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I have created a website with iPad resources for education. I hope you will find this site beneficial to you if you are using iPads or considering their use in your…

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Hi, everyone! I have created a document that might be of use to those of you who are using the Bretford iPad Sync Carts. This document is a work in progress, but it outlines the process of setting up iPads for one of these carts. I hope you will find it of benefit!…

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There are a number of excellent conferences this summer that address laptops and learning; here's one that focuses on technology and curriculum innovation that you may find interesting:



MICDS, an independent, JK-12 preparatory school in St. Louis, MO, is pleased to present the 2010 Summer Teacher Institute for Technology and Curriculum Innovation: http://micdssummerpd2010.wikispaces.com/… Continue

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Share them here along with your favorite apps!



This was a discussion that I posted in the iPad group. Laptop Learning member, Joel (from Nashville), replied with this great list of resources. I have moved this list to the main blog for easier access. Enjoy and add to the list!



Julene

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This from Jim Eden, our Middle TN Apple rep - his contact info at the bottom



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In a recent online publication titled "Technology in Education Integration: People not Laptops," written by Ron Canuel who is the Director General of Eastern Townships School Board in Quebec, Canada, the focus is on the teachers and students, and not the technology. Bravo!!

Too often those involved with education in whatever… Continue

What are your favorite top three web 2.0 tools that you use? Please share three for each of the two categories below. And, as in the other posted blog about favorite installed laptop software, you may list more if you can't limit your lists to three each.

Let's all share and learn from each other! Please list your answers in these two categories. Thanks!

A) For you

B) For your students

What are the top three software programs you install on laptops in your schools? By "top three," which are the ones you and your students use most creatively or productively? Okay, if you can't limit this to three, then give us the top ones! ;-)



In your reply, please indicate if you have Macs or Windows laptops at your school, then list the top apps your students use (not web-based). Do NOT include Movie Maker on Windows machines or iLife on Macs as those come pre-installed. Share… Continue

One of the focal points of the 2008 iSummit was environmentalism and being a "green" school. The Gillispie School in La Jolla has installed solar panels on their campus to conserve energy. What initiatives has your campus taken in this direction?

Check out the "Global Green Schools" Ning--the link is on the side of the main page!

Recent research studies report that Maine's laptop initiative helped to improve student writing skills. You can read more about this research here:



http://www.usm.maine.edu/cepare/Impact_on_Student_Writing_Brief.pdf



http://www.k12blueprint.com/k12/blueprint/story_good_news_from_maine_about_the_impact_of_laptops_on_writing_skills.php



What changes have you seen in your students at your school if you have laptop programs currently in place? Are the paradigms of… Continue