Welcome to OBPS iPad/Tablet Investigation Committee Blog

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Harry Brennan hbrennan@obps.org  and Sally Fazio sfazio@obps.org 
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Please check out a new iPad video produced by NJEA Classroom Close-Up!
http://www.njea.org/about/classroom-close-up

Welcome to Year 2! Our iPad Committee will continue as part of the Tech Roundtable this year.  We will continue to move forward with our research and investigate regarding the iPad as an educational tool; but, this year, we will put our research into practice.

  

The Old Bridge Township Board of Education has committed 100 percent to bringing these tablets to all students.  A timetable of our rollout has been publicly announced and published.  We have received media attention from NBC Nightly News, the Star Ledger, and the Suburban.  We are proud of our committee and what it has accomplished!

Moving forward, this blog will continue to be a venue for sharing information.  Thank you for the time you have invested in our students and in Old Bridge in bringing this project from concept to reality!

Below is a link to the minutes of the iPad Investigation Committee's first meeting held on March 5, 2012.

https://acrobat.com/#d=pRbK1HgMhv0tDahx6U0sag

Below is the meeting summary from our Technology Roundtable combined with our iPad Investigation Committee which was held on April 19, 2012.

https://acrobat.com/#d=YNm2zcmu1wZHTWi3ORoZMA

Meet the District iPad Research Team

http://www.scribd.com/doc/91254151/iPad-Team-Members

iPad Applications for Math Intervention Webinar

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 3:30 - 4pm PM Eastern Time, USA

Register here free:

http://community.simplek12.com/scripts/student/webinars/view.asp?id=256

Both webinars focus on effective uses, applications, and creative ways to use iPads in the classroom to support struggling students at the primary and intermediate grades.

50 resources for iPad use in the classroom
http://m.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/50-resources-for-ipad-use-in-the-classroom/16126

District iPad Timeline
http://www.scribd.com/doc/116843205/iPad-Timeline-1

29 Ways to Use One iPad in a Classroom
29 Ways to Use the Only iP~1.pdf‎ (67 KB‎

Old Bridge iPad Phase 2
iPad_Phase%25202.pdf

Elementary iPad Apps

Click here to view a selection of recommended Elementary Apps!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/108717292

Click here for a selection of Apps from Kathy Schrock
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

Click here for more App Info from Kathy Schrock
http://www.schrockguide.net/app-for-that.html

Click here for Elementary Math App
http://www.ixl.com/

Video Examples

Click this link for an Apple iPad video
http://www.apple.com/education/
Click this link for iPad music composing
http://ipadeducators.ning.com/video/video/show?id=5840223%3AVideo%3A27816
Can iBooks Revolutionize the Classroom
http://cnettv.cnet.com/can-ibooks-really-revolutionize-classroom/9742-1_53-50118655.html
Pearson's new interactive textbooks for the iPad
https://webmail/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYMHb1YcZ2Q%26feature=colike
iBooks Textbooks for iPad (click start button on right side)
http://www.apple.com/education/ibooks-textbooks/ 

Video of Enrique Mendez, a Voorhees Special Education student using the iPad

http://www.msgvarsity.com/old-bridge-enrique-mendez-finding-his-voice-1.1004904

iPad Video by NJEA
http://www.njea.org/about/classroom-close-up

Online Help for Assessments/Academic Competitions
http://www.problem-attic.com

Online Practice for Writing and Grammar
www.noredink.com

Tablets and/or eReaders

Team Leader - Jaime Conway

The Truth about Tablets
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/02/ebooks/the-truth-about-tablets-educators-are-getting-ipads-and-ereaders-into-students-hands-but-its-not-easy/
75 Interesting Ways to Use an iPad in the Classroom
https://acrobat.com/#d=USiajHgzGxdBrtAQQNZ1Dg
How the Kindle-Fire stacks against i-Pad
http://news.yahoo.com/kindle-fire-stacks-against-ipad-184017420.html
Using iPads to promote literacy
https://acrobat.com/#d=OkpakJzHappS4YDE5vbztg
Get Ready for iTunes U
https://acrobat.com/#d=p89ZdStDmfIEYSmGRbx0Hg
iPads for Learning
https://acrobat.com/#d=0o1YpWdheU5*W-eKCYozrQ
6 Reasons Tablets Should be used in the Classroom
http://mashable.com/2011/05/16/tablets-education/
Archbishop HS embraces iPad as a learning tool.
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_20094793?source=rss
Foxnews iPad Report
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/06/apples-new-ipad-what-to-expect/
Huffington Post - iPad vs Galaxy Note 10.1
Huffington Post - iPad vs Galaxy Note 10.1

