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Over the weekend on FreeTech4Teachers.com I shared a list of my most frequently used desktop apps. That post was fairly popular so I think that a similar post about iPad apps is in order. These are... 
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A new version of Smart's Notebook software will let teachers move about the classroom as they change and manipulate images on whiteboards. Via Sam Gliksman
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The AP (11/3, Cook) reports on the fits and starts that have marked the progress of “an ambitious iPad initiative” in the school district in Dothan, Alabama, noting that “students, teachers and administrators are negotiating the learning curve involved with” the $2.6 million program. Administrators have been challenged by such issues as internet capacity and a lack of broadband in students’ homes, and a constantly evolving “blacklist” of prohibited apps. Moreover, some education publishers have failed to deliver on their promises to provide quality content.
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1:1 iPad Initiative: A Four Year Study & Review Abstract The Franklin Academy High School implemented a 1:1 iPad deployment a the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year. Over the course of the next two school years, the pilot was expanded to include all grades 9-12 in the high school. This deployment has reached 475 high school students and all teaching staff. Our K-8 program deployed iPads across the grade levels in the form of class sets and mobile carts. This study targeted our 1:1 deployment at the high school to investigate the impact the device has had on teaching and learning. The survey used to gather the student data was administered in April of 2014. Students included in the survey used the device anywhere from 1 to 4 years. The students use the iPad while at school and home. Results of the survey hope to shed light on the impact the use of the iPad has had on academic gains as well as the development of the most important non-cognitive skills our program is founded upon.
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"I am starting to see the light… and somewhat emerging from the fog of iPad enrollment and technical logistics. After a full weekend of ACL (yes, the TechChef does find time to enjoy in the Austin music scene), I spent half a day with Randolph ISD sharing some timely tips for managing iPads in the classroom. As I am never one to hoard resources and I imagine that there our other teachers and districts that might benefit from some tried and true management techniques, I thought I would crank out a blog to share these with the greater edusphere."
Via John Evans
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Many people think of iPads in education as devices that need to be locked down. But at Immaculata-La Salle, we're doing things differently. Fla. school finds key to easier iPad deployment
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There are now a wide variety of iPad apps that you can use to organize your life and create an effective workflow. In this regard, I handpicked for you some really interesting apps that you should definitely consider to enhance your productivity. These apps provide a bunch of excellent features such as : easy ways to create to-do lists, scheduled notifications, reminders, notifications of upcoming tasks and events, and many more. Some of these apps are also integrated with Google and Google Apps accounts . Via John Evans
Sally Tilley's curator insight,
October 9, 2014 5:43 PM
Love a bit of organisational brilliance! Thanks for sharing @joevans
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This is a guest post from Jennifer Carey (@TeacherJenCarey) and EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site. iPads are powerful tools for teachers in the classroom. In addition to being robust, mobil...
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Do you have a set of defined, school wide instructional practices? I bet you have defined practices for attendance, discipline, fire drills, cafeteria, bus drills, and registration. How can we call ourselves professionals when the very business of which we are about--teaching and learning--has no defined practices?
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These tablet tools will help technology directors and coordinators make the most out of their mobile devices. Via John Evans
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By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An ambitious $1.3 billion program to provide an iPad or other device to every Los Angeles public school student has been slowed by technical challenges, with curriculum that was supposed to be built into the technology often incomplete, an independent report has found. The report marked a potential setback for a program that Superintendent John Deasy last year heralded as a civil rights initiative to help his district's largely disadvantaged students, Via John Evans
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These tablet tools will help technology directors and coordinators make the most out of their mobile devices.
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It’s becoming difficult to read the news in Los Angeles these days without running across yet another article about the problems faced by the sputtering LAUS…
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"Here are 16 of my favorite presentation tools for teachers and students! Which ones are your favorites?" Via John Evans
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PARCC Implementation To Impact New Jersey Guidance Counselors.
The Gloucester County (NJ) Times (11/3) reports that as New Jersey schools transition to the Common Core-aligned Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test, high school guidance counselors will be on “the front lines,” since the test will be used as a graduation exit exam starting in 2019. The piece notes that Assistant Education Commissioner Bari Erlichson addressed the issue at the Educational Information and Resource Center, or EIRC, in Glassboro on Friday morning, speaking “to a group of administrators and guidance professional about the nitty-gritty details of PARCC.”
Mel Riddile's insight:
The issue is not the Common Core assessments, but the decision by NJ to use the results of the assessments as barriers to graduation.
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"Figuring out which apps work best in your particular classroom is not easy. There’s a painstaking process of trial and error that teachers must go through (usually during the summer break or professional development sessions)." Via John Evans
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October 29, 2014 11:03 AM
Also included are links to suggested iOS apps: http://list.ly/list/2cN-the-best-education-apps-ios and Suggested Android apps: http://www.edudemic.com/best-education-technology/the-best-education-apps-android/#ly_wrap_2cO
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The College Board's first combined release of data from three of its college-readiness testing programs illuminates "missed opportunities" for students with academic potential, the board says.
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Friday I had an opportunity to share a videoconference about iPad Videography from my home in Oklahoma City with a group of about 15 homeschoolers in Nenana, Alaska, which is almost 4000 miles away...
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"Chances are, if you’re teaching a group of younger students (elementary or middle school, though high schoolers are certainly not known for being super careful with their devices either), you’re likely concerned about how they’re handling your expensive classroom iPads. There are a ton of “tough” tablet cases out there designed to save your device when it is dropped/banged/slammed/smacked/otherwise injured, but just trying to protect them for when that happens isn’t getting at the root of the problem. Teaching students how to properly handle their devices so that they don’t get broken (or are less likely to, since obviously accidents happen) is a necessary approach (though I’d still recommend padding those iPads to high heaven in whatever case is most appropriate for your classroom needs)." Via John Evans
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Marc Fanaroff, a special education administrator for more than 30 years, shares his advice on successfully deploying tablets in schools.
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"Desmos is a free graphing calculator that originally launched a few years ago as a web app before becoming an iPad app (the web app still works too). Recently, the Desmos iOS app was updated with some good features for students."
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