iPads in Education

Exploring the use of iPads and mobile devices in education.

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iBooks 2 and Digital Textbooks

Apple has released a new version of iBooks for the iPad with the explicit intent of selling digital textbooks through the iTunes store.

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"A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank...but the world may be a better place because I made a difference in the life of a child." -- Forest Witcraft

Tablet computing and mobile devices promise to have a dramatic impact on education. This Ning network was created to explore ways iPads and other portable devices could be used to re-structure and re-imagine the processes of education.

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The goal of this community is to promote innovation in education through the use of technology. The site is not sponsored by Apple nor does it endorse the use of any specific technology or product.

Connecting with other schools that have iPad programs

We have started a list for schools to connect with other institutions that have 1:1 iPad programs. If you'd like to register your school and connect with others, please go to the following page:

 

Connecting with other schools...

Blog Posts

Robert Wise

IPads in schools or libraries

Posted by Robert Wise on January 27, 2012 at 6:38am 1 Comment

Kevin McCormack

Xaverian and our iPad iniative

Posted by Kevin McCormack on January 26, 2012 at 5:00pm 2 Comments

Greg Smith

Rental E-Texts on Distributed iPads

Posted by Greg Smith on January 13, 2012 at 3:34pm 0 Comments

Sam Gliksman

Turning Students Into Teachers

Posted by Sam Gliksman on December 13, 2011 at 1:39pm 2 Comments

Forum

Richard Fimeri

Voice Thread in Action

Started by Richard Fimeri in General 59 minutes ago. 0 Replies

Shelly Moses

ISTE or CUE

Started by Shelly Moses in General on Thursday. 0 Replies

Shelly Moses

ISTE or CUE

Started by Shelly Moses in General on Thursday. 0 Replies

adrienne m christensen

ipads for kids with learning disabilities

Started by adrienne m christensen in General Jan 25. 0 Replies

Bryan Hilton

iBooks

Started by Bryan Hilton in General. Last reply by Bryan Hilton Jan 24. 2 Replies

Richard Fimeri

YouTube into Keynote

Started by Richard Fimeri in General Jan 24. 0 Replies

Richard Fimeri

Interactive presentations: Voice thread

Started by Richard Fimeri in General. Last reply by Richard Fimeri Jan 24. 2 Replies

ldenson8

Numbering iPads

Started by ldenson8 in General. Last reply by Mercedes Martinez Jan 17. 7 Replies

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Voice Thread in Action

A great result for my first VT presentation. I presented a short VT on the use of Keynote as opposed to PowerPoint to a group of facilitators. It was well received by all and certainly sparked a lot of discussion on it's application in the class room.Thanks you again Sam for the link to Michelle's web site, a great inspiration. http://mpbreflections.blogspot.com.au/See More
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Richard McNitt commented on Robert Wise's blog post 'IPads in schools or libraries'
I work for a health care organization that has used IPCU over USB for the last year or so to manage our devices.  We are currently looking at an MDM solution to give us more control.  In addition to IPCU  ( see the following link for…
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BalancEdTech commented on Sam Gliksman's blog post 'Do iPads Have the Capacity to Change Education?'
Following on Jonathan's post, we use Puentedura's SAMR in an iPad session we do. A rough draft of that session is posted here: http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Apps+Taskonomy Here's a link explaining SAMR: TPCK and SAMR: Models for…
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