Follow @ed_apps Over two years ago the world had its first glimpse at the iPad 2. For much of that time, iPads were a huge focus of my work. I’ve been in hundreds of classrooms and worked with thousands of students. I honestly believe that mobile technologies, such as the iPad (and the ecosystem that surrounds it), provide the most engaging, personal, and simplest way for students to interact with the curriculum. Students are excited. Teachers are excited. I’m excited! The strength of the iPad lies in the apps. At the same time, an...

Follow @ed_apps If you’ve ever made a video in iMovie, a song in Garageband, a book in Book Creator, (or made anything really) on an iPad, than you know the pain of getting that product off of the iPad. That’s why I’ve made this video (below) to teach you how to pull files off of the iPad, and how to put it back on to the iPad, in less than 5 minutes. I’ve started to teach students how to do this, so that as a teacher I’m not stuck for...

Follow @ed_apps I love the iPad. Head-Over-Heels. Completely. Utterly. In-Love. It does so many things so incredibly well; how could I not be in love? So, why don’t you marry it?, you ask. I’ll tell you why: the lack of support for multiple users. Unless you’re teaching in a situation where every student has their own iPad, and no one has to share, it can be a nightmare to worry about student content. Apps can be re-downloaded, but what about that Pages doc that little Shirley has been working on?...