Mac Hack: How To Use Your iPad As A Second Screen Without WiFi by TeachThought Staff Looking for some extra screen size out of your MacBook or Mac computer? If you have all three of the following, you may find some use in Duet Display. 1. An iOS mobile device (iPad or iPhone) 2. An OSX…
What Are The Best Educational Apps For iPad? by TeachThought Staff One way to think of this list (thematically) is as a kind of editor’s choice for TeachThought staff and contributors. Every single one of these apps is special and worth a spot on every iPad in every classroom. The Trends As a staff, we…
Franklin Academy 1:1 iPad Initiative: A Four Year Study & Review by Teaching & Learning With The iPad Conference Abstract The Franklin Academy High School implemented a 1:1 iPad deployment a the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year. Over the course of the next two school years, the pilot was expanded to include all grades 9-12…
This collection is designed to reflect trends and changes–of the best resources for teaching with the iPad.
15 Of Apple’s Unannounced Innovations In Education by TeachThought Staff Apple’s annual September unveil event has come and gone, and left us with two new pieces of hardware–the Apple Watch, and a 5.5″ iPhone “phablet.” While there were other announcements, including Apple announcing their intention to replace your wallet with your phone with ApplePay, for 21st century…
A Collection Of Early Education Apps That Are COPPA-Compliant by TeachThought Staff & Sponsored by Drawp, a collaboration app for creativity COPPA-Compliance isn’t usually the first thing a teacher–or parent–consider when looking for an app. The “big data” movement started off sinister enough, with app developers quietly requiring extraordinary permissions and access to user files,…
We know they fight in the marketplace and in court. How do they–Google and Apple–play together on your iPad?
Using The iPad To Promote Ambition In Students Part of the the power of mobile learning technology is a matter of location–that is, the lap of the student. In a 1:1 classroom, each student has access (to the world itself) through the internet. The internet is a place of endless publishing, conversation, time-wasting, discovery, peril, recreation, and…
20 Apps For Writing On The iPad Though the tablet, in form, tends towards consumption, the iPad can also serve as a capable word processor. How capable depends on how demanding you are about your word processing. Whether or not you have a physical keyboard (Logitech makes a very functional–and very thin–bluetooth keyboard) also matters,…
A 1:1 iPad Menu For Guided Reading Choice boards are powerful tools for providing students with both choice and direction in their work. The idea, creatively shown below from teacher/blogger Monica Evon in the form of a menu, allows teachers to guide students towards certain forms of academic practice, or demonstration of specific standards. If, for…
Consider engagement, developmental appropriateness, instructional design, motivation, and accessibility when choosing a learning app.
Literacy, Creativity, & Play: 12 Apps That Should Be On Elementary School iPad So this collection wasn’t as easy to curate as it’d seem. It wasn’t a matter of simply choosing the best apps across content areas–math, science, social studies, etc. The title says “every iPad,” which seems to imply universal needs. Every. iPad. Same…
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