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Imagine if you will: your school turns out to be sitting atop a long-lost priceless treasure and your district is suddenly extremely wealthy. Each student is given an iPad because it’s touted as being a great way for students to learn. ( Even Thomas Edison said so! ) Now what? What apps should you use? You don’t want your students playing Angry Birds all day after all.

50 Innovative Ways To Use iPads In School | Edudemic

http://edudemic.com/2011/04/ipads-in-school/
http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/iPad+Apps How do I get Apps to this device? or If you are new to the mobile world, what is an App? App or an Application is a program that can be installed on to the device. The app will have an icon to . An App can be purchased through iTunes App Store on your computer or through the App Store app on the iPad (If you need to download iTunes, click here ). An iTunes account will be needed to download apps.

teachwithyouripad - iPad Apps

iPad Resources For School Administrators

"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.

iPads in Education - Exploring the use of iPads and mobile devices in education.

http://ipadeducators.ning.com/
iPad for Teaching & Learning

iPad Classroom

http://edudemic.com/2010/12/the-ultimate-guide-to-using-ipads-in-the-classroom/ You’ve heard of the iPad and seen it in action… but what purpose would it serve in the classroom? You might be surprised. While there are plenty of education-oriented apps in the Apple App Store right now, most are a bit too expensive to deploy on a large-scale level such as multiple classrooms.

The Ultimate Guide To Using iPads In The Classroom | Edudemic

iPad Resources

http://ipadacademy.com/

iPad Academy - Learn How to Use the iPad | Tutorials, Tips & Training

A few days ago, I wrote about using the fast app switcher (multitasking bar) to end a misbehaving app. When you’re in the fast app switcher, if you swipe from left to right, you’ll get a set of playback controls. You’ll see buttons for play/pause, reverse, skip and a slider to adjust the volume.

Support - iPad

http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/ Choose a topic from the left to find answers for your questions about iPad. If you are new to iPad or are upgrading your existing iPad, choose an option below.
Ipad things

BBC Languages has courses for beginners on up in many different languages. There is even a neat section called "Quick Fix: Essential phrases in 40 languages" that was a fun basic resource. They even claim you can "Learn all the basics and get a certificate with the help of weekly e-mail tips." http://futureeducationtech.blogspot.com/

Future Education Tech

If you’re a student, teacher, or administrator at a middle school looking into adopting iPads for educational purposes, it’s important to know that the iPad is more than just an easy way to browse the web or visit the app store. There are actually thousands of educational apps hiding in the bowels of the app store. But how do you find them? Unless you know exactly what you’re looking for, it is usually pretty tough to find the best apps. Heck, once you may come across an app it may prove to not be worth the time it took to download! http://www.technologybitsbytesnibbles.info/archives/6136

100 iPad Apps Perfect For Middle School