iPads and Other Tablet Devices

Improving Instruction – Increasing Immersion With the iPad in the Foreign Language Classroom

December 2, 2012

15+ Apps that can Facilitate the Vital Element of Immersion in Foreign Language Teaching Since my school piloted its 1:1 iPad initiative in the spring of 2011, I have been thinking of ways to incorporate it into my lessons. I searched for and visited websites that touted lists of applicable apps, did searches in the [...]

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Selecting the Best Apps for Teaching and Learning – Use a Rubric!

November 25, 2012

A simple yet powerful tool for determining which apps work best in your classroom, for your subjects, and your students. Last week I had the privilege of providing a keynote address at a regional education technology conference in North Carolina focused on Teaching and Learning with the iPad. This two day gathering was coordinated by Franklin [...]

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Book Review – THE RULE OF 6: HOW TO TEACH WITH AN IPAD eBook by Jim Norwood

November 21, 2012

This eBook provides a useful approach to selecting iPad applications for teaching and learning. Jim Norwood’s 99 cent eBook is an easy read that lays out a logical approach to thinking about what types of iPad apps can play a useful role in instruction, and where they fit in the learning continuum. The “Rule of [...]

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The Importance of iPad Insurance in an Educational Setting

October 24, 2012

Are your school’s valuable mobile computing devices insured against loss or damage? Guest post by Dave Thomas More and more schools are providing iPads or other tablet devices to students and faculty as part of their academic programs, but is anyone considering the need to insure those costly devices? In the event you are responsible [...]

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Announcing our new eBook – iPads in Education: Implementations, Apps, and Insights

September 30, 2012

Informative new eBook about academic and instructional use of the iPad is available on iTunes. EmergingEdTech is delighted to announce the publication of the new eBook, iPads in Education: Implementations, Apps, and Insights. This rich learning resource is now available here on the iTunes, and here on LuLu.com, for just $5.99 (also soon to available [...]

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School Year Kick-off Round Up: 6 More iPads Apps and Tools for Teaching

September 19, 2012

Companies are always sending us apps to check out – here’s a half dozen of the best teaching related apps we looked at this summer, spanning math, history, presentations, and organizers. A round up of some useful iPad applications for educators that were suggested to us in the last few months: Explain Everything ($2.99 on [...]

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Come Join us at the Education Technology Learning Summit – “Teaching & Learning with the iPad”

September 6, 2012

Innovative iPad-focused conference takes place in North Carolina on Friday & Saturday, November 16 & 17. High School Principal David Mahaley (who has written a couple of highly popular iPad-related posts for EmergingEdTech), has worked with Tim Hall and other teachers representing each of the core teaching areas to put together this exciting conference, conveniently [...]

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8 Highly Recommended iPad Apps for Homeschoolers

August 26, 2012

A selection of apps covering a range of grade levels and academic subjects, great for home schoolers. Guest post by Chris Martin. Homeschooling your children requires discipline, hard work, and patience – and a whole lot of time and effort. Thankfully, technology has made this undertaking a bit easier for parents. Personal digital devices like [...]

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Tailoring the Classroom of the Future With the Fabric of the Past

August 19, 2012

“The world’s most ambitious mobile learning company” is introducing engaging learning apps based on sound pedagogy. Guest post from Matt Meyers. As someone whose job it is to reinvent the way we use technology in our classroom, a lot of people ask me some interesting questions. One of my favorites is, “how do you keep [...]

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Using the Kindle Fire in Education – an Affordable iPad Alternative

July 18, 2012

The Kindle Fire offers functionality that can compete with the iPad at a fraction of the cost. Educational institutions should consider it a viable alternative. Guest Post from Sapna Rawat. Amazon’s Kindle Fire took off like a rocket when it was introduced, and it is the first tablet that has offered significant competition to the iPad. Kindle [...]

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