Follow @ed_apps Garageband is a great app that I think any student or teacher using an iPad should consider buying. It is a multi-track audio editing app that is as robust as you will ever need (unless of course you teach audio production). Later this week I will be posting a new page full of Garageband resources for teachers, students and learning. For now, you can get your brain juices flowing by reading the list below, watching the embeded ‘how to’ videos,  and then go start playing with Garageband yourself! Download Garageband from...

Follow @ed_apps Is there an app for that? Well, chances are there are dozens of apps for anything you want to do, but sometimes you find one app that is robust enough to have multiples uses for you and your students. For me, iMovie is that app. I find myself using it for everything from slow motion videography to documentation, to presentations and everything in-between. Below are 13 ways that I have used iMovie (or have heard of others using iMovie) with students to enhance learning. Documentation: Use the camera...

Follow @ed_apps I’ve been doing some work with a physical education curriculum consultant, Mark. The iPad is exciting for phys.ed. because of it’s built in camera, large screen, powerful processor and simple user interface. Students can easily use the camera to record themselves perform various skill sets, and instantly replay on the large screen their performance. Using iMovie, students can even slow down the video of them, say, doing a lay-up, to watch it frame by frame and analyze things such as footwork, hand placement, elbow position, etc. We also...