The First iSchool!

A charter school in Clark County, Nev., has become the state's first iSchool, in which all students and staff use iPad tablet computers to learn across the curriculum. The school uses the devices to complement project-based and blended-learning methods, and educators say the devices help students -- who are grouped by ability rather than age -- learn at their own pace. Las Vegas Sun (2/21)     

Image by Chris Morris. 
Article first seen in the SmartBrief on EdTech. 

Survey finds teachers seeking more access to school technology

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2012/01/the_right_level_of_ed-tech_acc.html

Wow! Reinventing the textbook

Apple's publishing partners for digital textbooks: McGraw Hill, Pearson, more

By David Pierce on January 19, 2012 10:34 am
http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/19/2718357/apple-ibooks-2-textbook-partners

Very Cool Application of Project-Based Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/pbl-immersive-brings-clean-water-haiti-suzie-boss

Middle School Entrepeneurs

This is a fun NPR story about kids making iPad/iPhone apps.
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/10/141215957/a-new-generation-of-app-developers

20 Incredibly Entertaining iPad Apps for Science Nuts

http://www.asdegree.org/20-incredibly-entertaining-ipad-apps-for-science-nuts/

Voice Thread

I just tried Voice Thread, which is a resource that allows multiple people to comment on one presentation. I think it will come in very handy in the future. Here was a short practice trial in which I commented on a short but helpful discussion about the rule of thirds:

http://voicethread.com/share/184164/

Another, somewhat similar, tool is ThingLink. It allows you to add notes to images on a website. So when users scroll over the image, they will see a link or any other information. Pretty cool!
www.thinglink.com