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View the Common Core State Standards in one convenient FREE app! A great reference for students, parents, and teachers to easily read and understand the core standards. Quickly find standards by subject, grade, and subject category (domain/cluster). This app includes Math standards K-12 and Language Arts standards K-12. Math standards include both traditional and integrated pathways (as outlined in Appendix A of the common core) and synthesizes Language Arts standards with the Corresponding College and Career Readiness Standards (CCR's).
Via Jim Harmon
When it comes to searching for educational apps to install on your iPad it feels like you get drowned in an avalanche of apps and resources from which you emerge empty-handed. Everyday new apps go viral and to keep up with the updates in this field is really a daunting challenge.
Siri with iOS 5 was a decidedly iPhone 4S-only affair, with Apple choosing not to make anything more than Dictation available, even on their 2012 new iPad.
Via John Evans
Download hundreds of free audio books, mostly classics, to your MP3 player or computer. Includes great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Via John Evans
Apple is upping its bid for its hot-selling iPad to be a teaching device.
The iPad has become an essential tool at the London 2012 Olympics, changing the way diving coaches are able to show and instruct video to divers. Aaron Dziver coaches Canadian Olympians Alexandre Despatie, Reuben Ross, and Jennifer Abel.
Via Jon Samuelson, John Evans
On Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook declared that the adoption of the iPad by educational institutions was "unlike anything I've seen in technology." It's not just a cheaper iPad 2 that's driving record K-12 iPad sales, but Apple's total education apps...
Via Sam Gliksman
Storytelling continues to be a powerful tool in education. Storytelling from a teacher's point of view allows us an insight into the depth of understanding our student have around certain concepts and ideas.
Via Sam Gliksman
The Learning First Alliance is a partnership of 16 national level education organizations representing 10 million members dedicated to improving student learning every day.
Justin Franks contacted me this week with a link to a YouTube video where he proudly shows off his...
After two decades in online teaching in both the corporate world and higher education, I regret to report that the grass is not necessarily greener on the other side of the network connection.
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"Rethinking the approach to learning with an iPad was one of the key points that arose from our recent iPad study tour in Queensland.
Many of the schools talked about the development of 'Learning Workflows' where work is created in one app, then built on in another App and so on."
Via John Evans
This is a collection of skills and lessons and the apps that support the learning.
Via John Evans
"Visual recording is what it sounds like it’d be. As opposed to recording audio, visual recording captures visuals, though not necessarily in photographic form. The process of visually capturing ideas with the iPad isn’t terribly complex in concept. If you can think of concept-mapping, you’ve halfway there."
Via John Evans
"Foreign language apps seem to come in to categories: games, vocabulary and readings. There are pictures in a few apps that could take the place of manipulatives in the classroom. Images could be pasted or uploaded into a few of the projector apps. There are not as many apps that teach multiple languages than I thought there would be."
Via Ana Cristina Pratas, John Evans
Kno, a digital textbook startup that has previously focused on the college market, is partnering with publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to bring its interactive textbooks to K-12 students.
Via Sam Gliksman
You can quickly and easily add your Google Calendar information to your iPad and use Google instead of (or as well as) iCloud calendars. Here's how to add your Gmail account to your iPad via the Settings app.
Via John Evans
You can help get kids interested in STEM fields no matter their age with the help of the iPad and its numerous apps.
You can help get kids interested in STEM fields no matter their age with the help of the iPad and its numerous apps.
Via Sam Gliksman
These are apps that are very helpful for the LifePractice PBL environment, where students are using the tools of today to learn, share, and grow for tomorrow.
Via John Evans
Books CCL4s has been highlighted in " Common Core Mathematics in a PLC at Work ", Grades K-2 by Timothy D. Kanold , et al. Websites NCSM The Math Forum @Drexel Springfield Public Schools - iPods...
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There is an awful lot of hot air blown about accessing student work from “class sets” of iPads, via email, WebDAV, Dropbox etc etc.
Now using an app on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch you can video-capture what you see and hear on your screen! See our exclusive video to see how easy it is!
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