This Education Week article discusses multiple ways that iPads are being used in classrooms.
iPads, iPods, and iPhones can be really useful tools for teaching literacy in the k-12 classroom. I have been researching different educational apps that are available from apple and giving workshops for pre-service teachers and professors and am really impressed by what's available. The tricky thing to work out is synching all the iPads and not having to pay for the app Check out the links below for app ideas that I found. It's really helpful if you have a delicious account, as you can search for these websites and get some really quick and useful results from others.
http://www.iear.org/iear/tag/reading
This site gives reviews on educational apps. You can narrow your search by topic. One of my fav. reading apps is the "Learning A-Z Leveled Readers" where the kids can access a database of leveled books on their own on Ipads or Ipods.
http://www.onlineclasses.org/2010/06/16/40-amazingly-educational-ipad-apps-for-kids/
Here you’ll find apps for learning the alphabet, using the dictionary, reviewing grammar rules, and more. If you click on the app you can get details and reviews if you scroll down.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24470331/iPhone-iPad-and-iPod-touch-Apps-for-Special-Education
This site is dedicated to Special Education Apps which are great, there are many that you can use with lower elementary students to develop their reading/writing skills. You can search by category as well. My fav. is "Sentence Builder" which was rated "2010 lEAR lang. arts app. of the year."
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I thought this was an interesting blog post http://blog.thinkwell.com/2011/02/ipads-in-the-classroom-the-future.html about how people are so skeptical about using this kind of technology in the classroom. We have to remember that we are teaching to digital learners and 21st century skills.
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