Exploring the use of iPads and mobile devices in education.

August 2011 Blog Posts (4)

An Idea to teach students iPad basics

A new school year has started for me and I wanted to share an idea I had to teach students the basics of using iPads. On the third day of class I introduced iPads to my students. I went through many of the accessibility features that could help students with special needs. When the students finished with the "training session" I gave them a brief true/false assesment.

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Added by Lincoln Whitaker on August 30, 2011 at 6:23pm — No Comments

Educational & Workforce Mobile Apps Resource Center

The Tennessee Board of Regents (overseeing forty-seven campuses) has established an Educational and Workforce Mobile Apps Resource Center for assisting educators from PreK-Ph.D. including workforce development, professional development, and life-long-learning, in finding mobile apps in their program area(s). www.TBReLearning.org

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Added by Robbie Melton on August 28, 2011 at 9:06pm — No Comments

Help Other Educators With Their Questions...

Summer has come to an abrupt close for most of us and we're all readying for the beginning of a new school year. With the advent of a new year, many of our network users have started posting blogs and asking for help in the forums. Your comments and advice will help a colleague in need and be appreciated by the entire community.

Here's a summary of recent activity and requests for assistance:

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Added by Sam Gliksman on August 28, 2011 at 2:46pm — No Comments