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20 Interesting Ways* to use an iPad in the Classroom

20 Interesting Ways* to use an iPad in the Classroom

TOP 5 Educational iPad and iPhone Games IGN the undisputed king of online gaming content recently published its top 25 iPad, iPhone games and it is well worth the read if you own an apple device and enjoy a good game. As an avid gamer and educator I have taken this a little further by identifying the top 5 educational gaming experiences on the iPhone and iPad. Now I am not interested in times table challenge games or blatant learning games I am talking about games that require you to think outside of the square in across a range of curriculum areas without even really knowing that you're participating in a learning experience. These are the games that will improve our memory, number facts and knowledge of the world and get us addicted through fun and challenging elements which keep us coming back for more. Civilization Revolution - Build. IGN Says: "Outside of SimCity, no game defines the strategy genre like Sid Meier's Civilization. The Oregon Trail: Price $1.19 iBlast Moki Price $3.99 ZenBound 2: Price $3.99

50 Essential iPad Apps - Wireless Feature at IGN So you've bought an iPad? That's the easy bit. Now, with a week passed since launch in the UK and the little fella no longer able to thrill on hypnotic sheen alone, it's time for the tricky part. That is, starting to put it to practical use, wading through the endless minefield that's Apple's iTunes store, figuring out what on earth to buy, and what to steer clear of. 1Password £2.39 Unless you actively enjoy identity theft (in which case, you rotter), you've probably accumulated more passwords than the average failing brain can reasonably accommodate. AirVideo £1.79 (Lite version free) Complaints about the iPad's relative lack of storage space go out of the window once you add the superb AirVideo app to the system. Alice for the iPad £5.49 (Lite version free) Inspired by Lewis Carroll's legendary fantasy novel, this deliciously illustrated 52-page iPad 'makeover' is awash with beautiful backdrops and interactive 'props' and quirky tilt-sensitive animations. Amazon Kindle Free

My Tests - TestBuilder - The Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) includes a variety of tests aligned to the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards in English language arts and mathematics, the Kansas Science Education Standards, and the Kansas Standards for History, Government, and Social Studies. These tests are designed to support educators and policymakers in evaluating student learning as well as to meet the requirements for federal and state accountability.

esu3ipads - home Middle School iPad Apps Create and publish your own wikis and blogs. Use these web services to communicate and collaborate with your friends and coworkers. It's easy to edit this page and create new wikis. To edit this page, click the Log In (lock) button, log in as a wiki administrator and click the Edit (pencil) button. To create a new wiki, log in, then click the Add (+) button and choose New Wiki. Content previously available at this address is temporarily available at If you're looking for our iPad wiki content, it's still online at: Calendar | Change Password | Profile Manager Planbook Touch: iPad Lesson Plan Book App For Teachers Planbook Touch has dozens of features to help you get more organized, save time, and share your lesson plans Choose Your Schedule Planbook can accommodate schedules where you teach the same thing each day, your classes change each day but repeat weekly and rotating schedules (up to a 14 day rotation). Write your Lesson Plans Planbook gives you 6 customizable fields to hold your lesson plans. Attach Files and Links to Your Plans Planbook Touch lets you attach any web link or file directly to your plans. Print/Email your Plans Planbook makes it easy to share your plans with your administrator, other teachers or students via print or email. Adjust your Schedule When the weather gets rough (or any of the 100s of things happen that can affect your best laid plans), Planbook lets you quickly bump or pull back lessons to adjust your plans. Track Standards Planbook Touch lets you view standards you've previously entered using Planbook for Mac. Dropbox Support Convert Days Companion Mac and Windows Apps

10 essential iPad apps for high school students Thanks to Scott McGlynn at teach2thefuture.net for this one. The free Dictionary.com app delivers trusted reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, including nearly 1,000,000 words and definitions and 90,000 synonyms and antonyms. No Internet connection is needed. The app also features audio pronunciations, similarly spelled words and Dictionary.com’s popular Word of the Day that is enjoyed by millions of people.  Accessing Wikipedia has never been faster and easier than with Wikipanion, designed for easy, search, navigation and display of Wikipedia entries. Graphing Calculator turns your phone or iPod into an intuitive high-resolution function plotter and scientific calculator. You can quickly enter your class schedule and use it to differ between homework assignments. myHomework will also notify you when you have late and upcoming assignments by numbering them on your application icon. Like reading? This app is especially made for this kind of a situations.

The 10 Best iPhone and iPad Apps for Art Teachers 2010 Since publishing our 30 Best iPhone Apps for Art Teachers last year (August 2009), we have discovered many new apps that are worthy of being added to our best list. Covering a wide range of interests and uses, below are the Teaching Palette’s 10 Best iPhone, iPad and iPod Apps for Art Teachers 2010 – the latest and greatest apps for art teachers and their students. Consider this an amendment to last year’s list. Apps for Student and Teacher Use Animalia Based on the beautiful illustrations from the classic book by the same name, this app brings “eye spy” to a whole new level. Accudraw Update your traditional grid drawing system with technology. Faces iMake Appropriate for younger students, this app uses a creative mix of collage materials inspired by author and artist Hanoch Pivin. KidsOrigami Beautiful images illustrate simple origami folding techniques for kids. Sketchn’ Guess Lite Available only on the iPad this app capitalizes on the larger screen size for game play.

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