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Everything iPads
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iPad resources for engaging educators, students and artists
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Download or subscribe iPad in Australia - Transforming Learning by Apple Distinguished Educators on iTunes. 
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ScratchWork allows you to take notes and browse the web while having the two side by side to avoid back and forth flipping. It also provides a custom math keyboard.
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Sixth-grader Thomas Suarez has taken the Web by storm the last couple of weeks. The YouTube video of his TEDx talk in Manhattan Beach, Calif., has more than 445,000 views. Check out how he amazed the crowd by talking about how he created two apps: Bustin Jieber, a Whac-a-Mole for Justin Bieber and Earth Fortune, which shows different colors of the Earth based on the region’s fortune.
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If your school is considering adopting iPads, you probably know that there are plenty of educational apps out there. Not all of them are great and some are simply not worth the time it takes to install. Rather than haphazardly install apps, an entire school system has done the work for you.The Palm Beach School System has an incredible wiki where members of the community share their favorite apps for specific disciplines. Below I’ve embedded their list for the top elementary school apps but they also have a curated list of apps for middle school and high school.
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Share your iPad app list with others Tom Barrett tweeted a question today asking how to share your entire iPad app collection with someone. After a little research, I came up with a post on this page and followed the directions. Here is the first of the 12-page app list on my iPad.
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Learning, discovering… touching. There is a huge opportunity in the intersection between tablet computers and education: two young Italian entrepreneurs decided to explore it, launching Timbuktu, first News magazine for children on the iPad. Their mission is creating editorial programs on touch screen for kids, for educators and parents too. Being next generation of educational publishing, using technologies as an instrument for imagination and discovery of the world.
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I previously said that the Apple iPad is only good for two things (I later added a third), but it’s really good at those things. With that in mind, I’ve compiled a list of the 20 most useful apps for taking advantage of the iPad’s strengths.
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Beautifully designed, iDiary for kids has a daily journal at its heart where kids can express themselves periodically writing, drawing, pasting photos. They can easily navigate to their old entries and explore their past musings through an intuitive calendar navigation system.
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“What can you recommend for my students who are in 5th grade but read at a much lower level? They think most picture books are ‘babyish’ so anything that will appeal to them would be much appreciated.”
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In Munster, Ind., a school system turned to laptops and interactive computer programs in a million-dollar digital makeover that included a rental laptop for every student. “With a textbook, you can only read what’s on the pages — here you can click on things and watch videos,” said Patrick Wu, a seventh grader. “It’s more fun to use a keyboard than a pencil. And my grades are better because I’m focusing more.”
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Inkling brings the world's best digital textbooks to iPad. From medical school to business school, interactive textbooks from Inkling make learning better.
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60 Minutes on CBS News: Apps for Autism - Autistic people whose condition prevents them from speaking are making breakthroughs with the help of tablet computers and special applications that allow them to communicate, some for the first time.
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Step by step instructions on how to use Voice Thread by Wesley Fryer and his daughter Rachel From John's great website 'Moving at the Speed of Creativity'.
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6 different catogories -Flash Cards -Communication -Creativity -Game -Accessibility -Handwriting
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein paintings are now a part of a new multimedia NovelApp created by Rich Shapiro (an artist in his own right) called 'Too Far'. It seamlessly integrates an original novel, inspiring music and EVB's stunning artwork.
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Her university is involved in a study with the University of Toronto . The study is examining the effect of using touch technology in classrooms by using Touch Technology everyday with special needs students. Always looking for ways to enhance the curriculum for students with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Developmental Disabilities.
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Which iPad Apps do you think are better for education?!
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APPitic is a directory of apps for education by Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) to help you transform teaching and learning. These apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings.
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Visual supports are a part of our everyday lives. Diaries, calendars, shopping lists, maps, brochures and photos are just some of the many ‘visual aids’ we use regularly to help us recall, understand, learn, communicate and control our lives. Where would we be without them? They can also be an important tool for people with special needs, including those with learning difficulties, developmental delay, auditory processing disorders, acquired brain injuries and autism spectrum disorders.
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The Power of Project Learning - Why new schools are choosing an old model to bring students into the 21st century. Project-based learning can be traced back to John Dewey and it has come and gone since the early 20th century. As a pedagogical method, it often meets resistance since it doesn’t fit the skill-and-drill model that typically dominates education. But today, it is enjoying a comeback as cutting-edge schools demonstrate just how effectively it imparts the skills students need in today’s workforce. Via Rosa Fazio
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New apps offer possibilities to the cook that would be impossible with a laptop, let alone a book.
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Quixey finds apps on all platforms - including Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, Web and more. Quixey also builds custom search solutions for partners.
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What is iCloud is very simple, iCloud represents the future of data and transfer and will revolutionize the way we use our devices.
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