A brand-new Mac app called Reflection allows iOS fans to AirPlay Mirror the display of their iPhone 4S or iPad 2 to a Mac computer.
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Which read it later app is the best? Find out the pros and cons of each and see which one could fit your needs. 
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The iPad is a boon for book lovers of all ages. Not only does it support all the major e-reader platforms, but it adds a new dimension to read alouds and bedtime stories. Developers and publishers including Scholastic, uTales, and Made in Me all have apps that create self-contained, customized libraries that bring the bookshelf into the digital age. These apps target the young, voracious reader by making a large number of books available in one place, often for less than the cost of a typical child’s print book.
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This video walks though the process of supervising a device within Apple Configurator. Supervision is a more locked-down approach for device setup and focuses a bit more on a shared iPad scenario where users do not have ownership of the device and having it in a known state for everyone is beneficial. Using Apple Configurator, you have the ability to apply a configuration to USB connected devices in a continuous manner, reducing the time required to set them up. The functionality of iPhone Configuration Utility is included in the application as well.
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Gregory shares some descriptors by which to evaluate apps along with a few app suggestions for younger learner.
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In our time of rapid digital evolution and ubiquitous personal learning technology, it's hard to keep track of how many things are changing. Every once in awhile, though, you get a glimpse of something more than just straightforward change. Now and then we come to realize just how much technology is affecting the lives of everyone regardless of creed, culture, or any type of prominent disability. Technology has empowered us all in ways we sometines don't consider.
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Will Apple create an all-iPad classroom and realize Steve Jobs' vision to transform the multibillion-dollar textbook industry? It sounds like an irresistible deal for the dazzling, interactive books that Apple touts. But it would require a huge investment in technology at a time of shriveling school budgets. Teacher training and teacher resistance also pose a challenge.
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Take brainstorming to a whole new level, including easy collaboration with others. Use Edistorm to place sticky notes on a shared whiteboard. Edistorm goes above and beyond a simple sticky whiteboard by providing "Idea Votes" to find "Top Ideas." As you enter information on your sticky, new suggestions pop up along the bottom. Use this phenomenal aspect of Edistorm as suggestions by their "Idea Bots" may take you closer to your goal. Instructional video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD7yaEJILd4 App store: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/edistorm/id378985009?mt=8
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Everyone’s favorite magazine-style news aggregator got an update today, adding “Cover Stories” to the iPad. Cover Stories were first introduced in December, when the iPhone version of Flipboard was released.
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Nice little Wiki on iPad Activities... Try to combine apps together to create a piece to be shown to a class. Some apps are better creating learning objects and some are better for displaying materials. I like some of the projection apps that are being created. They are getting closer to being used as interactive whiteboard.
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From Gregory Swanson's fabulous blog... So many classroom activities are only fully realised when your students add their sketches to embellish their work, or to annotate a concept. Sometimes they just need to describe an object. Here are a series of apps that allow the creative little Picasso or Frida in your class to express themselves. Most of these are so intuitive that your students will be drawing before you know it.
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To gain a better understanding on the current state of the American consumers’ current iPad usage and anticipation of the iPad 3, AYTM conducted DIY market research utilizing their online consumer panel and survey tool. The highlights of their discoveries are encapsulated in this infographic
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The iPad looks amazing when projected onto a large screen. The students in a 1 to 1 iPad classroom gets to see the apps at work. Have a look at the list below to see if any of these might be useful in your classroom. If you have others that should be added to this list please leave a comment with the name of the app and we will add it to the list.
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This is a list of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch apps for education and special education. Each app in the list includes a one sentence description on the app.
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The newest version of Angry Birds is due out March 22nd and takes place in space. The new app teaches players how to adjust for low-gravity situations, why approach angles have to be curved, and more. But don’t just take my word for it. Don Pettit, an astronaut on the International Space Station (you read that right) talks about why the new Angry Birds Space is accurate and what it’s like to actually throw stuffed angry bird dolls in space.
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While the iPad was created as a consumer device, it is growing in popularity both in the enterprise sector and in schools. Bringing the iPad to a group of users raised a host of practical issues including how to configure all of the devices identically so they were uniform and appropriate for the setting.
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~Goodness knows we need such a device for our school for mulitple iPads often being a updating nightmare! ~AZ Apple Configurator is likely of the same variety as what Apple uses in its own stores to reset its showroom devices, but now it’s available for organizations and schools to make updating and resetting devices effortless. This should break down a few major barriers that kept organizations from widely adopting the devices before.
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Bringing iPads into the classroom is a great way to give students access to learning tools. However, there are so many things to keep in mind to make the devices work smoothly in the classroom.
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Tony Vincent's blog... Some apps are used to practice a discrete skill or present information just one time. Others are creative apps that a learner may use again and again, so it's a challenge to craft a rubric that can be used for a wide span of purposes. I tried to make my rubric work for the broadest range of apps, from drill and practice to creative endeavors, while stressing the purpose for using the app.
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Steven W. Anderson is a school district instructional technologist from Winston-Salem, NC. and his words are so spot on... "Technology exclusively can't change learning. You can't put 30 iPads (or Chromebooks, laptops, IWB, or whatever type of technology you can think of) in a classroom and in an instant learning gets better. It just does not happen that way. It takes a lot of stepping back, looking at the why's and the how's and deciding on the direction to go. And even before devices hit the hands of kids, there has to be lots and lots and lots of PD on how access to these tools in the classroom changes the way we teach. Lets just slow down, and think..."
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Many apps available can enhance your creativity and you suddenly have the tools necessary to make not only some stellar home movies, but potentially the next great independent film.As well as many many applications for students of all ages.
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This site does not have any intention of making any money, ever. Bandwidth and storage are cheap. They just want everybody to have an easy way to find, share, and self-publish their own free children's ebooks, whether the audience is just their own kids or the whole world.
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Touch and Go, a guide to the best apps and enhanced books for children and teens, is a blog powered by School Library Journal. Reviews, commentary, news, and interviews with movers and shakers in the dynamic world of digital publishing.
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Apple has just made some interesting additions to its iBookstore listing. Now, users can discover comics and graphic novels that are collected in one, convenient location.
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This site dedicated to showcasing exciting e-books & apps for children and young adults. Their focus is to provide trailers & links to interactive books and apps they think will be of interest to schools and libraries to support reading and literacy. This is a collaborative effort between Gillian, a school librarian, and Tim, a software developer. They also happen to be mother and son.
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