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=SFDS Teachers Retreat: Cool Apps=
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===If we, as teachers, have any concerns about using i-Pads or digital technology then we should consider that our students are probably not having the same angst about taking those steps. Whilst our students aren't at this stage yet, maybe soon they will. Check out this You-Tube clip to see what one student in America is doing with his i-Pad!===

Blooms Apps
There are other similar apps available from same developer such as sentence builder, language builder, story builder, preposition builder and conversation builder but I wasn’t game to try them! ||
 * = ==App Image== ||= ==App Name== ||= ==Cost== ||= ==Comment== ||
 * [[image:sfdsteachersrc/darrow-lifecards-2.jpg width="68" height="68" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lifecards-postcards/id304401787?mt=8"]] ||= Lifecards - Postcards ||= $1.99  iPad and iPhone || I thought this app was a great, creative way to synthesise information. This could be used as a presentation tool in many different ways. ||
 * [[image:sfdsteachersrc/darrow-showme-4.jpg width="68" height="68" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279?mt=8"]] ||= ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard ||= Free  iPad ||   ||
 * [[image:sfdsteachersrc/darrow-stripdesigner-6.jpg width="68" height="68" link="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/strip-designer/id314780738?mt=8"]] ||= Strip Designer ||= $2.99  iPad and iPhone || This is already installed on the iPods in Y5 ||
 * [[image:sfdsteachersrc/darrow-questionbuilder-7.jpg width="68" height="68" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/question-builder-for-ipad/id364823150?mt=8"]] ||= Question Builder for the iPad || $6.49   iPad  || This app is more expensive than the others and has a limited use. It would probably only be suitable for very young children or could be useful in adaptive ed. Not sure that it would have any particular classroom use. It is very repetitive (boring) and students aren’t actually creating anything by using it. It is quite a passive interactive tool (if that isn’t an oxymoron!)
 * [[image:sfdsteachersrc/darrow-confer-9.jpg width="69" height="69" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/confer/id387777553?mt=8"]] ||= Confer ||= $15.49  iPad and iPhone ||  Watch the video, I downloaded the free lite version to try it out. This is really a teaching aide but I can see that this could be used in a really creative way as a note-taking tool higher up the school. I will spend the money on the full version and try it out for research as well as teaching notes. Will keep you posted! ||
 * [[image:sfdsteachersrc/darrow-mentalcase-9.jpg width="67" height="67" link="@ttp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mental-case-classroom-edition/id330972585?mt=8"]] ||= Mental Case Classroom Edition ||= Free  iPad and iPhone || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Not sure about this app it seemed overly messy. The answers on the flash card weren’t always easy to read and some parts of words were obscured. I could live without the app and I’m glad it was free!! I shall probably delete it off my iPad. ||

More Blooms Ideas
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 * ===Visit Kathy Schrocks "iPad in the classroom website" to get ideas about integrating tablet technology into teaching and learning programmes.===

Also visit her "Blooming iPad" webpage for more Blooms apps
Blooming iPads by Kathy Schrock ||

Teaching Tools
Teacher's Assistant and LanSchool Student for iPad ||= Free iPad || We have LanSchool installed on the computers in school. This app would integrate with that programme, in fact it doesn't work unless it is linked to the main school system. It may alleviate some of the worries some teachers and parents have about safely navigating "cyberworld". It also means that there are some creative ways of interacting with students whilst on-line in real time. || iPad and IPhone || We have access to ClickView (usernames and passwords to be issued to everyone shortly). This app allows teacher chosen media to be viewed on tablet computers. Follow ClickView on Twitter media type="custom" key="11284946" align="center" || iPad and iPhone || Download on your iPad, iPhone, iPod so that you can access the curriculum anywhere, anytime! || iPad || Prezi is the latest in creating fantastic presentations. Using this app you can't create or edit your prezis but you can show or watch the one's that you have created on your computer. rss url="http://blog.prezi.com/feed/" link="true" number="10"media type="custom" key="11285180" || media type="custom" key="11278030"
 * [[image:sfdsteachersrc/lanschool.jpg width="70" height="91" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/lanschool-student-for-ipad/id399127571?mt=8"]] ||= LanSchool
 * [[image:sfdsteachersrc/ClickView.JPG width="73" height="87" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/clickview-player/id455625815?mt=8"]] ||= ClickView ||= Free
 * [[image:sfdsteachersrc/ACARA.JPG width="72" height="74" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/the-australian-curriculum/id380266604?mt=8"]] ||= Australian Curriculum ||= Free
 * [[image:sfdsteachersrc/Prezi.JPG width="64" height="68"]] ||= Prezi ||= Free