KINEO Tablet - Video demostration/student interviews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lT4cobjH7s

MOBI tablet- 4th grade classroom demonstration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcqYAnNh050&feature=related

MARVELL Education Tablet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBbC5XMNOWU&feature=related

ELMO Tablet-The name may be familiar to some, as ELMO has also created document cameras for the classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIBy9nGKvZw&feature=related
How Apple is Changing Kids' Brains
https://acrobat.com/#d=lB-fcy-ZCegJkXk3k2djMA

Elementary and Secondary Research Team

Team Leader - Phyllis Brooks

Below is a google docs spreadsheet designed to record how the variety of tablets on the market can best be used at the elementary and secondary levels, in addition to how specific features may be better suited for these levels.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqAH7hTCWOfqdEx0TGNuVmFHeXBiSTMwT2NkVTJrdWc

Tablet Comparisons Based on Features
http://www.tabletpccomparison.net/
10 Tech Skills every student should have
https://acrobat.com/#d=Rzy32jC0ZhfX7ohGqVnBrg
Gadgets to dominate in class, tablets will need to let us take notes
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fbf92228-6725-11e1-9e53-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1orGJNjll

15 Ways To Use The New iPad In Classrooms
http://edudemic.com/2012/03/new-ipad-education/
Ideas for iPad Use in the Classroom
https://acrobat.com/#d=1uY14eBK*EkjXjDk8hUj5A

App Investigations

Team Leader - Trish Barrett

Below is a google docs spreadsheet designed to track and record apps appropriate for teaching all grade levels. Please fill in pertinent information accordingly.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_RQlKM-r0gdERIUV9kMW9INDU4UGNEal80dGs3Smc#gid=0

Top 10 sites for educational apps
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=3617
5 Common iPad Apps
https://acrobat.com/#d=nNbr5ic-Vb7zHZkCtEyHKw
Apps for Special Needs Students

http://momswithapps.com/apps-for-special-needs/
http://a4cwsn.com/free-educational-apps/
40 Amazing iPad Apps for the Learning Disabled

http://www.matchacollege.com/blog/2011/40-amazing-ipad-apps-for-the-learning-disabled/

iPad Can Satisfy Your Education App-etite

http://www.uft.org/linking-learning/ipad-can-satisfy-your-education-app-etite

iPad Time is Now

http://www.uft.org/linking-learning/educators-ipad-s-time-now

Minnetonka Public Schools iPad Pilot. There is some interesting information on this website.

http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/administration/technology/iPads/Pages/default.aspx

iPad Apps for Special Education

http://files.uft.org/iphone-ipad-apps-special-education.pdf

http://primaryipad.weebly.com/index.html

Top Five Best Smartphone Mobile Apps for Students (Secondary specific)

http://creativeoverflow.net/top-five-best-smartphone-mobile-apps-for-students/

15 Favorite iPad Apps As Selected By Teachers
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2012/03/15-favorite-ipad-apps-as-selected-by-teachers/

I Education Apps Review - App Reviews and Educational Commentary

http://www.iear.org/
Stafford Township School District List of Educational Apps and Technology Plan
http://www.staffordschools.org/Page/958
Ten of the Best Apps for Education
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/01/07/10-of-the-best-apps-for-education/

 Pinwheel Master
padwheelMASTER_V110712.pdf


24 iPad Apps to Support Bloom’s Taxonomy
24 iPad Apps to Support ....docx‎

iPads for Special Needs Students

Team Leader - Jennifer Rebelo

Tablet and e-reader options for students with disabilities
http://www.nwaea.k12.ia.us/index.cfm/19201/3376/tablet_and_ereader_options_for_students_with_disabilities

