Resources

I use Twitter to find great iPad apps and ideas for teaching in general. I find the accounts by using various hashtags (#). For example, I use #edapps for tweets on educational apps and #daily5 for tweets on Daily 5 and CAFE strategies. I have listed several hashtags below for different educational areas.

#edchat – General Education #educhat – General Education #ntchat – New Teachers #curriculum – Curriculum #k12 – K12 Education #passiondriven – Passion Driven #artsed – Art Education #arted – Art Education #engchat – English Education #mathchat – Math Education #musedchat – Music Education #sschat – Social Studies Education #socialstudies – Social Studies Education #scichat – Science Education #langchat – Foreign Language Education #historyteacher – History Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#physed – Physical Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#edreform – Education Reform <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#ptchat – Parent Teacher Issues <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#parenting – Parenting <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#bullying – Bullying <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#cybersafety – Cyber Safety <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#dyslexia – Dyslexia <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#adhd – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#infolit – Information Literacy <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#literacy – Literacy <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#profdev - Professional Development || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#edtech – Technology in Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#edapp – iOS Apps in Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#ipadchat - iPads in Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#ellchat – ELL Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#esl – ESL Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#gtchat – Gifted and Talented Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#spedchat – Special Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#sped – Special Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#isedchat – Independent Schools <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#counselors – Counselors <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#elearning – E-Learning <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#librarians – Librarians <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#tlchat – Librarians <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#library – Librarians <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#stem – STEM Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#flipclass – Flipped Classrooms <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#cpchat – Connected Principals <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#edadmin – School Administrators <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#earlyed – Early Age Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#preschool – Preschool <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#kedu – Kindergarten Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#kinderchat – Kindergarten Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#elemchat – Elementary Grade Educators <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#midleved – Middle Grades Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#highered – Higher Education ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#Education – General Education

TechChef4U [] Great ideas to incorporate apps into lesson. Available as an app too!

I Education Apps Review Useful ways to use apps in the classroom. You can search by subject and grade levels. []

Interesting Ways to Use iPads in the Classroom [] Under Use devices, click on Use iPads in Classroom 103 ways to use the iPad in the classroom along with some iPad tips

eduTecher [] Web tools and resources. Also includes eduTecher TV that demonstrates how to use different web tools. Available on the web and as an app!

Tony Vincent Learning in Hand Website: http://learninginhand.com/

Extensive list of links from Tony for using apps: http://www.delicious.com/tonyvincent/applist

http://macdonaldtechforteachers.wikispaces.com/iPad+Apps+for+Education Apps for education and special education apps. Many resources for apps in education.
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Apps in Education http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/ Suggestions of apps in key learning areas.

Appolicious

http://www.appolicious.com/categories/23-education

Apps listed under broad areas and specific skills. For example, fractions, percentages, telling time, Middle East, Black History, Elementary Reading, Elementary Writing, etc.

= Mobile iEducator = http://mobileieducator.com/ Apps listed under categories

This site has many resources for apps along with articles on iPads. http://ccmjaeger.wikispaces.com/iPads,+iTouch+etc.

Zite My favorite app for getting ideas/resources for various topics I am interested in. Zite is a personalized magazine with all the news, articles, and videos that interest me. What I about this app, is that when I see an article I want to read but I do not have time to read it, I can save it to another app called Pocket. Pocket actually works with anything I see on the web that I want to view later. Both Zite and Pocket have websites where you can access your resources as well.

I recently attended a conference where Sue Gorman, an Apple Distinguished Educator, presented ideas on iPads. This is a wonderful site and I have just begun to explore it. Here is her RSS feed...... rss url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/IpadTrainingBlog" link="true" number="10"

This is a link to her web site:

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Make sure you view her pdf, iLesson on iPads:

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Pinterest Pinterest is wonderful for getting tons of ideas. Tina Wahlert has an unbelievable board with anything you could possibly want for education.

http://pinterest.com/twahlert/

http://educationtnt.wikispaces.com/ At the Slate Conference in December, I listened to a presentation by Marian University Assistant Professor, Jenna Linskens. This is a link to her Wikispace full of resources for apps, Web 2.0, SmartBoard, Social Media, and more!