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Google Docs Forms, iPad Replace SMART Response and Classroom Clickers

Classroom/Audience Response Systems Replaced By Google Docs Forms and iPad As many already know, students in my math classes use a class set of iPads on a daily basis to complete course work in a paperless format. About three times a week, I will create an online...

What is Splashtop 2 Remote Desktop for iPad and Why My Classroom Needs It

Eliminate the Need for an Interactive Whiteboard and Cut the Cord! For those new to my blog, Splashtop 2 Remote Desktop is an app available on the app store for $4.99 (also available for android and other mobile platforms) which uses wifi to allow you to control your...

Must I Sync iPads With Mac or Will a PC Work?

Tap Into Teen Minds Apple iPad Deployment This past summer, I spent hours researching to find a tablet that could offer the same experience (or better) that the iPad could offer as well as a file system which would be accessible like that of a typical netbook or...

Using Your iPad As a Document Camera Replacement

Recently, I was delivering a lesson for my grade 9 applied students involving Calculator Based Rangers (CBR) and I was worried how I could show the resulting distance-time graph examples to the class. Being in a brand new K-12 school, we have attempted to purchase...

Google Docs – Collect Real-Time Student Data

In a previous post, Google Docs & iPad 2 ... What a beautiful combo, we discussed how to use Google Docs to easily create multiple choice assessments. Although daily formative assessments at the beginning or end of a lesson is great, these Google Docs Forms can...

Writing on iPad 2 – Before You Pick Your Stylus, Do Your Homework!

In order to implement a paperless classroom, my goal was to have students complete handouts in PDF form through an App such as Neu.Annotate (see my post here) with the use of a stylus to make writing easy and tidy. After limited research, I sprung on a great deal...

Splashtop 2 Remote Desktop iOS/Android App – IWB Killer?

Access Your Desktop/Laptop Remotely With Apple iPad or Android Tablets! For the past 5 years, I have been a daily user of a SMART Board in my classroom for delivering lessons in an interactive manner. After creating most of my content in Microsoft Word and using the...

Can Social Media in the Classroom Encourage Critical Thinking? (Patty Duggan)

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The Steve Jobs Model for Education Reform By RUPERT MURDOCH

Check out this great article by Rupert Murdoch on Technology in Education... Click on the screenshot below to link to his article:

My iPad 2 Deployment Strategy

It has been about four weeks since receiving my class set of iPad 2 devices & Bretford Power Sync cart and I still feel like I am in the midst of completing my deployment strategy for the units. Students were introduced to the iPads about one week after receiving...

neu.Annotate Crosses Finish Line Ahead of the Pack

My main focus of my TLLP project was to use the iPad as a digital notebook on a daily basis through the use of one of the many PDF Annotation apps available in the App Store. Since I have three math courses throughout the day, the annotation apps were limited to...

Paperless iPad Math Classroom with Dropbox

My Paperless iPad Math Classroom transition was easy since implementing Dropbox as our cloud-based storage tool. Dropbox Folder Sharing is Quick & Easy!