Ipad Helps Special Needs Children - defines specific disabilities and ways in which Ipad assists, in addition to pricing for the particular apps needed
http://tabletcomputer.org/apple-ipad/ipad-helps-special-children/

Encouraging Signs of Ipads and other Technology's Impact with Autistic Children
-Touching video included demonstrating impact on special needs students who are utilizing devices
http://www.teachability.com/community/speced/blog/tags/tablet

APPS for Children with Special Needs

http://a4cwsn.com/free-educational-apps/

NBC News Report On KINEO Tablet - demonstrates accessibility vs. using texts...used in inclusive classroom, as well as for students with special needs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KHp-hFgoXg&feature=related

iPad Apps for Special Education

http://files.uft.org/iphone-ipad-apps-special-education.pdf

Blog on the pro's and con's of iPads in the Classroom

http://gharbor.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/10-pros-and-cons-of-ipads-in-the-classroom-a-trial/

Up- to-date information on price points

http://www.twice.com/article/481609-New_iPad_Lower_Priced_iPad_2_To_Stave_Off_Competition.php

Travel Team

Team Leader - Priscilla Sierra

103 Interesting Ways to Use iPads in the Classroom
http://www.technologybitsbytesnibbles.info/archives/7429

Frost Elementary School (East Brunswick) Visit
http://www.scribd.com/doc/91243181/Frost-School-E

Notes From NJCART iPad Panel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92985481/Notes-From-NJCART-iPad-Panel

Costs and Considerations
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92985832/Costs-and-Considerations-for-iPad-Deployments-in-Educational-Settings

Apples For Autism
http://www.scribd.com/doc/95848381/Apples-for-Autism-1

Engage your Students
http://www.scribd.com/doc/97085345/Engage-Your-Students-1

Hammarskjold Middle School Visit
http://www.scribd.com/doc/98538383/Hammarskjold-Observation

Online Research

Team Leader - Bob Bonfante

Please click on these links to view the actual sites mentioned in Bob Bonfante's  post.
http://www.ipadinschools.com/

www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/education/05tablets.html?pagewanted=all

http://palmbeachschooltalk.com/groups/ipadpilot/

The link below is to the Virginia Department of Education's Learning without Boundaries initiative. Interesting reading.

http://www.lwbva.org/index.cfm
iBooks in the classroom
http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/1872/ibooks-textbooks-elementary-middle-high-school-classroo/

Schools Abandon Textbooks And Go All iPad
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2012/03/23/schools-textbooks-ipad
The pros/cons of different kinds of tablet use in education http://thejournal.com/Articles/2010/06/01/Enter-the-iPad-or-not.aspx?p=1
50 resources for iPad use in the classroom
http://m.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/50-resources-for-ipad-use-in-the-classroom/16126

Manuals, Technicals, etc

Need technical information...try these links.

This Link is the User Manual:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/ipad_user_guide.pdf
This Link is for technical information
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP622
Kindle Fire Specs:
http://www.faceblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/kindle-fire-spec.jpg
Amazon Kindle FIre
https://acrobat.com/#d=HkzAAlTN*krwiE0kzRTSuw
Transformer Pad
https://acrobat.com/#d=-C4eKEpuO1Fg2tO2hizTNw
Nook Tablet
https://acrobat.com/#d=gROaxODeA8D1kaXNF5D4LA
Galaxy Tablet
https://acrobat.com/#d=j2maCV1E96Zt1m5qQnF4Rw
Idea Tablet
https://acrobat.com/#d=oM4mNjWsT49N1*Q*U4HSHA
Tablet Comparisons
http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=compare+peripherals+for+the+ipad+kindle+fire+galaxy

Accessories and Peripherals

Watch this section for information on all the new accessories and peripherals that are and will be available for tablets and iPads.

iPad: Using the iPad Camera Connection Kit
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4101

Soft touch Keyboard for the iPad
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20129046-1/touchfire-ipad-keyboard-overlay-is-a-soft-touch/?tag=mncol;9n

iPad Headphone/Microphone Combination

http://www.cellphoneshop.net/remoteandmic.html

iPad - eBook Investigators

Team Leader - Stacy Bonino


Using iBook Author App
http://news.discovery.com/tech/ibook-author-app-120124.html