Weekly iPad Resources and Suggestions from EdTechTeacher (9/17-9/24)

Early Bird Registration for the iPad Summit ends on September 30th – as does the iPad Summit Contest. Lainie Rowell, featured presenter from California, Shawn McCusker from Chicago, and Tony Perez from Atlanta will be joining the EdTechTeacher Team as instructors for the Pre-Conference Workshops. While these workshops are currently sold-out, we are looking into additional space.

Educators from around the world have already signed up for the November 7-8 iPad Summit. There are still tickets available for this international event.

Attendee Geography

Upcoming Learning Opportunities

The EdTechTeacher Fall Webinar Series continues next week, October 4th, at 7:00 pm EST. Join us online for three more free, live events. Registration is free at http://tinyurl.com/ettwebinars.

EdTechTeacher’s Tom Daccord and The Education Cooperative (TEC) are offering Teaching the Industrial Revolution with Technology. This two-day course, held at TEC ,in the Boston area (Dedham) on October 6th & 20th, will provide participants with numerous examples of the best Industrial Revolution sites and will explore practical methods and techniques for using technology when teaching the Industrial Revolution. This course only costs $25 due to grant funding, so register soon! Please download this PDF for more information and registration.

Common Sense Media and the Harvard Graduate School of Education Good Play Project are hosting Shaping our Digital World: You Have the Power on Wednesday, October 3rd from 7:00-9:00pm. EdTechTeacher co-founder Justin Reich will be moderating a student panel, and Harvard Professor Howard Gardner will be leading the other group. This free event will be held at Brookline High School near Boston. Register online to attend.

Weekly Resources & Suggestions

Quintura for Kids

This is a great search engine for elementary students that also has an app.

Tags: searchengine, kids, quintura, Elementary

iPad Lessons

300 random lessons using iPads

Tags: Pinterest, lessons, ipadlessons

Tony Vincent’s Learning in Hand – Blog – Limit an iOS Device to Running a Single App

How to lock an iPad into 1 app in iOS6

Tags: iOS6, single app

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About the Authors
Tom Daccord, Director of EdTechTeacher, is an educational technology speaker, instructor, and writer who has worked with schools, districts, colleges and educational organizations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Justin Reich is the co-founder of EdTechTeacher, a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and the director of Online Community, Practice and Research at Facing History and Ourselves, an organization devoted to combating bigotry and nurturing democracy through history education.

Greg Kulowiec, an Instructional Trainer & Presenter, brings over eight years of teaching experience as a Social Studies teacher and Technology Integration Specialist to EdTechTeacher, writing about his classroom experiences and offering instructions for teachers.

Beth Holland coordinates all communications for EdTechTeacher - web sites, social media, and newsletters - as well as instructs at workshops, bringing expertise in elementary education as well as working with assistive technologies to the team.

Patrick Larkin brings to EdTechTeacher a wealth of administrative experience in effective technology integration in schools, is a nationally recognized education leader recognized for creating an immersive 1:1 iPad program, and serves as the newly appointed Assistant Superintendent for Learning for Burlington Public Schools in Massachusetts.
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