adults and students around the iPads." Delete the scoop?
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Part 1 in a series of 5 articles featuring Top Free iPad Music Apps For Teachers. Really, there are so many apps available it can be hard to know where to begin and once you find something that looks useful, it’s difficult to assess it properly until you’ve download and installed it on your iPad. iPad music apps that are free can take away the risk of choosing a dud and they can be useful when book-listing apps for students on a tight budget. Over time, I’ve collected quite a number of free apps on my iPad. Generally speaking, paid apps are nearly always better – they are ad-free, there are fewer necessary in-app purchases to make the app functional, there are more features and they’re better-supported (something that’s often overlooked when deciding between free vs paid). The following list of apps fall into the “creativity” category. This is the first post in a 5-part series – there were simply too many to list in a single post!. The five parts are as follows: Part 1 – 19 Free iPad Apps for Musical Creativity: Play, Improvise and RecordPart 2 – 16 Free iPad Apps To Play and Learn Musical InstrumentsPart 3 – 9 Free iPad Apps To Help You Discover Orchestral Music and Explore SoundPart 4 – 8 Free iPad Apps for Ear-Training and LiteracyPart 5 – 10 Free iPad Music Tool Apps
Via Cyndi Danner-Kuhn 
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iPad Nuggets, tools, and resources from iPad Summit Atlanta 
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April 27, 1:23 PM
Attended this conference as well. It had many great presenters and topics. The message that came across loud and clear? It is about putting learning and the creation of knowledge into the hands of our students. Delete the scoop?
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With Class Charts you get data rich seating charts and streamlined behaviour management. You can evencollaborate with other teachers and work as a team to tackle behaviour.
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"Teachers often turn to presentation software to help deliver the content they choose to meet their lesson objectives, but what is the best way to do this on an iPad? Well, there is no PowerPoint for the iPad, but don’t let that put you off. There’s an app for that!" Via John Evans, Joquetta Johnson 
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March 28, 11:38 AM
I haven't used all of these myself, but I will be trying them. Nearpod is the one I have used and I like it. 
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April 3, 11:24 PM
Nice overview of some of the available tools. I have been looking at Nearpod which looks interesting. Delete the scoop?
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eBackpack provides safe and secure digital cloud storage for your student and staff work and assignments that is e-rate eligible. You can easily share files between project participants, committee members and even with outside parties in your web locker. eBackpack enables you to offer e-portfolios to show students’ growth and learning. Engage staff, students, and parents, all for a lower total cost than an on-site solution. It works in all browsers, the iPad, and can be used as a network drive on both PC and Mac computers.