iPads in Education Daily

Clear Browser, the minimal full-screen browser that we here at AppAdvice declared App of the Week in November last year, has just received a new major update.

SLJ Reviews Gobstopper and Subtext: Apps that Enable Interactive Classroom Reading http://t.co/bQi9sjAqkG

Ever want to use your iPad as a PDF scanner? Try Pocket Scanner HD which is free for a limited time. Unlike some other scanner apps, this one does not appear to come with a built in OCR function and the images did not come out crisp and clean for me.

Sherpa, the “predictive intelligence app,” is out of beta and is now available in the App Store. However, instead of Sherpa, the app is now known as Osito.
Available for free, the app is one-part calendar, another part personal assistant.

First showcased at CES 2013 in Las Vegas, Griffin’s Crayola Light Marker is now available to purchase.
Continuing the longstanding partnership with Crayola, the marker is unique because budding artists don’t have to touch the iPad’s screen.

How to stop children buying in-app purchases on iPhone and iPad
The Guardian (blog)
How to stop children buying in-app purchases on iPhone and iPad. An illustrated guide to ensure parents don't get landed with a surprise bill for virtual items.

In April last year, someone posed a question in the Evernote forums regarding the arrival of PDF annotation in Skitch. Months later, Skitch cofounder and Evernote Senior Product Designer Keith Lang replied to this question.

All Things Digital Hopscotch iPad app looks to teach building blocks of coding to girls GigaOM Hopscotch is in good company when it comes to teaching programming on Apple's tablet: Codea, which is an iPad programming app that uses the Lua...

Slate Magazine The Smart Way to Use iPads in the Classroom Slate Magazine As part of a tour to talk about my book, Screen Time, I was treated to three days of visits to nearly a dozen classrooms at the Zurich International School, a private school...

Today while I was looking for a citation from " Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners "
, it dawned on me to compile a list of...

Have you ever thought about remotely controlling your computer via iPad ? Well this is now possible thanks to a set of awesome apps that can facilitate your work flow and increase your productivity....

Alternative iPad Browsers with tricks Safari can’t do http://t.co/ipsawXedTy #edtech #education #edchat

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Orangutans Master iPad, Entertain Themselves with Cartoons and Music Living Green Magazine If you're having trouble adapting to your new iPad, you might want to make a trip to your local zoo and see if any of the orangutans can provide you with a...

Make a Note of It: Speech Recognition Apps Are Getting Better
New York Times
The technology isn't quite there yet, despite Apple's best efforts with Siri, its digital personal assistant.

While almost everyone knows the basic facts about World War II, World War I was also enormously deadly and changed life in America forever.

Although there are apps that allow you to create shortcuts by typing a few letters to create a complete sentence, phrase, etc., there is also a built in way to do this as part of the iOS.

Even though a recent survey shows that AirPlay is the most well-known screen mirroring technology, Apple has a long way to go to make it mainstream.